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No Pics.
German Mike tho I'm pretty sure.
That was the lackadaisical ascent that prompted Cilley then to figure we should get real and attack the Salathe like a proj, taking the time to work things out. (Alas, my attention span was too short for that line of productive mischief...)
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Here's Swiss Michi from BITD, '81:
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...And You & Matias on Lurking Queer:
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A couple from S Face Watkins, also '81, done with "E" & Ed Kaufer:
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Half Dome during the Slabs approach, '83, unsuccesful attempt with Walt "The Bip" Shipely,
The Zebra is the white right facing corner dead center, not far off the ground:
We got some weather:
Talk about cool free climbing potential, a lot of the Zebra is/would be tight hands/rattly fingers:
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http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/arvo/~jody/
Yup, that's D-Jody there Russ.
I like the "How did I become what I am" link...
He got his PHD!!! -Rockin'
...I guess this thread, plus "The Mussy Nebula" is sort of a How We Became What We Are...
I know, sad huh!!
But it was/is sumtimes fun. Ha!
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Russ Walling
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d'Jody was super smart, and talented...... I still have some of his LSD inspired art. Actual talent. PhD is no surprise.
Man...them was some fun times! Where is the 80's Climbing thread or did we already do that? Punk Roy driving the Swiss Mobile down Tioga with no brakes was a hoot.... listening to Nina Hagen and the Talking Heads.... bivouacs at Dead Mans..... Tahoe with Strappo and Pete Minks..... ho-mannnn!
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Warbler and some others pushed this thread into the 80's a ways back...
Here's The Zeesh (Eric Ziesche), Swiss Michi, Mike Paul, John Mallory, and that Swiss smuggler (what was it they smuggled, Tampons or sumpin', right?), JT, like '82!
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1981, Glacier Point Apron,
Connie "The Breed" (I dint call her that, fer chrisakes), Tarbuster in drag, Russ, Mike "Watusi" Paul, Dimitri "Da-Meat" Barton:
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Russ Walling
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Wasn't Connie like a third cousin to Cher or something?
"No way Weenis....." one of the best ever!
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WBraun
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That's "Glacier Point" not the apron.
You guys look kinda distorted.
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OK, so I'm a cuple thousand vert off.
It is distorted, because Shawn "The Weenis" Curtis, RIP, liked those near fish eye (no pun) lenses.
"Don't call me the Weenis!!!"
He'd say.
Naturally, when us guys said it, he'd sort of endure it.
You know, affectionate jibe.
But when Connie outed him with it, that was a deal breaker!
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Right now I have to bust out with mid 80s pearls.
I know yous guys have seen these before, but hey, cheap entertainment is hard to find...
Kauk, Mussy, Warbler, Deucey:
Bill Russell relaxing on Werner's Le Mans:
Charles Cole bolt testing with Werner's Le Mans:
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Deuce, Yabo, Richard Harrison, a guy from Vegas named Wendel, Warbler,
Camp 4 lot:
Tucker Tech: "Werner, go to your room, er van, right now young man!!!"
Werner, Deuce, Schultz (picking his nose):
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Mike Paul, Rudi, Woodward, the REAL Schmutsvink, lodge lot:
Dick Cilley, proud, on his Detroit Steel
YMS Gods:
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The Time Machine (Russ Wallings van) 1981:
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That bolt testing boulder is still there last time I looked.
They turned it upside down to hide the evidence.
WTF were we thinking? But we were all smart guys U know ......
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Very smart asss guys indeed!
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Dave "Too Tall" Nielsen on Stoners Highway, 1982:
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