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westhegimp
Social climber
granada hills
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May 19, 2013 - 11:50pm PT
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Miss u bud.
Wes
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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May 19, 2013 - 11:57pm PT
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taken apparently just prior to being swept away, seacliff climbing on the west coast of Ireland.
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spenchur
climber
Flagstaff/Thousand Oaks
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May 20, 2013 - 03:06pm PT
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Michael was a great friend and mentor. I think about you every time I'm out climbing amigo! Miss you.
Spencer
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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May 20, 2013 - 07:46pm PT
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Wow (Peter), that shot is kind of otherworldly. To think those may have been Michael's last moments strikes me as really odd. Not really sure really how I feel about it. I had to revisit that shot a few times before finally posting my thoughts.
Ultimately though, I look at it and I smile. I see Michael in his element, living in the moment. Happy. Free. I look at the picture a certain way and it almost appears like he's born aloft by the waters. Remarkable.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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May 23, 2013 - 12:36am PT
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gotta have reardon's poster in the garage. kool dude!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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May 23, 2013 - 09:15am PT
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Funny this thread was on the front page this morning. We took our pet noob climbing on Beethoven's last night and I was telling him about meeting Michael for the first time at the top of it.. similar to The Chief's story.. I was dinking around setting up the top rope and Reardon came popping up over the edge after soloing the arete. I actually didn't know who he was for a long time. He was always friendly and polite. Definitely a missed presence.
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Rill
Social climber
Ireland
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Mar 16, 2015 - 10:45am PT
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A couple more pictures taken just before it happened...
1st is at the Gap of Dunloe, a narrow mountain pass between MacGillycuddy's Reeks and Purple Mountain in County Kerry...
2nd is same place as Peter Haan's picture above, Valentia Island.
Ireland's most westerly point lying off County Kerry...[photoid=402937]
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Rill
Social climber
Ireland
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Mar 16, 2015 - 10:47am PT
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Michael Reardon-GapRoof
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Mar 16, 2015 - 11:08am PT
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id seen him at Stoney on that Wednesday before..
So glad I went to the point that day!
Reardon will always be there..
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Mar 16, 2015 - 01:37pm PT
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bump to the top of the page - front and center,
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Mar 16, 2015 - 02:15pm PT
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An extraordinary talent in many ways . . .
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Brian
climber
California
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Mar 16, 2015 - 05:13pm PT
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I was in Portmagee this past summer (2014). The pub there still has Michael's picture on the wall, and I had a good long chat with some of the fishermen who still remember him fondly. Some fun rocks out on Valentia. Beautiful spot.
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EP
Trad climber
Way Out There
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Mar 16, 2015 - 08:10pm PT
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Margee Kelly had a great picture of Reardon climbing nude at the Needles in her lookout before the fire.
Michael lived the way he wanted too until the very end.
Inspirational.
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