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Tarbuster
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Feb 18, 2007 - 11:42pm PT
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Hey Van Belle,
I always thought it was somewhat enviable (somewhat), the position you, Twilly, & Off held up there in Oly, what with bein' in strikin' distance of some natty alpine climbing terrain.
I much enjoyed my intro to that scene when 'Tusi & I came up to stutter up Rainier in '81. We got a taste of some of the regular antics; picking shrooms right off the Olympia College campus lawn, then melting our way up the Sunny Muffin tree behind the Twilly Meister. -Good tymes.
So "Team Deadly" was in full force at that point, hehe.
Speaking of, any story behind this pic-chure?
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Tarbuster
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Feb 18, 2007 - 11:45pm PT
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While Bob is perhaps pourin' a dram of Lagavulin,
The rest of us can ponder this one:
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 19, 2007 - 12:37am PT
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Hubertus Vanderspek! bvb, what's his story?!
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Feb 19, 2007 - 07:29am PT
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bvb,
You're da man, no doubt. Still pulling hard on stone and "cranking the way rads." Must be some secret formula in the life style you lead. Keep doing her.
And to top it off you crack me up :-))
OffWhite,
Nice to know bvb was a Scout. I just knew it. Behind that badboy image is a merit badge.
And if you guys truly went to Clairemont High here in San Diego, then yes it is the one and only "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." See Cameron Crowe's page; he grew up here in San Diego . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Crowe
"Allmost Famous" was based on his time as a writer here in San Diego for Rolling Stone magazine, and the San Diego Sports Arena is the promanent concert venue where much of it in real life and in the movie took place.
bvb would make "Spicoli" proud.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 19, 2007 - 10:38am PT
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BVB has got lots of merit badges. If you ask politely he will show them all to you. But a word of warning, just be impressed and complimentary and leave it at that. You won't find most of his badges on anybody else's chest or anywhere else for that matter because BVB is no ordinary scout and crafts his own, in secret (oops).
Above all else, never produce a scouting handbook in his presence asking to compare his badges to the official list. The infamous band camp incident was the last time this happened. I have a hard time imagining a trombone disappearing into another camper but BVB was strong and determined even back then.
Off White is also a scout and they can gang up on ya if you cross them. Off goes psycho if you improperly split firewood. He will glaze up and begin to mumble "you are a danger to yourself, tote and chip, tote and chip properly!" Then he comes at you with the maul!
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Tarbuster
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Feb 19, 2007 - 10:43am PT
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 19, 2007 - 11:11am PT
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Heh, Dragontail was good times, one of those rare climbs where Bob, a perpetual lead hog, demanded to be in the middle of the three man rope and wouldn't be budged. Here's a re-enactment from an incident on the actual climb:
The sun set as we summited, and partway down the dark headlampless descent we stopped to bivy, scrounging scraps of scrubby firs for a desparate little fire started with the remnants of Twilly's bandana. I've always suspected that boy sweated turpentine. Bob slept so close to the fire that the back of his borrowed rain jacket puddled and ran, and the white pile Scumbag brand pile jacket underneath developed a charred patch the size of a dinner plate. BVB came the closest of anyone I ever knew to embodying a personal nightmare vision of mine: the burning pile person.
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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Feb 19, 2007 - 03:46pm PT
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bump to keep the american legend from slipping to page two
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Feb 19, 2007 - 06:12pm PT
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The guy still climbs remarkably well considering all the mileage and abuse. Good thing too 'cause he sure hasn't gotten any better looking over the years...
Curt
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 19, 2007 - 06:26pm PT
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pffft. talk about the pot calling the fuucking kettle black......
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 19, 2007 - 07:41pm PT
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BVB...post that picture of Curt, you and me.
I...by far look the best.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 19, 2007 - 10:21pm PT
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Settle down boys,
It's what you look like inside that counts eh?
So,
On that note, let's take another look 'neath BVB's lid,
Shall we?
...period doodles, by Bob "The Foot" Van Bellodrome.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 19, 2007 - 10:49pm PT
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...All very "Important" work really.
Plus, I happ'n to know how he derives these images,
Ya see, Jos COAXES the master to put blunt pen to parchment:
...or is this what she does in response, jeebus, I'm not sure now.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 19, 2007 - 10:52pm PT
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Ok, I got other threads to go muck up,
But first -an early portrait of the artist in repose:
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Mimi
climber
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Feb 19, 2007 - 10:55pm PT
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Roy, that cartoon is only supposed to be posted posthumously. A real treat.
Boy, could I add to that one. Gotta be circa 1986. And don't forget, it was Neil with a K.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 19, 2007 - 11:10pm PT
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A careful examination of the last portrait will go far in explaining why an early title for our subject was "The Prince of Prone"
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 20, 2007 - 12:32am PT
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Is it possible that the frying pan photo is a re-enactment of the rockfall episode on Dragontail meant to conjure up some alpine mojo for later in the evening? What was that classic Twilley quote under fire?
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Tarbuster
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Feb 20, 2007 - 12:38am PT
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Nice work Steve,
But in fact, the plot is much thicker:
Twilley & The Prince of Prone on more urgent matters...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
one pass away from the big ditch
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Feb 20, 2007 - 01:37am PT
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Mother Superior?
hahaha classic man! er, woman?
ok, so whose bus is this?
made famous in Glowacz coffee table book, i think. been awhile. ???
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 20, 2007 - 10:02am PT
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Tar Skinner's, innit?
The Dragontail rock fall exchange went like this:
Twilly shouts down from above, "Move it VanBelle, this place is a SHOOTING GALLERY" which is almost immediately followed by a volley of stones. Bob's pupils grow large as saucers and I'd swear he starts kicking up the couloir twice as fast.
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