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Jennie
Trad climber
Salt Lake
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Great to have you here Mr Gill.
Jody Langford pics:
Peter Croft, John Gill, Happy Boulders '02
John Gill, Happy Boulders '02
Dorothy and John Gill, James Langford
Peter Croft, Jody Langford, John Gill
James Langford with John Gill, September 2006
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NinjaChimp
climber
someplace in-between
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Wow, now I'm impressed. Welcome John. I don't really have anything to contribute at the momement, perhaps that's because I feel like a teenage girl at a Beatles concert right now.
-Justin
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Someone above said the Thimble was done in 1963 (followed by a question mark). The route was done in 1961.
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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John bouldering at the Puppy Dome boulders in 2004...
Curt
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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John,
Having skulked into this company a mere month ago, I'll offer a newbie welcome. Pretty cool place here. Alternately silly and inspirational, like any good campfire.
Huge respect to you man! Your attitude, and the way you articulate it are, like, awesome. One sample:
“Long easy solo climbs done smoothly and continuously can arouse the sensation of weaving in and out of the rock. I’ve had this fascinating and drug-free experience on a number of occasions, and do not recall ever leaving a hand or foot embedded in the stony matrix.”
I carry this idea of yours around as a mystery and a revelation. Quote it to myself and chuckle. One of the best concrete descriptions of a mind state where the divide between self and the world simply vanishes.
thanks for sharing your vision. It means so much.
Doug Robinson
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Same problem somewhat more recently. '87?
Chris Raypole dismounting after an unsuccessful attempt. I wish I had panned down a little to see where the ground was.
Last time I was there I think there was a full on runoff ditch there; but maybe they fixed that?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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On a side note Jaybro: ain't that Leroy?
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Wow, this forum just keeps on getting better. Hello John, I never met you (I don't think) but a hearty welcome.
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knieveltech
Social climber
Raleigh NC
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Taken last weekend. There's still a rubble-filled drainage ditch at the base of the problem. Mr. Gill, it was an honor to fall off of one of your problems!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Tar- nah it's Raypole I remember the day well. Fred and I sat and watched, I had a giant speaker thumping that 'new' album (Paul Simon's Graceland)out the back of my '83 Subby wagon loud enough to blot out the sun. Still wasn't enough to get Chris up that one.
Leroy has seen the photo and commented that though it does kinda look like hime, his calves are more impressive
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Michael Hjorth
Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
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It's hard to say "welcome" when you're in the periphery (and humbled).
I'll do it anyway:
Welcome John - from the other side of the ocean!
Michael Hjorth
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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another famous Gill shot and, as usual there appears to be no holds
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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last one for me...
any other related pics out there?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Also from Master of Rock,
One of my favorites:
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Aug 11, 2007 - 03:08pm PT
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The photo two posts above was one of my first attempts at darkroom work. I was learning how to develop and print, and John had given me some old scratchy negatives. I was given permission to use the University of Colorado darkroom, and that photo was one of my first efforts. It was a very dark negative, grainy, not great focus, and in the days of darkrooms one did have photoshop or the easy means we now have for manipulating images, fooling with contrast, etc. There were a few tools, but it took quite a few attempts, adjusting the timing of developing, dodging, etc., to get a half way decent print.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Aug 11, 2007 - 03:33pm PT
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I like the composition and texture of that shot a lot.
In so many striking depictions of Gill you can't tell whether he is straining at all, with his perfect form always engaged.
In this picture you see his flow in a very natural way and you can see him bearing down on the thin edges.
It conveys the feeling of primal elegance.
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jstan
climber
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Aug 11, 2007 - 04:36pm PT
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Nice job. It's possible a little feathering might have allowed the texture of the sweatshirt to be brought out withour losing the detail of the rock. But maybe not. The grainy character, IMHO, really adds a lot. That little loss in the surroundings moves the observer's attention onto what must have been going on in John's head.
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Aug 12, 2007 - 03:46am PT
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About John never straining, or not showing it. Well, when you're with him he has these moments of high energy, for lack of a better description, where suddenly he starts getting really focused, and you seem to tense up right along with him, and he huffs and puffs a bit, training his mind toward some hold he intends to fly up to, or whatever. He does strain a bit at times, but in the way a gymnast might. Indeed his form is so amazing, and his technique so phenomenal, that almost invariably when you take a photo, even if the move he's on has required a big physical effort, he reveals some element of balance or transcendance or sheer power combined with exact footwork..., i.e. composure, control, mastery...
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MisterE
Social climber
Across town from Easy Street
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Aug 14, 2007 - 03:14am PT
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Welcome, John. Your quiet mastery was a great inspiration to me that 20 years ago, a newbie struggling with issues of ego and climbing. You represented to me all that was true and right about climbing as a celebration of movement.
Having a Master Scribe such as Oli was/is further reminder of what's important, and a unique synergy of energies during a formative period for many of us... the chaff fell away.
Thank you both.
Erik Wolfe
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Aug 14, 2007 - 08:03pm PT
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Thanks, Erik. Those are very kind words. All the best to you,
Pat
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