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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2011 - 02:24am PT
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Rodger you really are a broken down old climber, with such a feeble
memory. We had a top-rope going, and I recall so visibly that you were
below, and your face was puffing almost pink with excitment, as I
glanced down from one move. I then arrived at the top alone, and I have
always written about it that way, that special moment by myself at
the top. No one ever belayed at the top, not with me anyway. Nor did we
shake hands, unless it was after I came back down. I wasn't pushed
that hard on the route, other than that little bit of fight you have
to give it on the first half. I am often amazed at how people change
their memories, not out of malice or for any reason other than just
that their minds revise things for some reason, or maybe a few years
passed without trying to remember, and then when the climb became
an apparently important one (we didn't know it at the time), the
person tries to piece together the memories. But I forgive
you your senility, haha...
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2011 - 03:20pm PT
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I hope you keep your tongue in your cheek, Rodge, as I don't
mean to offend you, really, just funning, even though what I
say is accurate and true. What other climbs did we do together, other
than Supremacy and the Diagonal?
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2011 - 03:22pm PT
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2011 - 03:23pm PT
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Hey Lisa, check out the guy at the bottom...
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jan 15, 2011 - 03:46pm PT
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Country Club was always so full of bat guano.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2011 - 05:28pm PT
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Really? I did it about 70 times and never encountered any, oh maybe a little pigeon stuff under the roof, but nothing that interferred with that great beautiful route...
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The Lisa
Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
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Jan 15, 2011 - 08:20pm PT
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Ooh, Pat, the shorts are getting shorter!
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 15, 2011 - 08:55pm PT
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haha, yes. I guess I was fit, belaying Bill Briggs, the time we
did all the 5.10's and 5.11's on Castle Rock in a day (all that existed to that time, six 5.11's, seven or eight 5.10's... a couple of 5.9's...).
We called it the Castle Rock marathon, though it wasn't that hard to do, really...
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Jan 15, 2011 - 10:34pm PT
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sorry to hear it bump
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Jan 15, 2011 - 11:17pm PT
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bump for climbing
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 16, 2011 - 01:29am PT
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sorry to hear what?
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Jan 16, 2011 - 11:31am PT
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sorry to hear what?
that I should be out climbing right now??? I dunno...
I betcha Hartouni is just entering the Valley right now. That unstoppable bastard!!!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 16, 2011 - 11:50am PT
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Nah, Blue he was there yesterday, today he's watching the Patriots, me I'm just not a golfer...
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Jan 16, 2011 - 12:18pm PT
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Jay, bro, nice pics above. I need to get me out to 5 unt 10. Never been. That Copper Penny rig looks tasty!
errr, wait... your pics were on the other thread. Doh!
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 16, 2011 - 01:06pm PT
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wow, this thread went to hell in a basket...
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 17, 2011 - 03:19am PT
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Has it helped you sleep at all?
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