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Jim Pettigrew
Social climber
Crowley Lake, CA
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Nov 12, 2008 - 12:25am PT
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Hey Donini! It was great to see Roger again! Wished that you were there also. Good times were had by all.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 12, 2008 - 12:29am PT
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Lynne, I have tried twice to email you and it has failed. Not sure why. Great pictures! Email me with a correct address please.
10b4me, I think my next big event will be my own 50'th birthday and I will work on a hundred. I am half way there! After that the Granite Frontiers display will be in the Gene Autry Museum starting June 12th, 2009. YCA is also developing an interpretation program for 2009. Of course there will be a Facelift 2009 and an Ansel Adams art auction too. I have other plans but will not mention them unless it is finalized. I also have to make a living and a family to take care of and don't want to get ahead of myself.
Ken
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Jim Pettigrew
Social climber
Crowley Lake, CA
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Nov 12, 2008 - 12:35am PT
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ken, thanks again for puttin' it together! Great to be able to have the oppurtunity to meet and greet some of the people responsible for kick starting the climbing scene that everyone now enjoys!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 12, 2008 - 01:02am PT
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Ken, just emailed you. Sorry for any inconvenience. Incredible event. Lynne
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 12, 2008 - 01:07am PT
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Ed Hartouni, Yo, where is the other side of your group picture ? Hope you have recovered...hehehe and you're younger than I am ....better take your vitamins. :D Lynnie
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Double D
climber
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Nov 12, 2008 - 01:34am PT
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Lynne...first it was a pleasure meeting you. Minor edit..."Dave Bergstrom on left (sorry if mispelled) and Kevin Powell actually recognized each other from BITD"... that was actually Larry Zulam (sp?) the original slack-master. Larry could do stuff on the C4 slack-chain that would blow your mind. He's still at it and climbing a lot too.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 12, 2008 - 01:50am PT
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Thanks, DoubleD. Glad you'll got home in good shape. Just reading my "antique" edition of Yosemite Climber tonight and saw you on Photo 26, Separate Reality. Gezz Dude, you are a climber, hehe.
"High above the Cookie cliff, a short bluff provides an airy setting for the stunning roof pitch of Separate Reality. Dave Diegleman strains to clip into protection for the final moves over the lip. One of the first 5.12 pitches in the Valley, the climb involved first ascensionist Ron Kauk considerable effort to just prearrange the protection."
I still like the blue Cargoule (sp?) pic the best. Big Laughs.
God Bless You and Yours, Lynne
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Anastasia
climber
Not here
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Nov 12, 2008 - 02:01am PT
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I thought everyone attending was interesting, inspiring and terrific. I must also include all the non-climbers too... No one can be great without having a good supporter to hold them up for greatness.
Now Lynne! Even on this thread you are still the life of the party. Thanks for letting me be part of your trip.
Anastasia
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Max V02
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Nov 12, 2008 - 02:12am PT
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Yah, Lynne girl, das me da Fletcher mon! Middle guy is James. As often seems to happen to me, I thought I didn't know him but I met him on one of 10b4me's trips several years ago. Rusty brain cells.
Ken... know what you mean about taking care of the "rest of your life." Looking forward to what you come up with in the future... I'm sure it will be fantastic.
Fletch
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Nov 12, 2008 - 02:21am PT
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1. Hans Florine
2. Marianna Florine
3. Larry Arthur
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5. Pierce Florine
6. Jeff Cunningham
7. Ken Yeager
8. Heather Baer
9. Schree Yeager
10. Steve Schneider
11. Ruby Reed
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13. Kevin Powell
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15. Katie Lambert
16. Jesse McGahey
17. Alton?
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19. Michael ?
20. George Whitmore
21. Ellie Hawkins
22. Al Steck
23. Rich Calderwood
24. Wayne Merry
25. Wally Reed
26. Ellen Searby
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30. Nick Rosen
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37. Rick Cashner
38. Don Lauria
39. Lynne Liechtfuss
40. Jay Renneberg
41. Jeanette Renneberg
42. Beryl Knauth
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49. Merry Braun
50. Greg Lee
51. Rick Sylvester
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54. Tom Rohrer
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58. Jim Pettigrew
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62. Ron Hahn
63. Lisa Graney
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65. Roger Breedlove
66. Steve Grossman
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68. Joyce McKim
69. Dave Bengston
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 12, 2008 - 02:40am PT
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#69 is the current head of Yosemite Climbing School....very nice dude.
#42 is a terrific person I met during the waning moments of the El Cap Meadow event. She was a huge part of Warren Hardings life, his girlfriend for 7(?)intense years. What a super person she is. I could call #42 Beasto (that's what she called herself she told me) ...Warren was Batso...but I'd like to recall her real name. Shout out for help ?! Thanks from Lynne
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Max V02
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Nov 12, 2008 - 02:46am PT
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#69... that would be Dave Bengston, Lynne. Very nice dude indeed. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him.... he taught me to climb back in the day.
Fletch
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 12, 2008 - 02:51am PT
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Would #42 be Beryl Knauth?
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 12, 2008 - 03:00am PT
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This side of the photo looks like we be having much mo fun than the right side.... say guys, try and post in and id the rest of the folk.... Peace and Joy and a great night. Lynne
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 12, 2008 - 03:08am PT
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Mighty Hiker, yes that is her name. Super Person. As usual Mr. Mighty Hiker you have saved me again. Muchas Gracias ! Lynne
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 12, 2008 - 03:22am PT
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And as long as we are remembering all the BITD stuff "Yosemite Climber" is a book I recommend...tho you may need to track it down.
Picture 27... "Kevin Worrall follows the third pitch (5.9) of Quicksilver, on Middle Cathedral Rock. The rock is very solid and smooth in texture, making the climbing a continuous balance on sharp little edges and rounded friction pockets."
This would be The Warbler on our Super Topo.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Nov 12, 2008 - 03:31am PT
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And finally, picture 20 in Yosemite Climber....To honor Mr. Wbraun and of course lovely Merry.
"The Cookie Cliff has the best collection of short, hard free climbs in Yosemite. Thirty routes and more, practically all of them 5.10 or harder, follow steep crack systems for two or three pitches of sustained jamming.
One of the very best is the spectacular Meat Grinder, a 5.10c.
No single move on the climb is harder than 5.9, but few are less severe.
Werner Braun starts the second (crux) pitch while Ric Accomazzo rests comfortably below."
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captain chaos
climber
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Nov 12, 2008 - 08:34am PT
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Congratulations Kenny, you did well- wish I could have attended, seeing all my old friends at these events in the valley are making me homesick... Craig
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Nov 12, 2008 - 10:58am PT
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oh, man.. I'm kickin myself in the butt,...... Lynne and Ed and Werner and Anastasia and Ken were there.......
My loss!
Thanks for all the photos.. Everyone!
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Nov 12, 2008 - 12:27pm PT
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Hey Donini,
Hi Jim, I sort of expected you to be there. You would have loved it. It was great to see the really old guys. Us youngin’s are gaining on them. To the young climbers who were there, we probably were indistinguishable from the Nose crew.
Anyway, regarding the hair color, there were only two colors present on the older set: grey and blond, to paraphrase Olympia Dukakis.
As for lean and mean, you just gott’a love Photoshop.
On Sunday morning, Peter, Grewdipet, (wonderful to spend time with those guys) and I decided that we could manage a walk up the Cookie Road with Jim’s wife Shawna. Since each of us had signed this quintessential 70s free climbing crag with a new route, (Peter on “Waverly Wafer” with Bridwell, Jim on “Catchy” with Bridwell, and me on “Beverly’s Tower” (FFA) with Alan Bard) it seems like an appropriate homecoming.
As we started up the road, I commented to Peter that the NPS had done an excellent job of camouflaging the beginning at the turnout. Soon it became apparent that we were not on the road, we were in a new geological time zone.
None of us had been up there since the road has been covered by rockfall. When we finally managed to get through the talus, the road was overgrown and the foliage was so thick that we could barely see the routes. Or barely remember which route was which. But, it all started to come back.
I don’t remember getting sore necks from looking up years ago.
It would be fun to get back there and redo some of those old routes with old friends. You game?
Best, Roger
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