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Anastasia
climber
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Nov 11, 2008 - 03:27pm PT
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Double D
climber
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Nov 11, 2008 - 03:38pm PT
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Ken,
Thanks again for your incredible effort in putting this thing together. What a blast! I can only hope to be half as cool as those cats when I'm their age!
It was great to re-connect with all of you that I was able to see. It's been way too long and I forgot how much I missed the Valley and my buds. Likewise it was great to meet many of you whom I had the pleasure of meeting for the 1st time...and there were lots of you!
Special thanks also to Bill, Angie and Lucus Price for dropping all and coming without any notice (1 day). Many others came at the last minute as well at great sacrafice...thanks!
But who brought the funky weather???
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Nov 11, 2008 - 03:44pm PT
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Thank you for the
pictures and stories. It sure looks like an inspirational
experience, and it's filtering through on this thread, Keep em comming please!
Jerry, I'm glad that pic you took of the Captain made another appearance, it's awesome!
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Nov 11, 2008 - 07:31pm PT
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Raffi's Tomb Sitters:
Ed and Anastasia
Jim and Shawna Pettigrew
Lynne and Ed
Roger and Sybylle Hechtle
Wayne giving advice to a noob
I think the question was: "why does it take so long?"
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 11, 2008 - 07:38pm PT
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Roger, you still look lean and mean if just a tad grayer. How are you doing?
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 11, 2008 - 08:33pm PT
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It was all about the Rock....
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Mimi
climber
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Nov 11, 2008 - 08:50pm PT
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Thanks for posting more pics. They all capture the fun we had and the beauty of the Valley no matter the time of year or the weather conditions. Unless you're on a wall, that is. LOL! Steve the Brit, aka the real Crusher, pointed out how surprising it was that no one was up there doing a commemorative ascent.
The more I think back on the weekend, the more I want to see my new and old friends again.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 11, 2008 - 09:26pm PT
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And The People...Both Young
"How could he say that to me ?"
"Oops, I really blew it!"
" Would you accept this bouquet of pine needles ?"
"I dunno, should I forgive the mutt?" : )
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Nov 11, 2008 - 09:39pm PT
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"I had a nice chat with Rich Calderwood. It turns out that we both had freed routes on Phantom Pinnacle. He and Mike Borghoff
freed the left side, Regular route, in 1957 at 5.9, and Mike Graham, Jim Bridwell, and I freed the Center Route in 1976, at 5.10d."
Holy shee! Rich did that with my dad!. Cool.
Erik Wolfe (Borghoff)
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
Sacramento, CA
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Nov 11, 2008 - 09:40pm PT
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This event was just awesome!
Ken, Thank you.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 11, 2008 - 09:56pm PT
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And Older.... Famous People
Received a request from the forum for names and history to be included with these pics. I am really a noobie but will do my best. Please email me info or post names and stories and I will edit and include. If I make an error please let me know.
Al Steck, one of the listed original ascenders. Also known for the Steck-Salathe route on The Sentinel.
Don Lauria and fun, darling Joyce (hope I got the name right.) Lauria Sended with Royal Robbins for the 2nd Ascent of The Captain in 1971, I believe.
Royal Robbins and his beautiful wife Liz. Read the Great Book, " Beyond the Vertical" by Layton Kor to find out about Royal, a superior climber and photographer. I believe Royal climbed the second ascent of the Nose.
Ellen Searby on right. Searby along with John Whitmer, Cookie Calderwood and Beverly Woolsey contributed much to the success of the first ascent by plodding up the talus with loads of food and water.
Cindy Merry on left. What dynamic, fun gals they are. A real joy to meet.
Wally Reed, Rick Sylvester, Mark Powell and George Whitmore
Chris Jones and Glen Denny
Wally Reed, part of the first ascent team, also put up Lunch Ledge Direct with Yvon Chouinard in 1961 and The Rorp in 1963 with Frank Sacherer.
Wayne Merry (on left) was a seasonal naturalist under Sharsmith in 1957 and participated in the First ascent of El Cap. Merry was also the creator and director of the Yosemite Mountaineering School 1969-74.
Great interview by Chris McNamara with Merry on the Thread "Supertopo Tip for: The Nose El Capitan, 4-5-2008.
George Whitmore, a Fresno resident, was also part of the first ascent team which accomplished the task in 47 days in 1957-58. George made several pitons out of I-beam steel which were used in the monumental task. One, nearly a foot long, was dubbed "Big Brute".
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 11, 2008 - 10:44pm PT
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And The Infamous .....
Waiting in line to spend time with the original Nose Crew (on left) Larry Zulam (sorry if mispelled) and Kevin Powell actually recognized each other from BITD. Larry sends a shout out to Todd Gordon also !
And on the left 10be4me, middle (sorry can't read my notes) and on right I believe the Fletcher mon.
Just joined the Super Topo Corps early spring of 2008. Have to say that the people I have posted with for months and then met at The FaceLift and The 50th Nose Reunion have been an incredible group of people.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 11, 2008 - 10:57pm PT
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NO WAY ! They're really using Hemp again !
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Nov 11, 2008 - 11:51pm PT
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Nice pics all!
It was a fun evening. My wife Wendy is not a climber and she loved it. The stories were all interesting and entertaining. The slide show was very cool. Wendy was sad more people didn't get introduced. She had a great talk with Hans Florine Sunday and was looking around wondering who all the other folks were. Lynne, if you can put a few more captions it would be cool for those of us who are not in the know.
A fun time. I'm glad we went. Thanks Ken!
See y'all,
Zander
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 11, 2008 - 11:57pm PT
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Zander, will do. Just hope they don't cancel my edit button. Glad you and your wife had a great time. Climbers are just the best. How cool is it that your wife, a non climber, had fun talking with Hans F. Lynnie
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Nov 11, 2008 - 11:58pm PT
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Hi Lynne,
Sorry I didn't meet you. Maybe next time.
Zander
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10b4me
climber
the gray bands
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Nov 12, 2008 - 12:09am PT
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Ken,
so what's the next big event? like Fletcher said, the 35th anniversary of the first NIAD is coming up in two years.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Nov 12, 2008 - 12:13am PT
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Yeah, more captions, though it's all cool.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 12, 2008 - 12:13am PT
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Zander, looking up your names for you now. Say, do you get out to Joshua Tree ? Tell your wife she's a champ for getting involved in something out of her comfort zone ! Really. lrl
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