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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Nov 22, 2008 - 08:23pm PT
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Michael and/or Valerie Cohen posting!!!
Welcome to SuperTopo.
All the best, Roger
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Nohea
Trad climber
Aiea,Hi
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Nov 23, 2008 - 03:44pm PT
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Plenty good reads there. I will be going back to this thread for a few more days.
Thanks Don! Great to have you here at the campfire.
Aloha,
wil
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Nov 24, 2008 - 11:56am PT
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Un-be-lievable thread!! Thanks, Don, for posting this stuff! What a gift to us.
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Double D
climber
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Nov 24, 2008 - 12:47pm PT
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Classic stories Don. You should make a compilation book.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Nov 24, 2008 - 01:30pm PT
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Great stuff Don thanks for sharing.
I really enjoyed reading Ken McNutt's Tower ascent, I remember him well from our high school days at lunch rock in the mid to late sixties. He'd have us kids laughing till our belly's hurt, such great memories with friends.
If you have anymore pictures of him I'd sure appreciate you posting them up, they'll be forwarded on to those of us left.
Charlie D.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 24, 2008 - 06:07pm PT
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Charlie D.
I have the rest of the Tower photos, but most of them are long shots - hard to recognize Ken. I do however have a couple framed in my office that I can scan and post, but I won't be able to get to it until after Turkey Day.
This thread will bump back up to the top when I post them so you won't have to dig far.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Nov 24, 2008 - 07:25pm PT
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Thanks in advance Don, enjoy your holiday!
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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Nov 24, 2008 - 08:29pm PT
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After reading "How Peaks Get Named – Don’t Ask" I wondered if anyone out there would be so kind as to post a photo of this BHOS dome.
Thanks!
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Mr. Vader
Boulder climber
L.A., CA
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Introduced to Ken shortly after moving to L.A. in 1969. Decided to overcome my fear of heights if I was going to tramp around the Sierra's. Met Ken at Stoney Point for my first 'rock climbing lesson'. First thing he said to the class was: "If you live here and don't climb the mountains or drink the wine -- you might as well live in Kansas". Something I have lived by ever since. When it was time for lunch he spied my bagel. He snatched it out of my hand and commented loudly -- "Do you eat this or use it for a belay?". He then tested my ability to belay by leaping off a ledge while I was belaying him. A permanent character in the list of people I appreciate.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Don
I graduated from college in 1985 (after a brutal 8 year struggle!) There was an opening to teach science in Bishop, Ca. I had talked to the Principal and I was going to drive out as soon as my long term sub job ended- BUT they hired someone else before I could interview.
I am writing this some 25 years later and I can still feel the excitement I had about having a chance to have a teaching job at the "Mule capital of the world"; at the base of the sierras. i suspect I would have enjoyed working with you.
It did not work out and I've had a good career in minnesota. It's funny how our paths form.
Thanks for the stories
Dan
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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bump
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 15, 2014 - 04:09pm PT
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Smack ??? no wait . . . .
I can , /// . . . . Bump
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nah000
climber
no/w/here
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Dec 15, 2014 - 04:47pm PT
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nice find Gnome!
and thanks for the stories Lauria!
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Da-Veed
Big Wall climber
Bigfork
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Dec 15, 2014 - 07:22pm PT
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Great stories. Glad this got pulled back up.
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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Dec 15, 2014 - 07:41pm PT
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Wow what a thread, great stuff.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 15, 2014 - 07:42pm PT
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hey Don, my scanning offer still stands if you are still looking for someone to scan...
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
Technically...the spawning grounds of Yosemite
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Dec 15, 2014 - 08:15pm PT
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Heaven. Absolute Heaven. THANK YOU Gnome...this was just what I needed after a really long day.
And THANK YOU, Don, for sharing...you are a masterful story-teller. I enjoyed reading this thread so much...
Thank you.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 16, 2014 - 02:18am PT
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this was for to stop the pedantic threads that have swapped or swole the front page!!
Any one know who the first 'Best' Western Climber was??
The Young Buck who would be come Sitting Bull. Shot dead in one of the first U.S. recorded military over response.12/15/1890
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 16, 2014 - 12:16pm PT
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see Guido's and raise YA a kamps' bump!! Again...D0H!(Homer Simpson like)
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Dec 16, 2014 - 04:37pm PT
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Props to you Gnome, I have been reading this off and on all day. This is great content!
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