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pip the dog
Mountain climber
planet dogboy
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i was 12. me and my dog Pip (imagine that) saw these cool like college age dudes climbing all over a rock in fairmount park, philadelphia. so this would have been, er, carry the 3, 1975. i used to put Pip in a liquor store box and get on the A bus up to Roxbury and from there walk the couple miles to the park. there we would fish and run alot, as kids and dogs do.
Lou Lutz (may his name be long remembered), then surely in his 70's and with significant Parkinson's, talked me up the easiest top rope on Livesy Rock. about 30 feet of 5.7 he climbed up and down it a bunch of times to show me how to do it. 'now if you do this, you'll fall' . 'Pah!' i thought -- then quick fell off just there, doing just that.
after that i used to show up 3 or 4 days a week, and Lou taught me all manner of tricks. even with that significant Parkinson's tremor, he was still climbing hard 10s. after almost a year Lou convinced some of the hip guys from Penn et al to take me to the gunks and north conway.
Lou was fantastic. i think he introduced me to Bob D'A of this venue, but i'm not sure - as in those days all those big kids kinda intimidated me. i suspect Donini also knew Lou.
Lou was much loved and respected by all who frequented Livesy. as such he was able to cajole a spot in a car for me on many, many rides to the east coast big leagues with big kids (who were kind enough to drag me up all manner of stuff). that turned me onto this gig. bless Lou forever.
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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It was some short 5.4 piece of basalt choss back at Taylors Falls in MN. I was both terrified and hooked at the same time.
Curt
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Tom Fralich
Mountain climber
New York, NY
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Jackie (5.5)...Gunks.
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Somewhere on Sunnyside Bench about 1969. We had no idea what we were doing, and nearly got killed on our rappel onto a big DG ledge with no anchor. Monday Morning Slab was next, and went much better.
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cyndiebransford
climber
joshua tree, ca
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Mental Physics in Joshua Tree. Climbed with Todd Gordon in 198? I would have to look in my notebook for the year and it is packed somewhere in the trailer in my front yard after moving recently from Joshua Tree to Soldotna, Alaska.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Some boulder problem at Castle Rock. I'm sure I fell on my ass.
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thedogfather
climber
Midwest
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mucci, Sean Burns climbed in my basement when he was still in High School. He is still around but now has a wife and little one so his climbing is on the back burner.
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microcam
Trad climber
San Juan Capistrano. California
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Puppy Dog-5.5/Big Rock
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