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looking sketchy there...
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Lassitude 33
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It is perhaps more than coincidental that BVD has a red-headed Hannah of nearly identical vintage of my Hannah (he and Joselyn aren't red-heads - just saying...)
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looking sketchy there...
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Lassitude 33
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Slightly OT, but seems to fit here anyway.
This photo (like all taken that day) are of Yabo's first trip up Leave It To Beaver. He was reasonably in control and I took a lot of shots.
Upon returning to Terra Firma, perhaps Yabo felt that it had been too easy, or he hadn't suffered or excised himself enough. So he went for a second round.
I don't believe any of us could bring ourselves to take pictures of that shake-fest. We could scarcely watch as he barely made his way upward. He was gassed and you could see it. A couple desperate dynos near the top made you want to turn away... but we were transfixed and repulsed at the same time.
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Another route me and Booges did was "Power Fingers" (now known as Repo Man) after the bolts were chopped, 2nd or 3rd ascent?
so now you have to do 5.12 moves way out where a nice big fat bolt should be, but was chopped for very stupid reasons
I found it very hard, and was glad Booges led it.
Someone should go back and replace the bolts to make it a good route,
as it stands now, it's just a waste of good rock.
I eyeballed it years before the FA, but didn't see enough holds, so didn't bother going up on it.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Jesus StahlBro, you're right -- was that bouldering sesh really 10 years ago?! God, we age.
I will say that for all kinds of different reasons, that day is in my "Top 10 Best Sessions Ever" list. The nostagia factor, us having kids (KIDS?!) in tow, the excellent companions, the perfect temps. That day also produced a couple of my all time favorite Josh photos:
Spencer, getting everbody psyched as only he can do!
Best posse ever:
This one, in particular, sums up what a great day with friends in Josh really adds up to and comes down to:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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BVB and Epperson, 2006:
This thread needs more Guy Keesee! From the 2006 reunion:
This thread needs more Dave Wonderly ... 2006 reunion:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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I agree, BVB, that day bouldering in 2006 was tribal perfection ...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Randy,
If you missed one of my (many) stories and/or posts up thread, that Yabo/Beaver photo and your commentary are totally on topic!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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More tribes people and their offspring from 2006:
Jess & son, Rain:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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2006, all hands on deck!
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AKDOG
Mountain climber
Anchorage, AK
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This thread needs more Dave Wonderly
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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BITD, Dave Tapes was almost never seen in regular climbing shoes.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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This was an Epperson prank in Mex between 80 and 83.
It's all wrong...... the brand is wrong and..... well.....
Jesus effing C.
OK, I recognize the van.....it's mine.
What evs.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Here is "The Rake" following "Zig Zag" in 84 or so.
Note the focus.
He is hungry.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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BTW. Rob Raker was known as the "RAKE" because of his prodigious ability to consume FOOD.
We would be at Jan's Red Kettle in the am in Idyllwild and the meal would be winding down...and I mean ...after our refills on coffee had hit the waitress's limit....like 6 times around.
Rob would be lookin' at my plate...and would ask ..."DE are you done with that?" I would look down...and there was only the garnish on the side of the plate left and say "yes Rob." He would scarf it up, just like that.
Then he would look at Mariah's plate. He would ask..."Mariah, are you done with that?" She might have a 1/2 a helping of hash browns left. "Yes Rob, I'm done.".....and just like that...gone.
Then Mari, "Mari, are you done with that?....maybe 3 bites of egg, one bite of bacon, three bites of hash browns." "Yes Rob, I'm done." GONE.
....and on around the table until all plates were clean.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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So, Dave, what was the EPPERSON prank?
I DO see some malt liquor cans there. What climber would drink LITE beer?
Now that I have some modern guidebooks to peruse, I can catch up and see if some of the oddball FAs I've been involved with have been published.
Do you remember RED BULL? It was named after the malt liquor we were drinking that day.
Red Bull, 5.11b, Banana Cracks Formation - Northeast Face, FA, Roy McClenahan, Dave Evans, Jim Angione. No date given in the Bartlett guide.
"There is a bolt with a chain-link hangar at the start." Ha ha. What a cheap bastard I was during that period. (We used a Bosch hammer drill).
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And Zigzag!
Got off route, trying to do something else, (maybe Mechanics?) and onto Zigzag once with Larry Loads. Didn't like the feel of things.
Started down climbing. Got just short of the ramp and asked for tension at a fixed pin…
Tension never came and I went bouncing down the ramp and into a bush, just short of a hefty drop.
Whoops, my tie-in knot wasn't finished!
Larry remembers, when I went whizzing by him, thinking he had failed to belay properly, I said: "Thanks Larry ..."
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Man, one of the best days ever. What a posse. Soloing the Nutcracker was a hoot too.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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As long we're showing some kiddos.
Seth Leichtfuss, age 5, Walk on the Wild Side for the TV Show "That's Incredible." Thanks again, Randy and Maria.
Edit: I do believe the child has a swami belt. :)
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Hummerchine
Trad climber
East Wenatchee, WA
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Mmmmmm
Smoking hot babe marries...me!
(not sure what she was thinking but I ain't complaining)
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Yes Roy, the Schlitz cans were mine but the Lite, Hell NO. That was pre-Cobra and definitly Pre-211. Maybe even pre-Red Bull era?
Yep Tom, lucky dude.
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