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pix4u
climber
Sonoma, CA
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Here are a few pictures of Jim and the chockstone in the Roman Chimney.
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bmacd
Boulder climber
100% Canadian
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Ed, so fantastic to see your Squamish shots, much appreciation ….
Grand remembrances of Jim Baldwin.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Ed
Thanks so much for the old photos of Jim.
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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By the way, the verse on that plaque is from a Whitman poem. Not many people had that magic, but Walt did, and he left it for Jim.
To Those Who've Fail'd
To those who've fail'd, in aspiration vast,
To unnam'd soldiers fallen in front on the lead,
To calm, devoted engineers--to over-ardent travelers--to pilots on
their ships,
To many a lofty song and picture without recognition--I'd rear
laurel-cover'd monument,
High, high above the rest--To all cut off before their time,
Possess'd by some strange spirit of fire,
Quench'd by an early death.
by Walt Whitman
(1819-1892)
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sac
Trad climber
Sun Coast B.C.
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AWESOME!!
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Jan 10, 2011 - 12:30am PT
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Ed,
Thanks for the great pictures of Jim.
I learned of Jim very early in my climbing career and would hike out to the ledge up on the Apron, look at the plaque and wonder what kind of a guy he was. Over time I learned about his life and death.
What really struck me was an interview with him captured on film after the first ascent of the Grand.
He seemed to convey a gentle and modest nature, maybe even a bit shy and awkward and definitely likable.
In some hard to explain way, Jim has been a role model and his example inspires many of us be the kind of people he would approve of and want to climb with if he were still around.
RIP Jim Baldwin
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pix4u
climber
Sonoma, CA
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Jan 11, 2011 - 07:57pm PT
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Maybe someone out there might have attended the Pauline Johnson School in West Vancouver in 1961, or knew someone who did. At any rate, I am posting a reproduction of a very touching card Jim and I received from this class, in 1961 shortly after the climb was ompleted.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 11, 2011 - 08:07pm PT
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That's very sweet!
Pauline Johnson school is still there, and not far from where Tami grew up. I wonder if she went there?
Johnson was a half-native Canadian writer and performer from the late 19th century, who celebrated her First Peoples heritage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Johnson
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Jan 12, 2011 - 02:27am PT
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Chief.
That's a great summary of Jim. He was a very quiet and gentle man--but living as he did, his life was not always that of a gentleman, if I can say so without any disrespect. He also had great inner strength, what Sartre calls 'iron in the soul'. He was a good friend to have.
H.
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bmacd
Boulder climber
100% Canadian
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Jan 12, 2011 - 05:36pm PT
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Bump for more classic photos from Ed and Jim Baldwin memories from his friends
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 15, 2011 - 06:19pm PT
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The cover of Jim Baldwin's "A Climber's Guide to the Squamish Chief Area", written in 1962.
And the first page:
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bmacd
Boulder climber
100% Canadian
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Jan 15, 2011 - 08:06pm PT
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Awesome ...
how about some more pages Anders, for the historical record here. I'm sure Jims family and Christina Peressini, the OP would approve the distribution of his guidebook to a thread dedicated to him.
IE: Grandwall route description
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Jan 15, 2011 - 10:37pm PT
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bump for climbing
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bmacd
Social climber
100% Canadian
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Feb 12, 2011 - 04:22pm PT
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Bump for more memories of Jim Baldwin
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jul 20, 2011 - 01:46am PT
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Ed Cooper, speaking at the Squamish Mountain Festival on July 16th, in part to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of the Grand Wall. He spoke very well about his climbing career generally, and the Grand Wall, with many newly restored photos.
Several climbers from that period were also there, all of whom knew Jim Baldwin and spoke of him.
Richard Strachan, Ed Cooper, Dick Culbert, Glenn Woodsworth.
A question for guido, hamie, BBA et al: Was Jim the first Canadian climber to climb in Yosemite? Would Roper know? Certainly he must have been the first to have a noticeable presence, and then hamie in 1964. Who was next? Neil Bennett and Gordie Smaill, in about 1968?
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Jul 20, 2011 - 02:29am PT
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Tim Auger was climbing there in the late 1960s, I believe.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jul 20, 2011 - 02:24pm PT
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I love that pic of Jim Baldwin prussiking on the Dihedral Wall with the apron below. It's always reminded me of the gut wrenching feeling of big wall exposure, that feeling of being way the hell up there.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jul 20, 2011 - 09:53pm PT
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I quite like that photo of Baldwin on top of Dihedral Wall. He seems a very happy camper. It tells a nice story.
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the finder
Social climber
california
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Christina, I found a packet of old news clippings regarding J.B's death at Yosemite in 1962, a couple of moldy photos of him that were posted here in one of the replies, a love letter written by him to "Joyce" which he wrote while in Yosemite, and two memorial poems signed J.B. Would that be Joyce?
I found them on the side of the road near Albion in Mendocino County, Ca. maybe 20 years ago and rediscovered them today while cleaning my studio (which is filled with materials for painting, drawing, and collage).
If you're still out there and interested it would make me very happy to send them to you and I'm sure his nephew would love to have these remnants and memories of his uncle.
I don't exactly know how to connect with you but I'll look for your reply or maybe another member of this community can give me some ideas.
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