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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Bark! CA
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Aug 27, 2009 - 10:37pm PT
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Thanks for the bump Anne - we will all be remembering Bruce this weekend up at the portal.
I only knew him through Sushifests, but his presence was memorable.
Erik
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Aug 28, 2009 - 12:54am PT
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bump for the man, major loss.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Aug 28, 2009 - 01:38am PT
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thx for the bump, Mooch, yavol. not clark, but hit Al's Garage, or was it Alpers? good time. Craig was firing. I was just along for a bit of fun and to hang out and talk water.
heh
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Aug 28, 2009 - 10:01am PT
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Peace and love to everyone attending the memorial this weekend.
Wish I could be there. Big hug to Em!
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mooch
Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2009 - 11:25am PT
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I miss his worldly presence every day! But I can say truthfully, Brutus is with me every day in one form or another. He speaks to me through the rising and the setting of the sun each day. He touches me when I lay hand upon stone and make that initial move skyward.
He lives in me everyday.
Thanks Btutus!!
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climbbjj
Social climber
Tahoe
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Aug 29, 2009 - 09:27pm PT
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I never met the man, but I was a regular lurker and sometime contributor on rec.climbing 10+ years ago and always enjoyed reading his posts.
Very sad. Condolences to his family and friends.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 14, 2010 - 03:35pm PT
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Yesterday marked the first anniversary of Bruce's death, and I thought it might be appropriate to bump the thread, and remind people.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 14, 2010 - 03:38pm PT
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A sad remembrance. You're missed, Brutus.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Jun 14, 2010 - 03:46pm PT
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I feel robbed to have never met him. Yet, I think I know him.
Cheers, Brutus!!! (And Em)
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Daphne
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Jun 14, 2010 - 07:57pm PT
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Light to Em and the family. I've heard so many amazing stories about Bruce it almost seems as if I had known him. What a legacy he left.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
not very much, recently.
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Jun 14, 2010 - 08:03pm PT
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While I never met Bruce, his spirit keeps turning up in not unexpected places... Old rec.climbing posts I'd saved, his trip reports and photos on mountainproject.com. I was also thinking about him in conjunction with Bill Sherman's accident on the way to Castle Rock Spire, a wild place well known to Brutus.
Shine on, Brutus... You touched those who you never knew.
Eric
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pa
climber
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Jun 14, 2010 - 08:07pm PT
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Thinking of you Em...
paola
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jun 14, 2010 - 08:12pm PT
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It was his beautiful portrayal of his ascent of Castle Rock Spire that energized me to give my account of our ascent. Sad lost of a poetic spirit.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 14, 2010 - 09:22pm PT
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I was thinking about this, coming home from the valley yesterday...
We miss you Bruce, there's so much more to tell you...
Brutus on Throbbing Gristle, 5.12 Josh April '09
Spotting Em on same, Mike Friedrichs belayings;
at least there are others continuing on in the direction that you helped show us
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Fletcher
Trad climber
not very much, recently.
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Jun 14, 2010 - 11:38pm PT
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Here is one of those great Brutus posts I mentioned from back in the the rec.climbing days. Still good advice and funny as heck:
From - Thu Feb 6 16:33:37 1997
From: bbindner@ebmud.com (Brutus of Wyde)
Newsgroups: rec.climbing
Subject: Re: Break into 5.10?
Date: 5 Feb 1997 00:19:28 GMT
Organization: InterServ News Service
Lines: 89
Message-ID: <5d8jmg$kt2@lal.interserv.com>
References: <19970203152600.KAA01585@ladder01.news.aol.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.30.141.62
X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.)
> meta23@aol.com writes:
[snip]
> Then its on to 5.11 (anybody have any advice on how to become solid on
> 5.11 off widths?).
Get Knee pads.
Get Elbow pads.
Get Head pads.
Get Ibuprofen in 500 tablet bottles.
Read Sado-masochist periodicals.
Put together a rack of big pieces.
Study and practice offwidth and chimney techniques,
such as helmet, pack and rack towing, chicken wings,
arm bars, kneelocks, elbow locks, hand stacks,
gastons, prayer jams, foot stacks, hip bridges,
Leavittation, and perversion.
Do lots of Vee-sit-ups
Lead, follow, or toprope every chimney and
offwidth you can find. repeatedly. till you puke.
Then do it some more.
Follow Dr. Offwidth around Yosemite Valley for
a summer.
Recommended climbs, Yosemite:
Steck Salathe'
Yosemite Point Buttress
N. Face of the Rostrum, taking the wyde cracks.
Chingando
Generator Crack
Wedgie
The Burner
10.96
"Horrow Frake" pitch on Salathe' Wall
"The Groove" pitch on lower Magic Mushroom
Twilight Zone
Crucifix
Owl Roof
The OW pitches on Excalibur
and many, many others...
Recommended climbs, Joshua Tree:
Drawstring
Damper
Zig-Zag
Deep Throat
El Rey
Maneater
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Ipecac
and many, many others.
Recommended climbs, High Sierras:
Lover's Leap: Eyores Enigma
Stonehouse Chimney
Pratts Crack
East Face Keeler Needle
Direct East Face Mt. Whitney
Direct East Face Tulainyo Tower
Instant Espresso on The Duck
Regge Pole East Face Dihedrals
JCAs Wide World of Sport
Suicide:
Paisano Overhang
Red Rocks:
Crimson Chrysalis (Face holds are off!)
Epinepherine
Ixtlan
Then you're ready to take a trip to
Vedawoo.
Note that these climbs are recommended for
the wide crack sections, and recommendation
does not necessarily indicate that the climb
is overall high quality, although many are.
Hope this helps.
Brutus of Wyde
Still working on the proud 5.4 offwidth
Oakland, California
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Seriously, Man, I didn't know she was Your sister.
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Jun 14, 2010 - 11:54pm PT
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Oh yeah.
Hey, that's a great Wide Tour, Huh?
World Class.
Brutus. They broke the Mold on that one.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Jun 15, 2010 - 12:22am PT
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Dingus, love this pic of yours. Are you going up this weekend?
©Dingus
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jun 15, 2010 - 01:51am PT
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you are missed my friend...
"Homer said one excellent thing:
'A generation of men is like a generation of leaves.'
But few who hear this with their ears
take it to heart; for the hope that grows in the breast
of the child remains in every man.
So long as he keeps' his beautiful bloom,
he happily lays impossible plans.
He does not think he will ever age or die;
in health; he has no fear of disease.
Those whose minds are so disposed are fools to
to forget that life and youth are brief.
But you, being so advised, should boldly indulge
to the end of life in all its joys.
Being human, never declare what tomorrow will be
or say how long prosperity will last.
No dragonfly shifts as quickly."
fragment from Simonides of Ceos
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jun 15, 2010 - 02:51am PT
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glad this was the first thing I saw on the Taco. Thx Anders!
Brutus would laugh at our silly somberness. Instead he would ask us "wanna go climb something?" :)
The memory remains.
With that memory, we honor those that have gone before with the gift of today...
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mooch
Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 15, 2010 - 04:47am PT
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Munge and I made our mentor proud this weekend by touching the summit of the above photo......Brutus style.
You were right there with us as we toasted your wisdom, humor and Brutusisms.....Sapporo on the summit and Gatoritas at base camp!
I love and miss you Bruce!
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