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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Nov 21, 2017 - 06:13pm PT
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to be folk hero you have to do something legendary so
PETE WHITTAKER and TOM RANDALL
their story is classic... train in Sheffield basement for two years,grinding day jobs, embark on US climbing tour and slay it, startling all american climbers with their boldness. They even have the notice of the legendary BOB SCARPELLI, who himself could be a climbing folk hero of the Wide
CHris Sharma would be considered a folk hero by the next gen.
+1 Burt Bronson !!
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BLR
Trad climber
Lower Eastside
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2017 - 07:48pm PT
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My gratitude to everyone who has posted here, with special thanks to Tami, Fritz, nah000, and Marlow for their extraordinary contributions. I’m closing in on deadline, so I’ve printed the thread to PDF (although I’ll monitor occasionally).
Questions have arisen: Will I write about this ST thread? Yes. Is the thread the focus of the story? No. Will I use your posts to write the piece? No.
Last thought: Yesterday at 5:05 pm PDT, a stand-up dude whom I've yet to meet called my aims here into question. Our mutual friend, the heroic Tami K, came to my defense in a way that made me flash on my high school production of Oklahoma. See 3:39 – 4:30.
(Thanks, Tami. The firewater’s on me when you roll through Reno.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjVQqGlj4A8
Thanks again -
Brad
Tar: Another way of putting it: the folklorists I've interviewed tell me they decode a community's values by analyzing the stories those groups relate about their heroes.
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Don Paul
Mountain climber
Denver CO
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Nov 22, 2017 - 05:32am PT
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Just use Largo's list, but put him on it too, lol.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Cascade Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Nov 27, 2017 - 12:39am PT
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Even though many or even most of my adventures have been solo, one of the best aspects of my life has been my friends. It seems the climbing community is more extensive than I realized before starting this list of just my own contacts over the years. So here's a very incomplete listing of some people I've climbed with:
John Gill
Arron Schneider
Mark Powell
Beverly Powell
Bob Kamps
Warren Harding
Joe Faint
Robbie Blackwood
Jan Sacherer
Bill Sanders
Yvon Chouinard
Royal Robbins
Jane Taylor
Joe Fitschen
Jim Mays
Gary Hemming
Fred Becky
John Hudson
Art Gran
Margaret Young
Jim Richardson
Doug Tompkins
John Tompkins
Frank Sacherer
Chuck Pratt
Tom Frost
Jim Baldwin
Mike Borghoff
Chris Fredricks
Steve Thompson
Galen Rowell
Charles Raymond
Harry Daley
Gary Colliver
Tony Qamar
Andy Lichtman
Kim Schmitz
Lloyd Price
Beth Liversege
Rick Millikan
John Cochrane
Carolee Cochrane
Bonnie Cochrane
Barbara Cochrane
Fritz Cochrane
Tova Cochrane
Sean Cochrane
Joe Faint
Layton Kor
Tom Higgins
Wally Reed
Bedayan
Lionel Terray
Pat Ament
Sally Walker
Mike Hoover
Jeff Schoolfield
Kenji
Brad Miller
Dave Katz
Lynn Hill
Pierre de Mestral
Francois de Mestral
Patrick Marandez
Frank Siegal
Kevin Bein
Steve Schless
Scott Brenner
Tom Gregory
Tom Madden
Evie Lucashu
Brenan Culver
John Bloom
Michelle
Norie Huddle
Claire Mearns
Steve Kraal
John Mattox
Bruce Davidson
Anna Martin
Steve Leung
Gina Hendricks
Paul Brodbeck
Julie Tull
Alf Cederquist
Walt Shipley
Scott Cosgrove
Gifford Pinchot III
Jeff Braun
Jamie Beardsley
Bob Harrington
Vern Clevenger
Dylan Clevenger
Chelsea Wagner
Some other climbing friends and acquaintances I haven't tied in with:
John Salathe
Glen Denny
John Morton
Ed Cooper
Mort Hempel
Jeff Foot
Erik Beck
Roger Brown
Dave Dornan
Peter Lev
Allen Steck
Bill Briggs
Charlie Brown
Leigh Ortenburger
Herb Swedland
Wayne Merry
Joe McKeown
Jim Bridwell
John Bacher
Beverly Johnson
Jim Bridwell
Ed Hartouni
Jeff Lowe
Connie
Werner Braun
Clint Cummings
Jim Donini
Ron Kauk
TM Herbert
Jim Wilson
Tommy Caldwell
Yuji Hirayama
Hans Florine
Mayan Smith-Gobat
Greg Lowe
George Lowe
Michael Kennedy
And personal heroes from afar:
Herman Buhl
Walter Bonotti
Reinhold Messner
Alex Lowe
Alex Honnald
Peter Croft
Let me know if we've climbed together and I forgot you on this list...
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Nov 27, 2017 - 01:52pm PT
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Uh hamie,...... I was friends with Pete and his version of the story only had 5 climbers falling.
Who was number six? (Maybe Herman Buhl saw him too)
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Nov 27, 2017 - 08:06pm PT
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Mike Baca is a true legend.
(Mike is downclimbing to an anchor to set up a top rope for blind kids.)
"Hey, Mike, be careful, OK? That looks kinda sketchy."
"Well, I've lived a long and happy life."
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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May 29, 2018 - 08:45pm PT
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Did this article appear in #61 Spring as expected earlier? I did not see it in the index. Same for #62 Summer. Didn't see it there either. Can someone please confirm one way or t'other. It would be interesting to see the author's final list.
I know that Tami has a subscription. Hint, hint.
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nah000
climber
now/here
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May 29, 2018 - 11:13pm PT
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^^^^
the article was in 61.
was actually about beckey.
so with the thread title and initial question, the writer kept his cards pretty tight to the chest...
though as per usual over at alpinist: a good piece.
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