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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Feb 19, 2012 - 11:08pm PT
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We used to run into TM in the Valley all the time in the 70's and 80's. At first he was leading Tommy up things but after a few years it was the other way around. Always the jokester. One time we were at Arch Rock and Kauk leads him up Leany Meanie and TM squeals the whole way up, although I might add that he followed it clean. Good times.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Feb 19, 2012 - 11:14pm PT
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1972 at my pad in the Santa Cruz mountains, standing in my "backyard" with Hennek and Herbert:
Herbert says" hey joe, have you ever seen a Cooper's Hawk around here?", I am just about ready to reply no, when in a flash and a crash, a Cooper's Hawk snatches a bird out of the hedge just in front of us. "Oh yeah TM, all the time!" Both TM and Hennek were avid birders.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Feb 19, 2012 - 11:17pm PT
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TM gets pulled over on the freeway for driving solo in the diamond lane...The cop tells TM he needs another passenger if he is going to use the diamond lane...TM , perplexed , looks at the cop and says , diamonds..?
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Feb 19, 2012 - 11:28pm PT
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TM and this other carpenter are on a roof standing on a piece of plywood-sheeting....The contractor informs TM that the sheet of plywood is off layout so TM reaches down and yanks the only nail holding the plywood to the rafters....Luckily the plywood didn't take off with TM and the other guy standing on it...
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Feb 20, 2012 - 01:29am PT
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Nice shot Dan! Who are all these folks? I see Don R., Herbert, Joe D., Katie and a bunch of folks who I *know* I could remember their names with just a little nudge. Is that Mike Brown on the left?
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426
climber
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Feb 20, 2012 - 07:47pm PT
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Lauria, Your "Letters from Herbert" absolutely should be scanned and put here! An all time favorite of climbing lit...
I have witnessed the wrath of TM when stuck behind land sharks on 120...didn't know about the "key" trick though, har har.
got some pics, let me fire up the four stroke scanner, brb...
edit: ought to change every chuck norris reference to TM
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mctwisted
Trad climber
e.p.
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Feb 20, 2012 - 08:14pm PT
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mike
that big dude is bernie, super cool guy that runs the show up there in tuolumne (he does look like mike brown now that you mention it)
here's my best description with my ,less than good, memory
bernie/tm herbert/?/grant hiskes/?/chris echland/don reed.
?/joe denicola/?/doug nidiver/john shewchuk/holly/dan mcdevitt/dave lane
con severis/chad shepard/katie lambert/gorge ridgley/craig/hope wolf
hey is joe the guy to the right of tm? i should know the guy to the left of nidiver as he guides up there, but i spaced it. any help appreciated, (last names) thanks. ill update this list as i get more names
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Apr 25, 2012 - 08:37pm PT
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TM stories are usually worth reading. Letters, though, sounds like a gold mine, but there's no doubt some lurking fear in the shafts. It' probally ver' dark in dere.
But I dare you to do it if it's not that much effort.
I'm sure we can handle it.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 25, 2012 - 08:45pm PT
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TM is a gold mine...full of weighty nuggets!
So is this thread!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Apr 26, 2012 - 02:03am PT
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the first tm, Moby Dick Center: he strolled by the base as Mathis and I faffed (thanks, UJ) about on the change-over at the beginning of the second pitch. I don't remember his passing remark, but we laughed our asses off.
the second tm, the Pratt version of how to get to the summit of Fairview: my partner, Throwpie, and I bagged it because we just weren't gettin' it that aft, just too much difficulty for Bushmills drinkers, I guess. The man and his partner came down the last part of the walk-off and we asked where they had been and it was on Lucky Streaks (that old fart did Lucky Streaks and we can't do this?). tHE mASTER remarked a friendly remark, which is again forgotten in the mists of time.
the third tm, Mathis and I were waiting for Bardini to show up at his place in Bishoop: The Man lived next door to Alan. He came home from work and we had the nerve, the gall, the luck to have beer in quantity (by this time Mathis and TM were well-acquainted) and we coerced him into trying some. It turned into one of the best afternoons I ever spent. Again, I can't remember a single topic except women were discussed dispassionately and with respect, we may have even mentioned climbing. Ask TM next tm you see him.
Never a dull moment.
oh, my point? Same as in post #1. TM has his ego in his pocket. He gives everyone the encouragement they seek if they deserve it, and prolly it's because he was given the same by some qualified legend.
And he knows how to take a joke.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 14, 2013 - 11:24pm PT
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Cookie Monster Bump...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Feb 14, 2013 - 11:31pm PT
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TM is one of my favorite people. He mentored me when i first arrived in Yosemite. Wonderful sense of humor and one of the nicest people you could ever meet. You would be hard pressed to find anyone, anywhere who had anything negative to say about TM.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 14, 2013 - 01:48pm PT
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Somebody get TM to commit to come to the Oakdale Festival and talk about his awesome free climbing! Seriously...I wrote him a letter but he needs a poke in the ribs to come and have fun with us.
Reno folks- Give Mr. Herbert a prompting please.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 17, 2013 - 12:06pm PT
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Somebody go tug on TM's gear loops and get his attention!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Still trying to get TM on board for Oakdale.
Reno folks please give TM a poke in the ribs and get him to come and talk about his awesome free climbing.
I wrote him a letter and haven't heard back.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Stevie, I assume it will take an intervention. How about working on Dr Tommy first?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mimi and I have been discussing that angle.
I will give it a try.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Aug 19, 2014 - 09:00pm PT
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