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smolis
Trad climber
Patterson, NY
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Jun 23, 2008 - 08:14pm PT
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Chiloe,
Thanks again for the additional pics. They are the best vintage photos I have of me climbing. Already printed them out on glosssy paper. You mentioned that you scanned them from slides? Is that done using a flat bed scanner or a special slide digitizing system?
Steve
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jun 23, 2008 - 10:24pm PT
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Steve, I've got nothing fancy, an Epson 4990 flatbed, but it works well enough for my purposes -- the original slides are often murky anyway. Glad you liked this set, though. I'll e-mail you some slightly sharper versions.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 23, 2008 - 10:53pm PT
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Chiloe, great pictures of Steve! Wow---look at that shock or red hair! The hair may be gone but I can tell you he's doin' great on the rock after thirty years before the mast.
Dingus, praise from you is an academy award. And I think I understand the dichotomy one tends to feel on the rock as one ages. Some days all is right and you feel the flow you imagine was constant in your younger days. And then there are days when strength ebbs too quickly, the feet are clumsy, the smears insecure, the left hand always seems to be where the right hand should be, and a nameless dread mocks you in spite of the perfect pro at your knees.
What keeps me going is that our sport is all about coping with what is. The rock neither knows nor cares whether we are above or below our potential, on or off our game, focused or distracted, happy or miserable. It merely says, "Here is a problem. How will you deal with it?" And our answer, which may not be the answer we could have given years ago, and may not be the answer we will be able to give tomorrow, is, "Here is the best I have to give. May it be pleasing in your sight, grant me passage on my journey, and let me rise up, once again, to the heights I have loved."
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L
climber
Eating sand on the shores of Malibu...
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Jun 23, 2008 - 11:54pm PT
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"And then there are days when strength ebbs too quickly, the feet are clumsy, the smears insecure, the left hand always seems to be where the right hand should be, and a nameless dread mocks you in spite of the perfect pro at your knees."
Jeez Ritchie...that's not age! That's just one too many margaritas from the night before. ;-)
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Scary Larry
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Jun 24, 2008 - 08:46am PT
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Great TR, Rich. You have a great way with words. I especially like the following turn of phrase:
"... because the feature employed fails to convey a sense of permanence."
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jun 24, 2008 - 11:41am PT
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I think that's one or more margaritas the night before...
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drljefe
climber
Calizona
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Had to bump this one up as it is one of my all time favorite TRs.
Having not been to Red Rocks in 15 years this essay is both inspiring and discouraging. Development and crowded routes aside, I cannot wait to return this season.
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Ezra
Social climber
WA, NC, Idaho Falls
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Thanks Guys!
Amen to what you said 'bout the excessive development.
-best
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wack-N-dangle
Gym climber
the ground up
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Amazing perspective. Thanks for the report, and thanks for re-bumping it from the archives.
Hopefully with the latest regime change, BLM, state park, NFS, etc. land use policies will be re-examined.
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Geno
Trad climber
Reston, VA
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Rgold, Incredible TR. I missed it when it first came out. Glad I just caught it. Laura and I may go out there and meet Perch this March. Are you going to go again? Geno
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Lord knows none of our little SoIll band could ever be accused of being deep or disciplined, but the planets did seem to align on occasion and forgive our sins. Now at fifty six and having [to-date] survived ourselves, I have lofty ambitions of climbing another twenty years or so. To that end, there is absolutely nothing I like seeing more than 'old guy' TRs, even old ones.
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"Hopefully with the latest regime change, BLM, state park, NFS, etc. land use policies will be re-examined."
Yeah, and hopefully the rapacious bolting happening back up in the canyons will be re-examined as well...
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 9, 2008 - 04:47pm PT
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Nice to see my ol' TR risen from the dead. I almost forgot I was there half a year ago, so kinda enjoyed reading it myself. So much seems to have happened since then.
Gene, it is too early to say, but there is a chance I could go again this March. It would have to be during my Spring break, which is essentially the third week in March.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Rich, I'm seeing a "bandwidth exceeded" note instead of your excellent TR pics.
Does your photo host offer a way to up the bandwidth allowance?
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 9, 2008 - 09:26pm PT
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Yeah, I had a free account at Image Cave and I guess there have been enough views to exceed the monthly bandwith limit. I just upgraded the account to unlimited bandwith; don't know exactly how long it will take for the photos to reappear; perhaps I'll do an uncool self-bump when they come back...
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 10, 2008 - 01:42pm PT
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Ok, it's bad form to bump your own thread, but I just anted up $25 for six months of unlimited bandwidth so Image Cave doesn't turn off my pictures when two many people look at them in a day.
So please, make my expense worthwhile!
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Indianclimber
Trad climber
Lost Wages
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Nov 10, 2008 - 02:02pm PT
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Those houses are now available 50% off in the foreclosure market
Great TR
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Nov 10, 2008 - 02:04pm PT
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Ah, good to have all your photos back online.
I had the good fortune to climb Birdland during a weekend visit last
month, and can see that Rich and Steve took photos (looking down or up) in just
about all the same places I did. Here's Steve's photo of Rich on P4:
and my old friend Joe Herbst thinkin' life is fine, at the same place last month:
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GDavis
Trad climber
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Jan 30, 2009 - 03:31am PT
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bizzump.
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jbar
Ice climber
Russia with love.
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Jan 30, 2009 - 04:01am PT
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Dam fine post! Those first photos were outstanding. I never really wanted to visit Vegas but now I do.
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