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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2006 - 04:57pm PT
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JayBro:
No, I didn't meet the Lovely Tall Blonde Athena You Mentioned, Not in Ned. But Hey, I'm Married and Very Busy Staying Aerobically Fit So I Can Keep Up With Lisa, so we hardly meet anyone in Ned. Bobby Bensman and husband lived blocks away and we only recently got out on a bike ride, just before they moved...
Vawter: Roger that Bra. I'm also a switch hitter, so I'll have Scotch to share with BVB as well...
Klimmer: How's your YES bootleg collection lookin'?
Email me and we'll talk. I might have something for you.
Healyje: Ya. Jam, Layback WTF. No Doubt, even belly flop is cool at times!
H#ll, I've belly flopped on this Forum multiple times already, no rope, no chalk, no self respect!
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2006 - 05:02pm PT
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And Today's "Young Leroy Quotient" Fullfilled!
Never mind Leroy for the moment, check out the Mug on "E"!
And I may be way off base, but is the Blond Guy on the right, like, Ron Gomez? Ron?
The Dood far Left is Brad.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Mar 24, 2006 - 05:16pm PT
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well you could knock me over with a feather. Brad Huys. his san diego nickname in the 70's, coined by GK and guy andrews, was "bee hey", a derivation of "big head", can't remeber the origens on that one...i remember when he and tucker did the lost arrow chimmney, '88 or so, and they wound up spending an unplanned night in the notch... bee hey's girlfreind was buggin' so she went down to the rescue cache and made dill break out the celestron and the bullhorn...dill's doing the old "CLIMBER ON THE ROCK, DO YOU NEED ASSISTANCE!?" thing, and brad and tucker who are just waking up and getting ready to aid climb out of the notch (the expected fixed ropes were pulled, hence the bivvy) are looking all around thinking that some nearby climbers might be in trouble and they're gonna get sucked into helping with a rescue...so tucker aid's 'em outta there with some improvised etriers and their free climbing rack and they got no clue they were the subjects of the rescue until they casually wander into camp four.....too funny.
brad and his honey split the sheets shortly thereafter...
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Mar 24, 2006 - 05:18pm PT
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so anyway, far right hand of that pic -- 'tar, what's eminem doing in the valley -- hanging with you guys? i'm guessing cilley was his true inspiration for slim shady????
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2006 - 05:29pm PT
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Well Beebs, who is that eminem character: I've been chatting with Ron Gomez quite a bit and have 0 recollection what Gomez looks like.
Huh?
Nice Brad Story. I vaguely remember them climbing straight outta' compton, er I mean the notch.
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F10 Climber F11 Drinker
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e350
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Mar 24, 2006 - 05:34pm PT
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Still hear my friends refer to Brad as "bee hey" to this day. I remember going over to his place long ago and find him intensely customizing his gear, shaving a millimeter of leather out of the toe box on his shoes caused it rubbed on his foot or something similiar very insignficant to most of us, but not bee hey. There was always that same haze filling the room, part of the equation
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Off White
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Tenino, WA
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Mar 24, 2006 - 05:54pm PT
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Bee Hey came about with a bunch of folks sitting around stoned in his old splittie VW van in the lodge lot, making other names with their initials. As soon as Brad said "big head" a look came over his face and he knew he'd made a serious mistake.
Still, I figure it was better than the guys who witnessed him emptying his nocturnal urinal container and thereafter referred to him as Peebottle. He really hated that one.
That brings up a good definition of "the good old days," when you could live in your VW bus in the Lodge lot for two months and never get hassled.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2006 - 06:34pm PT
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Summer '80 and '81, I used to live in that housing lot directly accross from C4 lot, can't recall the name. Greg Sonnegur lived right next door, in an old Chevy Nomad.
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healyje
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Portland, Oregon
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Mar 24, 2006 - 06:40pm PT
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Tarbuster: "Ya. Jam, Layback WTF. "
You'd have to come from an area with no cracks - it's a different perspective. You guys look at it and say WTF - we did the same from the otherside thinking jamming was as inelegant and gorilla-like an activity as could be imagined. Not really much merit to either side when you see each done well.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2006 - 06:43pm PT
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Agreed.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Mar 24, 2006 - 06:43pm PT
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Tar baby...way off base man, have you ever seen a blond mexican??? Since I figure you got NO idea what I look like now I'm SAFE. Uh yeah you are right that IS Ron Gomez, the blondy on the right. To give you an idea as to my true looks, Shawn Curtis use to tell me I looked like the mexican bartender in 3 Amigos. Check it out bra, then you'll have an idea. Cheers bro! Ron Gomez
Peace
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2006 - 06:45pm PT
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Cool!
Post up a mug for us?
I promise never to render the pottenger treatment...
ever.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Mar 24, 2006 - 07:54pm PT
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pics, people. we need pics.
for example: dateline: mission gorge, 1975. our hero cheats death by burning yet another ultra-bold solo lap on the (c)bone-crushing mission gorge testpiece, the RAMP:
all up on it, back in tha muthafukkin' day.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 24, 2006 - 08:14pm PT
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I got yer Mussy connection, this is some route or other I think he's responsible for, following the peach middle pitch I shoulda led instead of the two on either end of it. Word to the wise.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 24, 2006 - 08:17pm PT
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And another back-in-the-day gorge photo
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John Vawter
Social climber
San Diego
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Mar 24, 2006 - 08:20pm PT
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Hooahhh. The Ramp. The best route at the Gorge. Multiple insecure moves on small holds, and a side pull/high step/stretch maneuver up high. Without the cord, a .10 hand crack feels like mama's lap compared to this. Don't start to shake.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Mar 24, 2006 - 08:41pm PT
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the ramp. had it wired, babe. milk run.
off, your scan of my ultra-bolt trail-the-rope-for-the-audience solo of skyline is a hack job. go back to PS7 and clean that shite up. damn, i'll NEVER get laid with a pic like that....
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Mar 24, 2006 - 08:59pm PT
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the pink boulder. sure is purdy.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 24, 2006 - 09:07pm PT
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Wait a minute, in the full pic you're standing there oogling Robin's butt!
Snapshot source makes for crummy scans, there's just not enough in the original image. That's why your Ramp snaps look crummy too, though it's the same camera and film as those other gorge b/w shots of mine - those're just scanned from 8x10's.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Mar 24, 2006 - 09:34pm PT
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oogle this, homeboy: our hero on the (c)bone-crushing f.a. of the gorge's most feared and sought-after testpiece: "clear light", aka "balls out", aka "why bother??"
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