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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Apr 15, 2008 - 01:34am PT
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without chemicals, life, itself, would be impossible...
Monsanto
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Apr 15, 2008 - 02:27pm PT
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Yeah, really looks like you all had a heck of a time...
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Apr 15, 2008 - 03:07pm PT
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Missed ya Mikey, when yer down this area again give a ring a ling ding, we'll get together. If ya want some pictures let me know I can send ya a CD with everything I have. It was sure good to see everyone , but also many of you guy's that we missed too. Hope all is well with you, take care bro.
Peace
Ron
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Apr 15, 2008 - 04:16pm PT
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sort of OT, but this is too good to resist. some of you might remember donald nitchie -- he wrote this for me while i was drying out...
Letter to a Friend in Rehab
Do you think there's anything left in the baggie
we stashed under the log behind the soccer field
in 1982, before we went back to the party and you puked
in your Empire State Building costume?
It would be a shame to just leave it there
and since you won’t be needing it any time soon
I wonder if you remember which log—
behind the goal or off to the left?
Here it’s in the 50s, gray, and blowing hard—
a mirror image of ourselves.
Everything conspires to remind us.
I woke at dawn, wondering if you were up,
staring at the ceiling, “settling in,”
as if you'd moved to a new town
or taken a job you'll someday say you’ve learned to love.
I can picture your lanky frame, ankles
poking over the mattress as if trying to fit
into a life several sizes too small.
I remember you atop that California ledge
beating your chest and yelling, “Bring out your women!”
Or the time you drove for hours to the crags
only to discover you’d forgotten your weed.
You turned around and drove back home.
The good news is, you don’t have to give up your stories.
You can bring them to rehab
like binges that don’t end in jail, or the morgue.
They say they can help—
evidence you give against yourself
to salvage what time you have left.
For as all climbers know, you can't stay high forever.
And as you said, the hardest part
is always the descent: the footwork tricky,
handholds hard to find in the dark
and adrenaline, your old friend, no help at all.
Maybe these words can help you get back down.
Once we were insatiable, fearless as Vikings.
It’s someone else’s turn now.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2008 - 06:59pm PT
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Photo from Keith Cunning,
Mari, Bachar, Lechlinski:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2008 - 07:04pm PT
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That's a good one BVB,
Keep your liver clean and your tendons lubed,
Next year it's Rubidoux!
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randomtask
climber
North fork, CA
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Apr 15, 2008 - 07:30pm PT
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Hey! Karl Runde was my physics proffessor!
-JR
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2008 - 07:40pm PT
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Yeah?
Your physics professor?
The dude is solid, I know that much.
Speaking of North fork; the summer of '72 I had my 12th birthday in North fork. That was the place and time where I first heard tell of "strong dudes who climb rocks in Yosemite"...
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henny
Social climber
The Past
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Apr 15, 2008 - 07:49pm PT
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Keep crankin' the moves, bvb. Wish you could have been there, but it sounds like priorities are/were being dealt with. Stick it, dude!
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Apr 15, 2008 - 08:50pm PT
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randomtask: Hey! Karl Runde was my physics proffessor!
-JR
Hey! Karl Runde was my partner on our first El Cap route!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, Ca
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Apr 15, 2008 - 09:17pm PT
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BVB
There have been a couple of times since I started watching these threads when you have posted something which totally amazed me. That last post of yours was one.
Thanks.
KS
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yo
climber
The Eye of the Snail
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Apr 15, 2008 - 09:21pm PT
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That is a pretty amazing piece from bvb.
(Thanks, Tar!)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2008 - 10:25pm PT
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Dat's right BVB: Bring It On Home!!!
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Apr 15, 2008 - 10:47pm PT
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
Redmond, OR
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Apr 15, 2008 - 11:21pm PT
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BVB--Rest in the grace and the strength of so many admirers, as am I. Nice boulder crank.
Werner: God loved my first face so much...
He's made room for another! -Bruce
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Apr 16, 2008 - 01:16am PT
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hashbro
Trad climber
Mental Physics........
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Apr 16, 2008 - 01:23am PT
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The "70' s Joshua Tree Crew Redux: 2008" reunion rocked and raged.
One of the only things missing (besides a Largo etc.) was Bob Van Belle. You guys were quite noticably missed by all.
Heal up real good and let's do some crankin' soon!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Apr 16, 2008 - 01:40pm PT
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Mari never changes!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Apr 16, 2008 - 02:14pm PT
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OOPS!
Will Oxx thanks for the cool dvd
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Apr 16, 2008 - 02:25pm PT
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Tim Powell Family-Baby Powell unseen in the blue bag was the best behaved person at the party!
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