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SteveW

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The state of confusion

Nov 12, 2015 - 07:34pm PT

I got lucky, Steve.
He picked me. Was at a meeting of the PATC (Potomac Appalachian Trail Club)
climbing group, and he asked me if I'd go climbing with him. The rest is history. He drug me along many routes in Seneca, some in the Gunks (I couldn't climb every weekend, so he got someone else to go with him).
Went to the Tetons with Howie, his wife, and another friend in '74. I blistered myself going up Garnet Canyon, so didn't do much. In '75 we spent three weeks in Eldorado Canyon doing all of the classics--and watched Wunsch and Bragg freeing all the real hard routes. He wanted me to go to France with him in '76, but I was moving west so couldn't make it. That ended a great partnership. I was fortunate, I never had to catch him on a fall--but I did lead the crux of Grand Giraffe--chimney's and offwidths weren't kind to Howard. He was a great partner--we were always competeing to see who could eat the most--I think we bankrupted a Red Barn in Boulder--all you could eat salad with a couple of pieces of chicken. We emptied that salad bar lots of times! Then there were the Dairy Queens. . . Seriously, I never had to worry about getting up a climb with him--of course, I didn't get to lead much. A great guy, and such a tragic loss.

Howie Doyles Nephew

climber

Aug 25, 2017 - 07:21pm PT

Sorry it took so long for me to get back on here but thank you Steve for the photos. Love to be able to see a part of his life i never really got to.

Jesse