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The New Age Blitzo
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Aug 12, 2012 - 11:39pm PT
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Nice job, Gal!
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nature
climber
SoSlo, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 13, 2012 - 12:03am PT
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Woohoo that was fun.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Aug 13, 2012 - 12:57am PT
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Gosh, Philo, it was good seeing you and Carol too--and especially
thanks for helping with the dishes this morning, even though you
didn't get any sushi. . .
You da man!!!!
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Aug 13, 2012 - 03:38am PT
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Hey everyone-What a complete blast!!! I had a great time!!!!! It turns out getting there early in the morning translates to 2pm. As I was walking out of my parents house (up visiting them), my mom was saying "don't you realize it's 11 o'clock?" yes, yes I do, "Mom don't stress me out, I know, I know", and I hear mom saying as I'm walking out "and I don't want you to get on that Horn's Mother, that just looks too scary and dangerous...." So as I first arrived at camp, which was in a completely beautiful spot, and a place I had not been to yet at Vedauwoo, who should I run into but Locker & Blitzo! Now I hadn't met Locker yet, but did know Blitzo, so this seemed like the perfect duo to hang out with. They said let's go sport climb, and so I decided that I was in for this plan. Locker, it was great to meet you, you are a cool dude, and I would climb with you and Blitzo anytime! So yes, day 1 at Vedauwoo, I went sport climbing-it was very fun.
Then, back at camp, awesome people, and Nature's sweet sushi set-up. The whole deal is quite impressive, and like Eeyonkee says, you may want to just go ahead and follow the Sushi-fest around from location to location. I have been to a few fests in AZ, but wow, Nature really out-did himself-starting on Friday with a 6 hr sushi run, then on Saturday, I think it was 8 hrs of Sushi!!! Some highlights for me-The seared Ahi Tuna-it was blood red in the center, and just melted like butter! The seared yellowtail, out of this world! And the soft shell crab-amazing! All of this, and surviving several hurricane blasts with torrential rains. I was glad I had this chance to represent for the AZ crew :-)
So we went climbing on day two, this time some trad climbing. We all had fun giving Spectraman a go-Mike Friedrichs cruised it on lead. I was happy to get up it-pretty hard beginning-even just stepping up onto the thing (Jane & I were very glad we didn't epic right off the ground). So Locker, I didn't try Horn's Mother yet, I will have to be called out on that sh#t talking at a later date ;-) I then went to another climb with SteveW. It was awesome to climb with you Steve, as you remember, we were (are) never lost, just confused! We found a huge cave that was useful during several of the rain sessions. Once we found our climb, Steve cruised up on lead, then had to rap down in hail, rain, and ominous thunder. So at that time we made the always wise decision to go drink beer. We were unsure how the rest of the crew fared, but they did eventually appear after the hurricane and luckily had a near miss of a potential epic. So all was well to continue on our Sushi feasting (feeding ;-) !)
It was really cool to see everyone from Lucille fest-including Greg-who after a year out is easing back into things on... 5.11!!!! wow. Glad to see your healed up, I'm sure it felt great to be back on the rock. Em-wish you could have made it, but I hope that you heal quickly!
Jaybro, Ed, and Roy, I'm hoping Valley Massif was fantastic today-I like that place. Locker, had you gone there with them today, you may have ended up seeing a beaver ;-) !!!
ps. aplomb line would be a great name for a climb, good one, Philo.
I'm thrilled that the timing worked out and I got to be there, hang out with everyone, and meet new amazing people! Fantastic Sushi, climbing, people, conversation, and a beautiful meteor shower shared via long distance late at night.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 13, 2012 - 09:22am PT
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Lost gear!
Locals,Dingus, Rachel, Zac, Andy or anyone, be on the lookout!
Two sleeping pads;
1 ridgecrest
1 vanilla therma rest
Thank you!
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Aug 13, 2012 - 11:17am PT
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Uhhh, No Comment.....
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Aug 13, 2012 - 05:15pm PT
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Hey it was great to meet Steve, Locker and others that I hadn't met before. It was fun to hang out with Blitzo, Roy, all the other "greenies." As always, a joy to spend time with Jay and Ed. You're brothers to me. Catherine you're awesome and add so much to the group. Dingus Magee, keep reeling 'em in. And Nature you deserve a special thanks for bringing this crazy group together and working so hard every night. Thanks so much.
This was my third sushifest and the first one above freezing. Weird that we had to go to Wyoming to have that. Really a great weekend with a creative, fun group. Hope we all meet again soon.
mike
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nature
climber
SoSlo, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 13, 2012 - 05:50pm PT
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 13, 2012 - 06:46pm PT
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Sounds like you all had a blast...wish I didn't have to bail but the Winds were a kick in the ass too. The Boulder contingent noted that the driving times to Big Sandy Opening and Indian Creek were the same.
Nature....looks like the Easy Up came in handy!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Aug 13, 2012 - 07:05pm PT
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Mike, it was so neat to watch you waltz up that thing!!!!!
The pleasure was all mine!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Aug 13, 2012 - 09:32pm PT
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' Love these SushiFestivities!!!
… And everything about them.
We really hit the bull's-eye on this one!
The places
The people
Nature, EEyonkee, Jaybro:
Nature and Ed Hartouni suiting up:
The crew out at SpectreMan:
(Joe Cupps, Dingus MaGee a.k.a. Dennis Horning, JayBro, Max Joseph, Micha, Jane, Ed, Mike Friedrichs, EEyonkee a.k.a. Greg Cameron, Gal a.k.a. Catherine, Steve Williams)
Joe, Mike, Dennis, Max, Ed:
Max, Mike, Jay, Dennis, Greg, Ed:
Mike, Jay, Joe:
The behavior
Johannes gesturing to his father, Micha, with dear assistance from Malcolm's lower leg!
Jane, Johannes, Micha:
Nature, um, "mentoring" the youth:
Pete:
The sushi
The climbing
Nature heading up “Big House", John's Tower, 5.8+:
Greg Cameron wrestling with "Burning Man", John's Tower, a Bob Scarpelli 5.11a:
Jane Klein battling that "SpectreMan", The Heap, 5.11c:
Followed by Catherine:
Then Mr. Cameron:
Jane leading "Big House":
Pete, "Big House", first time ever on a rope!
Max leading "Monkey Wrench", Valley Massif Northwest side, 5.10a:
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Aug 13, 2012 - 09:57pm PT
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Looks like a
Classic crew of creedlers and stout silverbacks.
Good times were had by all it seems.
Never seen Newky Summer ale... first thought, blasphemy!!!
Can't imagine what the Persied meteor shower would be like out there...I can try, though.
Good job on the photos jaybrah!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Aug 13, 2012 - 11:41pm PT
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Jefe--I bogged early Saturday evening, and went to search for
meteors--I got a grand total of 5 in about a half hour. . .
Now Gal, ask her--I was envious!!!!
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nature
climber
SoSlo, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 14, 2012 - 09:58am PT
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Ah kids these days. I'm such a good influence!
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OTC
Social climber
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Aug 14, 2012 - 02:51pm PT
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That photo including Local Guy, Dennis, Jay, and Mike is timeless...
As Dylan would say, Keep on keeping on...
john
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 14, 2012 - 04:15pm PT
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"local guy" = Joe Cupps, btw high school schoolmate of mike Frierichs.
He, myself, mike, Todd skinner, & mark Jenkins all graduated from U of Wyo, the same year '82. though Joe might of been a slightly different year. Paul Piana was in school there there then as well....
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Aug 14, 2012 - 07:33pm PT
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Thanks Jay!
Edits made accordingly for Joe.
The history makes the snapshots all the more meaningful.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Aug 14, 2012 - 09:20pm PT
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Nice pictures all! This was some good times, for sure. I'm thinking we have Ed's pictures yet to come. Speaking of Ed, he gets my vote for climbing performance of the fest, with his top-rope of Spectreman (followed closely by Gal's). Of course, the only reason that Mike Friedrichs isn't in the running is we (I) expect this kind of performance from him. I mean really, for Mike to be in the running, he would have to wear skates or something.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Aug 15, 2012 - 12:28am PT
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I didn't make that many images... video yes... but that is for another project...
I'm still on old guy climber time (bed after dark, up at dawn) so I'm about out of gas for tonight...
tomorrow I'll post images that I have....
Spectreman was a surprise for me too, happy that I gave it a second attempt... not used to warming up on 5.11...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Aug 15, 2012 - 01:00am PT
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