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Roger Breedlove

climber

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

May 30, 2018 - 04:34am PT

Regarding Werner's comments on the origin of YOSAR, Wayne Merry posted the concise history here: http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2345312&msg=2506152#msg2506152

If Wayne's dates are correct (I think they are) the first YOSAR site was in 1970 in the campground under Glacier Point Apron near the garbage dump, which is where bears ate. Bev Johnson was chomped on the shoulder while sleeping in her pup tent that Spring.

I don't think that the 1970s climbing boom would have happened if it were not for YOSAR and Jim. Jim was very inclusive and as the head of the YOSAR site, he offered a welcoming place to stay for visiting climbers; it created a physically close community of regulars and visitors that fostered great climbing. I have written about this time here http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=654801&msg=654801#msg654801
and here
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1036610&msg=1036610#msg1036610.

I don't think that I would use the term "founder" to describe Jim's role in YOSAR, but I don't have a good alternative. There were rangers who could manage the worst of the climbers and there were climbers who could manage the worst of the rangers. As Werner notes, Pete Thompson was an integral part of managing those relationships. It also helped that all of the rangers were respectful of the huge talent of the climbers on display on big rescues. We were fast, safe, organized and easy to deal with (at least during rescues). Then is was back to snarling at each other.

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

May 30, 2018 - 07:50am PT

we changed it, though it is hard to characterize Jim's contribution in a brief clause... maybe it still doesn't quite work.

my fault for not trying to track down the details and just repeating stuff I'd heard, and forgetting about Wayne's post

BLUEBLOCR

Social climber

joshua tree

May 30, 2018 - 07:52am PT

Ed, when's that new guide comin out???

BooDawg

Social climber

Butterfly Town

May 30, 2018 - 08:20am PT

Yes, Lynne, I'm holding a bunch of pix, not for wanting to post them. I've been busy creating a "defensible space" from potential wildfires at our new house while burning of potential fuels is still permitted. And there is also my tour biz that requires my time... Soon tho... Patience please...

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

May 30, 2018 - 09:21am PT

Ed, when's that new guide comin out???
I don't know, but it is...

Roger Breedlove

climber

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

May 30, 2018 - 10:09am PT

Such a physicist. Always happy with the certainty of probabilities.

The probability I will order a copy is 1, minus unforeseen difficulties, such as I died of old age waiting. Buzz

Lynne Leichtfuss

Trad climber

Will know soon

May 30, 2018 - 10:18am PT

Ed, may I borrow your answer regarding your book? :) :)

I will wait patiently, Boodawg. :)

Mighty Hiker

climber

Outside the Asylum

May 30, 2018 - 10:33am PT

The new guidebook is being kept in a box with Schrodinger's cat.

BooDawg

Social climber

Butterfly Town

Jun 13, 2018 - 08:22pm PT

OK, Lynne! Thank you for your patience...

Some of these people's names whose pics I took I don't know, so please chime in so I can label them correctly. Thank you all!

More to come soon, I promise.

Good one, Roger!

johntp

Trad climber

socal

Jun 13, 2018 - 08:38pm PT

Thanks CathC and BooDawg

Stimbo

Trad climber

Crowley Lake

Jun 13, 2018 - 10:30pm PT

Hey BooDawg,

This is Rick Linkert

johntp

Trad climber

socal

Jun 13, 2018 - 10:41pm PT

I like the photo of Susan Seagoat. She is just as beautiful as I pictured her from her posts.

BooDawg

Social climber

Butterfly Town

Jun 15, 2018 - 03:04pm PT

Thank you, Stimbo!

My apologies that these are coming in small groups, but I'm squeezing them in between tours, house-building and gardening. Look for future postings on the "building" and "gardening" threads...

Again, everyone's help with identities would be appreciated by all...

More to come...

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Jun 15, 2018 - 04:17pm PT

BooDawg, L-R, Erret Allen & Bill Russell:

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Jun 15, 2018 - 05:38pm PT

Here's a raft of photos from Don Harder/Mastadon, people listed L-R:

Lynne Leichtfuss

Sport climber

moving thru

Jun 15, 2018 - 06:32pm PT

Super great pics, BooDawg and Mastadon! Thanks for your contributions.

Does anyone have a picture of Will Oxx. Met him at the StoneMasters gathering in Josh spring of 2008. He was cool to give me a DVD of his time in Baffin. My grandkids have loved it. I love it because it encourages them to adventure. Bummed I didn't met Will or Erret A. Erret wrote a piece for our forthcoming book Tuolumne Climber.