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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Oct 28, 2011 - 06:17pm PT
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super great story! He was one of my climbing idols and the few times i got to meet him i was always impressed with his attitude.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Social climber
Retired to Appalachia
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Oct 29, 2011 - 10:17am PT
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Hey kid, I spent all my free time in Fayettenam kayaking on the New and Gauley Rivers, done some climbing in the New River Gorge with squirt boat Steve
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JerryA
Mountain climber
Sacramento,CA
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Oct 29, 2011 - 11:23am PT
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One time went to Bucks Bar at the Consumnes Gorge to toprope by myself & Warren invited me to climb with him & some friends.
Told him about a partners recent experience at Lover Leap. Some tall guy walked up and asked if he could join them because he had missed connections. The leader demanded to know what he had climbed before & was only satisfied when the tall guy named a few routes and introduced himself as TM Herbert.
Warren said he had a similar experience but did not call himself TM.
It was a grand day !
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Oct 29, 2011 - 11:57am PT
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Susie-
It's good to see you posting again.
I had a computer crash and have lost your email address.
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Park Rat
Social climber
CA, UT,CT,FL
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 29, 2011 - 07:29pm PT
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Hi Jan,
I'm still here in sunny Florida. I am still trying to get Beryl to contribute to Warrens story, without much success. I am patient if nothing else.
I have to admit I love seeing Warrens stories come back to the front page. I think a lot about the early Warren that we both knew, versus the later Batso that he became as he aged.
I often wonder if I would have liked the older alcoholic Harding nearly as much as I like his younger self.
I hope I can strike a balance between the man I remember and the man he became later in life.
I am grateful that I knew Warren in the early 70s and that I can pass his story along to a younger generation that did not get to experience the full measure of most interesting man.
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Samarina
climber
Redding, CA
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Hi Park Rat (Susie?) -- I just sent you an email. Warren was my dad's uncle, and they were very close. What an amazing collection of memories, and I love reading all the posts about him! I'm sad to hear of Beryl's reluctance to share her memories... If you do speak to her again please send her best regards from the Reece family. ~Sam
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Awesome thread Park Rat, thank you so much, love reading about this stuff.
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Park Rat
Social climber
CA, UT,CT,FL
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 3, 2011 - 08:43pm PT
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I am so happy to hear from someone who hung out with Harding.
For those of you who have not read my other Harding stories,
I recommend you follow the links to a few notes on the life of Warren Harding.
Feel free to jump in with comments. Thank you very much.
Park Rat
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say... thanks so very much parkrat, for just simply being you...
neat gal and very good share... time for a
warren harding remembrance, again...
though i am not a climber, i understand the feelings
that move one, to do so... things like this,
are in our family...
:)
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wayne burleson
climber
Amherst, MA
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thanks for bumping this thread. had never seen it before...
Great stories about a great man and hero to many of us!
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Apr 11, 2017 - 10:36pm PT
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Apr 12, 2017 - 07:33am PT
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That picture shows what a physical stud Warren was in his youth. He was renowned for his hiking ability and at one time had the fastest time among Camp 4 denizens from the Valley to the top of Half Dome.
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Mark Rodell
Trad climber
Bangkok
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Mar 26, 2019 - 07:31am PT
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Well that video was fun to watch. In it
Warren says that a lot of climbers wanted him to fail on the Dawn. sadly this is true. I was in high school and had been climbing for two years so I knew everything. I got on the bandwagon of bashing Harding. I was young which is my excuse for being such a fool.
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Mar 27, 2019 - 10:44pm PT
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Dear Park Rat:
This was so sweet, simple and heartfelt. Thank you. I only met the man once, around 1969, never talked with him; He came into the employee dining room at Tuolumne, started talking to Loyd Price. Seemed real friendly and gregarious. Does any one know what became of Dean Caldwell, his Dawn partner?
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