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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Just a smackeral before work;
a meeting of the supertopo tri-lateral commision to determine the future of the rest of us;
some guy making dinner;
Some lady enjoying same;
action cleanup shots;
infinite regressions;
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Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
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Ken, You are DA MAN!!
What a great event. I was only able to be there for two days, and as I had to clean up a bunch of my own junk from a friends porch in mariposa, I was only able to clean in the Valley for one day, though a big day it was. I did not realize how impressive the coordinated efforts would be to remove "big infrastructural trash".
As a former park worker it seemed appropriate to join a park service buddy "Steve/aka Chewey", a new buddy, Jim, and a nice DNC guy, jason to remove the power lines running from the generator area down to the old house sites at Cascade Creek. This was actually really dangerous as the telephone poles had to be cut, while still attached to cables up high, making the cut area of the pole prone to violent displacement. Steve did a great job of chainsawing, and seemed to always know just when to stop and step back before the pole jerked ten feet to the side. We then cut and coiled the cables, bucked up the phone poles, and left them for the crew from planet granite to remove the next day. We thrashed through tons of poison oak, and all raced for the showers as soon as we were done. I hope the pick up team were smart about that or there must be some really itchy gym rats right about now.
The one evening program I attended was great, RR and Tom Frost presenting the classic "West Face of Sentinel". A number of us "kind of old schoolers" used to see this film twice a week in the late 70's and grew sick of it then, but it was cool to view it 25 years later and with the stars present.
Sushi fest was over the top in terms of quality, and I as well took advantage of Ken's son Guy who had endless enthusiasm to create the perfect hand roll. Great to meet some ST folks for the first time, and see some old friends like Nita and Andy. Only disapointment was to miss the influx of friends who came for the weekend, and to not get to meet the famous Crimpergirl.
Definately plan to schedule time for the whole thing next year.
Thanks to Ken, hope you get to sleep for a few days now!
Peter
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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I visited on Saturday and was impressed with the effort. I was especially impressed when I noticed climbers coming off routes with trash bags.
I had the joy of bumping into Katie while having lunch in the meadow. She was busy hauling for her latest project. I always seam to find Katie in the most interesting places.
We also bumped into the Huber brothers as the were walking back from El Cap. I thought they were very nice, plus I did like watching their video.
In the afternoon John went climbing with Wayne. I could tell they had a good time for they came back with big smiles.
Besides that, we saw John's friend Lucy during the Huber film, she is always her classic beautiful self.
We didn't see bear 46.
Sending Smiles,
Anastasia
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Prod
Social climber
Charlevoix, MI
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Had a great time and will post some Sushifest photos this evening.
Hey Ken,
What were the totals; miles of road? and pounds of trash?
Prod.
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Ouch!
climber
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"gave my hugs and handshakes to Crimpie, Dawn, Nita, Rick, GeorgeR, Nature, Anders and Ken."
What? No hug for Crowley?
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Ouch!
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Fat, you gotta buy my vote. Big bucks. Hugs are cheap.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Anyone know the time/network for the TV coverage?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Gracias, Jeffe!
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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I made it home safe and sound. yippie!
I think I had around 35 for sushi on Tuesday and around 30 for sushi on Thursday. The rumor regarding the sushi spread fast.
On saturday I was down to not a lot of fish so I threw out a tip jar. I split half of what was in the jar with YCA - a total of $150.
Fun fun fun... now it's time to plan JTree in a month!
It was great to meet many more Tacoers!
Thanks again for the shirts Fatty!
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Good job Nature - glad you made back to base camp in one piece.
Just so you guys know - these three people in this photo do not sleep ... and Paganmonkeyboy knows TOO MANY SONGS!!!
Just kidding - it was the greatest...my TR will follow soon.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there fattrad and chicken skinner... say, great that you all had such fun! ... say, chicken skinner, did the handmade dream catcher and earrings ever make it in time for the raffle....???
thought, they would.. so very sorry, if not.. i had wanted to share, as i could not be there....
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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A gift from fatty:
BTW, it could be pointed out that Andy is the latest member of Burning Barn.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Nature - is this the guy?
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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YUP! Newest member of Burning Barn (which will rise from the ashes!).
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paganmonkeyboy
Trad climber
the blighted lands of hatu
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oh man that was one amazing week - incredible place, incredible people...
thanks again tim for the breakfast, nature for dinner, ken and anders for the whole thing and the chance to actually come out there...hat's off to you guys, big time...
now must sleep...
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Ahh-ha...photo evidence- who gave that guy a cigarette?
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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Bay Area
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Guys
Is that werner climbing El Cap ?
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jstan
climber
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While I find myself almost always in agreement with my friend Jeff, I do have to disclaim any relationship, climbing-wise, with Royal Robbins. To say a prune is the eastern version of a California peach – is stretching things. Just a bit. Facelift was, however, my first opportunity to meet both Royal and Tom Frost and I am moved to make my own comment, unseemly as it may be.
After the showing of the West Face of Sentinel, as one might expect, both of these gentlemen found themselves surrounded ten deep by youngsters, many of whom had traveled from the other side of the globe. I had a decision to make. The three of us, Doug Robinson, and many thousands of equally serious people had stood shoulder to shoulder through the dark days before the onset of Clean Climbing. Then everyone simply decided the costs to us of having racks that clanked on falling to the ground- were simply too great to bear. Following that revolution the relationship between all of us was and is yet secure. We had gone through the wars together. Wednesday night I decided my trying to push aside some of the youngsters in hopes of making an already strong relationship stronger, was not justified. Fortunately, Anders and Ken would have none of it. I was more affected by the meeting than I would have ever thought possible.
Here, I only restate what one sees simply by reading the posts in this forum. Ultimately the value one receives from climbing comes not from the routes and other accomplishments on the rock.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Hello Everyone,
The Yosemite visit by ABC's network television crew from New York last Wednesday through Saturday to cover the "Yosemite Facelift" volunteer cleanup effort will yield a nice piece on the evening of Monday, October 8th on ABC World News with Charles Gibson under their "Keys to Success" segment which typically airs near the end of the program.
This is significant, positive press for Yosemite that will air nationally in millions of homes.
We gathered over 42,000 lbs of trash. The major weight came from old infra-structure projects that NPS is not able to get funding for. Over 100 miles of roadway were cleaned up. The Merced River corridor was cleaned from Happy Isles to Briceburg. In addition close to 100 miles of trails were cleaned along with campgrounds and lodging areas.
Jstan was incredible as he worked long and hard everyday. Thanks to Nature for the sushi and and Mighty Hiker and George R for your extra effort. It would take me all day to list everyone that contributed beyond the call of duty. Crimpie thanks for throwing me around on the dance floor. I danced so hard that night that my knees were a bit painful.
Thank you for making this so successful,
Ken
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