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Watusi

Social climber

Joshua Tree, CA

Apr 8, 2007 - 12:12pm PT

Yes! Keith is a great man! I even had the pleasure of guiding him in France and Switzerland! My favorite place was Verdon!!!!

Raydog

Trad climber

Boulder

Apr 8, 2007 - 12:40pm PT

I remember that Mike!

bvb

Social climber

flagstaff arizona

Apr 8, 2007 - 12:51pm PT

hey mike, post up some slide scans of you leading "je suis un legand" -- {I AM A LEGEND!) -- in bare feet at verdon....

mooser

Trad climber

seattle

Apr 8, 2007 - 05:39pm PT

I ran into Keith all the time at Woodson through the years--great, barrel-chested guy that he was. Is he still around?

Raydog

Trad climber

Boulder

Apr 8, 2007 - 06:19pm PT

good question mooser -

I submit the possibility that Keith has retired - he was perhaps in his early 60s when I knew him - and that was a while back.

mooser

Trad climber

seattle

Apr 8, 2007 - 06:40pm PT

Thanks, Raydog. I remember you well from those days as well as Keith. In fact, the first date I ever took my wife-to-be on was to Woodson--1979. I took her up Squaks (thanks, Klimmer for the great vintage picture), and left her there by herself for about 20 minutes. Reason being--my climbing partner and roommate, Dave Hersey (who showed up to check out the "new girl"), had spotted you carrying a backpack full of gear for sale, and insisted that I go with him to check out what we could afford. I can't for the life of me remember what you were selling, unless it was some kind of sewn FROG gear. My wife, who's kind of acrophobic, still tells people about me abandoning her on top of a rock on our first date.

Raydog

Trad climber

Boulder

Apr 8, 2007 - 06:50pm PT

Interesting mooser - I gotta admit I don't remember that time but it's cool to hear you were there and enjoyed the place.

not only a nice place to climb with nice people but, a clean one too - I can recall virtually no litter/trash issues ever at Woodson and it's probably the same today.

Regarding the spousal abandonment trauma - get this, my brother who is 55 still reminds me about being left in the car for hours when I was born, like I had something to do with it! ...laughing...

mooser

Trad climber

seattle

Apr 9, 2007 - 12:15am PT

Ha! Yeah, siblings get blamed for the weirdest things! You shoulda known better than to be born when and where you were, right?

I climbed regularly at Woodson from '75 to '85, and most subsequent visits since then when I pop in to see nearby family. It is a great place, and I have never come close to getting sick of it.

Klimmer

Mountain climber

San Diego

Apr 15, 2007 - 08:24pm PT

Kicking for fellow Woodsonites I met up with today (4-15) on Voodsun that didn't know anything about April 28th . . . Mike, Barbara, and Bob H. Hope to see you all up there on the 28th.

Pssssssssst. Hey, Poway Mtn. Boys and StoneMasters. Mike Bovee here in San Diego is a pro videographer that produced the incredible film on the history of Hawaiian and California Surfing for KPBS called "Liquid Stage: The Lure of Surfing."

http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Stage-Surfing-Michael-Bovee/dp/1891716026

All I'm saying is guys you should get to know Mike. He is really a great guy and he has a really nice family. He climbs, and he likes to climb Woodson. Just saying!

BeeHay

Trad climber

San Diego CA

Apr 26, 2007 - 02:50pm PT

BVB, yeah I'm showin', are you?

Mike, who could forget the Vato? Look at 'im, he's stinkbugin' it!

Anybody know when/where to hookup?

BH

Raydog

Trad climber

Boulder Colorado

Apr 26, 2007 - 03:19pm PT

Brad there's a Mount Woodson shindig thread - said, I believe 10am at the warm-up boulders - have fun Brad I won't be there but will be down in SD in July we should get together for sure.

Wolfman

Boulder climber

Fort Worth

Jun 19, 2007 - 11:57am PT

Great thread, thanks for the flashbacks!

Joe here (aka Wolfman) from Fort Worth Tx. Just stumbled on this site by accident. Some youngsters at work were talking about climbing and it reminded me of my Poway years when I did a little bouldering on Woodson. I'm a '74 grad of Poway HS.

I talked a friend into taking me climbing with his buds. They finally let me tag along one weekend back in '73 (I think 'cause I was the only one with a car that ran). We did several climbs on that 1st trip up woodson, but Sickle is the only one that I remember. Had to start out upside down and I was the only one that could even get started that day, much less finish.

I remember I even got a pat on the back from Rick Piggot at the next party I went to. I also remember Rick's little brother Collin, who was into dirt bikes. I eventually gave up climbing and started dirt-biking myself, before moving back to TX in '76.

I think I also remember Greg Cameron from Poway. Believe we were in the same class at PHS.

Anyway, thanks again y'all for sharing the great Woodson stories and pix!