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Jan 17, 2012 - 11:05am PT
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For Pam!!!!
Everyone put on a Hawaiian shirt!
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Jan 17, 2012 - 11:05am PT
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Sounds like Jack was a great soul, Sorry for your loss to all who were close to him.
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Jan 17, 2012 - 12:00pm PT
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Super sad...Always liked him, never got to climb with him, but plenty of parking lot conversations in the Valley, and at OR shows etc.
Condolences to Pam and all the many loved ones he leaves behind...
Peter
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Jan 17, 2012 - 05:49pm PT
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Bump to keep this memorial thread on the front page along with the 2nd thread that was started. Tilt a glass to JR this evening...
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 17, 2012 - 05:51pm PT
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Time for this one again .....
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Jan 17, 2012 - 05:54pm PT
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Look hard and you will see Jack dry tooling up the backside of that staircase.........
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 17, 2012 - 05:55pm PT
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hey there say, ekat...
i will join you in the bump...
i only knew of him from the post here...
but i felt that good happy heart of his...
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jan 17, 2012 - 06:14pm PT
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I don't recall ever meeting Jack, but of course had heard of him often.
My condolences to his friends and to his wife Pam and especially to all you who knew him well.
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RDB
Social climber
wa
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Jan 17, 2012 - 08:40pm PT
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With that smile Jacked missed his more obvious career as a model :)
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Roby
Ice climber
Italy
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Jan 18, 2012 - 04:59am PT
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Jack,
conservo gelosamente la nostra foto fatta sulle Flatirons in Colorado, un bellissimo ricordo!
Un caloroso abbraccio a tutti i tuoi famigliari dalle dolomiti.
Addio Jack!
Roberto
Italia
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E
Social climber
Tujunga CA.
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Jan 18, 2012 - 07:19am PT
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Jack Roberts was one of the best alpinists to ever roll out of southern calif. He hung out with the Westridge Mountaineering crew of guys, all of which went on to achieve great things in climbing. jack was the first guy that i knew to climb big canadian ice and climbs in alaska. His resume of sick climbs is a mile long. He always seemed so sure of himself-content with his achievments and his life.
His name will soon be among all the others in the iron gazebo
Much Respect
EE
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jan 18, 2012 - 08:50am PT
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RIP and welcome home.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Jan 18, 2012 - 10:12am PT
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I'm so very sorry for the loss of your friend, Jack, whom I never had the opportunity to meet. By all accounts he was a great guy and superb climber. His list of second ascents on the Big Stone is very impressive.
My condolences to Jack's many friends and his family.
Pete
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Clyde
Mountain climber
Boulder
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Jan 18, 2012 - 11:36am PT
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Hi Everyone,
I am putting together the slide show for Jack's memorial service. We'll have an announcement on the time and location soon.
Please send me your best photos along with captions (identify others in the photo, location, date, etc), your full name, and any great quotes and stories. I'll need the photos as jpeg files and they need to be at least 2000 pixels on the long dimension, bigger is better. If you have video, let me know but don't send it yet. I have a preliminary music list from Pam but am open to more suggestions.
Email the photos to me with the subject "Jack photos" at clyde@clydesoles.com. Very important to use that subject so I can keep track of it all.
Thanks!
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Rob Roy Ramey
Trad climber
Colorado
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Jan 18, 2012 - 10:38pm PT
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When I was a young climber in Yosemite, Jack Roberts was an inspiration.
I only had the opportunity to climb with him once and the approach was memorable:
Jack took a prominent role in an impromptu car race between the Tuolumne Meadows Store and Daff Dome on a summer afternoon. I am not sure what sparked the event but it had to do with shared climbing intentions between different teams of friends. This resulted in a spontaneous "Le Mans start" with us running for our cars. My ’65 Mustang was quickly full but Jack dove through the open window and across the other climbers in the back seat, shoes and chalk bag in hand, and we tore out of the parking lot. As we accelerated into the lead, Jack deftly climbed out the window and onto the roof rack to take in the view. Laughing, we flew past the ranger station (with a ranger car out front), with Jack sitting conspicuously on the roof. Lucky for all involved, the rangers hadn’t noticed.
I am sorry to hear about the loss of Jack. Yet, reading about him still climbing hard at age 59, he will remain an inspiration.
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shipoopoi
Big Wall climber
oakland
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Jan 19, 2012 - 12:48am PT
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damn, this is a huge loss. just met jack a couple of years ago through gagner and had a day out with him at garden of the gods. great guy, easy to hit it off with, and what a climbing legend from the valley to alaska.
my condolences to pam and his family from heather and i, steve
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DI
climber
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Jan 21, 2012 - 11:09am PT
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Hi all,
I haven't posted on here in long time
It was tragic news about Jack and reading all the posts I realized how much i have been incognito from folks over the last decade, since my yosemite and CMS guiding days, with family and work.
Hope everyone stays safe and continues to live each day to the fulliest we never know what the future holds
Dave Irwin
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