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maculated
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Apr 11, 2006 - 05:16pm PT
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If those tapes he gave you are what I think they are, they're the same reason I have a deep apprciation for Largo.
It doesn't matter to me what or how you climb, but how you live. Living the kind of way to have people tell interesting stories about you is the right way in my book.
Cheers!
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hashbro
Trad climber
Not in Southern California
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Apr 11, 2006 - 05:31pm PT
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I thought at this juncture I would add a few little know facts about our illustrious "Largo."
Mr. Long has been known to sit for long periods of time doing the zen meditation "zazen" at the Mount Baldy Zen Center some years back. Mr. Long was raised in the Jewish religion and has been known to read the well known Jewish cultural guide, the "Joys of Yiddish."
See, I told ya these would be little known facts.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Apr 11, 2006 - 08:35pm PT
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Interesting indeed hashbro.
Jaybro, "chiseled brisket" is a more holistic and newer term whereas the royal variety was more, shall we say, anatomically oriented. Search the Long literature back several decades...
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Apr 11, 2006 - 08:39pm PT
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james that's a good story.
Too bad about the morphine/revelations combo, LOL. I bet that was rough.
When I had Morpine I had all kinds of major halucinations, but with dilaudid this last time I only had one very small one.
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 11, 2006 - 08:41pm PT
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Yeah, great story James about the Largo visit, I enjoyed reading that one too.
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Dusty
Trad climber
up & down highway 99
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Apr 15, 2006 - 04:08am PT
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Largo...any photos of you on Hot Lips in Malibu Creek? Just curious...
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Mimi
climber
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Aug 13, 2008 - 11:17pm PT
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Bump for Largo! You rock!
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socalbolter
Sport climber
Silverado, CA
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Aug 15, 2008 - 12:04am PT
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Too many stories and memories to type in one sitting; many from years ago and some more recent.
John's always been a mentor to SoCal climbers (whether he realized it or not), and his ability and desire to "enjoy the experience" should be a lesson to us all.
Thanks for everything Senor Largo.
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Aug 15, 2008 - 01:43am PT
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Bob, Yes, that pic that Bachar posted is of JL on Penny Ante Boulder in Lost Canyon, just SE of Pueblo, CO.
Curt
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Anastasia
climber
Not there
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Aug 15, 2008 - 02:05am PT
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Here is to John Long that indirectly through his book taught me how to climb without killing myself. Plus his stories have kept me laughing through out the years!
Thanks Largo, your books have kept me alive and in a happier state of being.
AF
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Aug 15, 2008 - 03:25am PT
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I would certainly add a big thumbs up for my friend John Long. He was one of the killers of the '70s free climbing era in California and is a spirit larger than life. A fine writer, as well, explosive and forceful, as opposed to we poets with our soft, simpering voices... Who couldn't appreciate this man Largo?
Pat Ament
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Aug 15, 2008 - 06:00am PT
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One of the first climbing magazines I ever got was a back issue, several years old. In it there was an article by long about a long lost friend from camp 4 who went on to bigger and better things, dreaming of more. It was the most moving and inspiring thing I have read up to that point in my life. I realized that climbing is a lifestyle and not an endeavor.
I still read it every few weeks. His writing in the 'rags is direly missed, as is Tami's artwork. Not forgotten... not ever.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 15, 2008 - 11:06am PT
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Hoooooooooooooo man! Largo is the Pearl of the Universe and the Gem of the Cosmos! And the Master of the J Paul Pebble. Werd up!
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Aug 15, 2008 - 07:38pm PT
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I was one of the many faces in camp 4 in the seventys and would like the opertunity to acknowledge John along with every one that has posted. He has been an insperation to me in many arenas. One the greatest gifts that he has given me, are the storys in the many volumes he has produced. John inspired me to write my own tail of how things happened. Often before I can get started I will read a bit of John Long and then settle in to my task. Thanks John!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Aug 15, 2008 - 10:35pm PT
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Really super guy is all I can say about him!!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Aug 15, 2008 - 11:16pm PT
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Here's to "Big John"...
The big man who has helped so many of us to dig deeply and extract the little hero within.
-photos Kieth Cunning
Much thanks and three cheers my brother!
-Little Roy
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Aug 15, 2008 - 11:44pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 15, 2008 - 11:49pm PT
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hey there largo... say, i dont know you... but i sure know some fine stuf about you now!...
god bless and have a great appreciation thread here, and keep on being a great inspirations to all.....
*say werner, that was a 'cool, calm, and collected' group of climbers there.... say, they may have been a mite pale---but surely not from the fear of adventure.....
great fun... sure do have fun with snow-building....
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ron ray
climber
seattle
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Aug 16, 2008 - 12:02am PT
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OK, I never met the man but that black and white pic brings back memories. Black Mountain, I think, bouldering near Idylwild and Tahquitz. Saw a set of these in a magazine. Heard from some folks out at the Beach they'd tilted the camera or something and it was really pretty easy. We drove and hiked all over that hill finding the rocks in the photos. Never did find any easy ones.
And I do recall Largo's text saying there were no bolts and often no easy way down from the big ones. I wouldn't know. Never got to the top of them.
I did see Largo once. At least I like to think so. Out at JTree, I remember seeing a couple of crazy guys heading solo up the left ski track on intersection rock. The first guy soared; the second seemed to get stuck for a bit. A couple months later I read another Largo piece where he talked about following Bacher up the left ski track, getting the sequence wrong and nearly coming off.
Anyway, when I tried my hand at climbing Largo and the masters had pretty much moved on to bigger things, and while I tried for a while to follow the tracks their EBs left, my own climbing never amounted to much. But I wouldn't trade the times in places like the Valley and JTree with a few friends, scaring ourselves and drinking too many beers, for anything.
So thanks for the inspiration, Largo. May your nuts always hold strong.
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