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Leggs
Sport climber
Home away from Home
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:07pm PT
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Blessings and light to all ...
thank you for sharing your memories.
~peace
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:08pm PT
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Very sad news. Layton was truly one of the greatest climbers in the sport's history and a major influence across several generations. His routes will live on... I fondly recall several conversations with him back in the later 80's when he would attend the Todd Bibler New Year's Eve parties in Boulder - there was an informal line up to speak with him over a cold beer - a chance to speak with a legend if only for a few minutes... RIP LK.
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Anastasia
climber
Home
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:14pm PT
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I feel bad for this great immense loss. May all that loved him deeply, his close friends and those he called family, my deepest condolences.
Hugs,
Anastasia Sherman
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10b4me
Ice climber
Happy Boulders
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:15pm PT
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an icon of American climbing.
condolences to his friends, and family
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:15pm PT
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He changed all our lives. Made us all better climbers.
I know he did that to me, and I'm a hack.
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:24pm PT
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More than a hero, more than an icon he was truly a great man.
Not too long ago I spent an evening in camp 4 listening to him tell stories.
Such a humble person. My impression was that he didn't realize what a great climber he was to all of us
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Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:27pm PT
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His vision and genius leaves us all with amazing routes to climb today.
A life well lived.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:34pm PT
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i picture him in top steps, tall enough to mantle on up there
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The Lisa
Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:34pm PT
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He will be missed but not forgotten - the legacy he leaves with us is huge.
Condolences to all who were close to him.
I love seeing photos posted here, the one with the cat is especially sweet, Pat.
Lisa
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:38pm PT
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Okay, a great man, but I am still a bit peeved that little ole' me (5'6") had to make an almost impossible reach for that bolt on the South Face of Washington Column. Just joking. He was and still is an inspiration. May he rest in peace.
Actually the only time I met him, in C4 around a campfire, I asked: "Why didn't you think of us short people?"
He laughed and said something like, "one does not think of things like that in the heat of the moment", I think that was what he said. But I understand.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:40pm PT
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Sad to hear this news. Just a couple months ago, went on a road trip with Bridwell and we got to stop in and spend some real quality time with Layton and his lovely wife. As we drove away, Jim knew this was the last time he would see his great friend. Sad indeed. Condolences to his wife, child and climbing friends, again we have lost a great one.
Below is their last shot together.
Peace
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Michelle
Social climber
1187 Hunterwasser
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:42pm PT
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Thank you for all you did for us. Hope that mantle into the clouds was easy.
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shady
Trad climber
hasbeen
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:48pm PT
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Sigh.....
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adrian korosec
climber
Tucson
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Apr 22, 2013 - 02:50pm PT
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It was an honor to learn to climb in Eldorado Canyon, and later on the Colorado Plateau, following in the foot steps if this great man.
Definitely my biggest climbing hero.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 22, 2013 - 03:12pm PT
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hey there say, all...
very sad to hear of this loss of such a special friend to his many buddies, and such a special climber...
thank you supertopo that i was able to learn of him, and all the inspiration that he was to others, and of all this camaraderie with his friends...
my condolences to his family and loved ones, and great buddies, as this
sad time...
wish i could have met him, but at least i DID here...
to his family and friends:
may the memories be sweet, and grow, and may they take away the sorrows
of loss, when they hurt too bad...
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Apr 22, 2013 - 03:13pm PT
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Very sad. Incomparable legacy.
Susan
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Apr 22, 2013 - 03:21pm PT
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I spoke to my friend several times this month and could tell things had gotten worse.
He isn't suffering any more, but we are all the poorer for it.
My heart goes out to Karen and Arlon, and I know that the climbing community feels the same.
We can still go out though, and climb Layton's routes, and put our hands and feet where he first did, and think about what he felt (OK a few intermediate moves for me and most others). He will always be with us while the crags stand.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Apr 22, 2013 - 03:25pm PT
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Big life well lived. All those climbs shared with us and stories with the many folks he climbed with.
RIP, the suffering is over. We all have go to sometime.
Thanks to Ron Olevsky for all the help he has given Layton in the last years, and sharing it with us.
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