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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Jun 12, 2009 - 12:08pm PT
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Dear MH2,
Take up smoking! : )
Ciao,
Doug
And Gunkie, I know what you mean about portaledge bivy vs. bivy ledge. The guide shows camp 4 as a okay bivy for 2, and in '83 I spent the night there with five of us. (my partner & I plus 3 Venezuelans)
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Jun 12, 2009 - 01:16pm PT
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I knew I was getting old when I got injured from sleeping.
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TomT
Trad climber
Aptos.
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Jun 12, 2009 - 02:12pm PT
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I'm 55. It's still about stepping up to the rock with some fear and uncertainty, tie in and start up. There are an huge number of climbs out there to find that feeling again. I did Chingando a few weeks ago, and screwed up the pro, scraped the hell out of my arm and shoulder, got real scared..it was great.
Feels the same as when I was 18. I still love it and dream about it. I see that in Beckey's eyes, makes me happy to think I might get another 25 years of that.
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Jun 12, 2009 - 03:40pm PT
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yes, your getting older... Be glad you've got these memories, and keep moving!!! LOL
Cheers
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jun 12, 2009 - 04:45pm PT
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Warning!!! The NIH has just released a bulletin that recent research shows that if you stop climbing you are likely to begin aging.
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nb3000
Social climber
the ass-end of nowhere
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Jun 12, 2009 - 05:30pm PT
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My regular partner is 50. I'm 28. Whatever he lacks in ability he more than makes-up for in sh#t talking.
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luggi
Trad climber
from the backseat of Jake& Elwood Blues car
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Jun 12, 2009 - 07:43pm PT
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Where I really feel it anymore is the decent..climber trails down just have be on my butt half the time. The younger travlers just hurl themselves downward, in my view..I have to take more time...stuff just hurts after awhile and I know how long it takes to heal when things go sideways....
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 12, 2009 - 11:20pm PT
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Donini, wasn't that in a Tom Petty song, "don't stop and you'll never get old"?
i'm dragging my 52d yr old carcass to the crags this weekend...
Moj, Dick Dale is king of way more than the surf guitar. He is an icon to many of us. I know you know this, but others may not, so , please indulge me. DD is a long time survivor of colo/rectal Cancer. At one point in I think maybe '69, he was about to die from it. This is reflected in the Jimi Hendrix song 'Third stone from the sun'. It is an instrumental piece, except at one point Jimi says, "Never to hear surf music, again". Jimi was talking about the likely any moment demise of Dick Dale. ( Hendrix died in '70, so I can't be too wrong about the dates). Dick pulled throough and is with us today, amazing. There are a number of recordings wherein he plays third stone, he usually utters an epitath first, the one I have, goes something like, "Jimi, I wish you were here now".
Whatever your age, rock like Dick Dale (or B.B King, Carlos Santana and others), or like Jimi would be showing us, had he made it through!
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Jun 12, 2009 - 11:29pm PT
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Dick Dale lives out here on the sand (along with Eric Burdon) and in a strange twist of fate......
Me and another poster on the Taco (Jim Wilcox) went to high school with Dick Dales bass player (Sam Bolle), who when not backing up D.D., is keeping the surf sound alive. Add to the story: Sams uncle I believe was Leo Fender, you know, the Strat etc.
Dick and Sam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsPUfbGsMRg
Sams gig: http://www.myspace.com/slacktone
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 12, 2009 - 11:33pm PT
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The sand is proud tonight, and I think even Russ is still climbing in these, his advanced, years! just keep doing the math....
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spyork
Social climber
A prison of my own creation
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Jun 12, 2009 - 11:50pm PT
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Jay,
If you keep on dancin' you'll never grow old!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 13, 2009 - 12:04am PT
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I'm packing my dancing shoes for this weekend, thanks Spyork! we have room in site 122 in the pinnacles if you have an inclination to head that way
you know how to reach me.
Maybe like
" I don' know,
but i been told,
keep on dancin'
you'll never get old..."
Sounds almost like the dead.
A touch of Gray suits me, anyway.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 13, 2009 - 01:08am PT
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Interesting juxtaposition that someone who does surf music lives in the desert.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
North of the Owyhees
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Jun 13, 2009 - 01:13am PT
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Dancin' over here, boss.
Dancin'! Yarrrrrr.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 13, 2009 - 11:00pm PT
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hey there jaybro and spyork
say, i know the song...
dance, dance, dance... etc.. never grow old
????steve miller band, i rekcon????
say, i had heard that james cagney tap danced till late into his years, too... (hmm, though he may have smoked, or drank--i DONT know)... but still ....
yeah, keep moving, somehow... :)
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jun 13, 2009 - 11:09pm PT
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Where I really feel it anymore is the decent..climber trails down just have be on my butt half the time.
On the way out of the Sierras we'd of course run into some youngsters charging up the hill, Ed would always make the offer,
"we'll go up twice for you if you go down twice for us" That guaranteed a puzzled look.
In my youth I always thought the old RCS bunch at Tahquitz walked sorta funny on the way down. I am now to all familliar with that gait.
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jstan
climber
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Jun 16, 2014 - 02:31pm PT
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Andy:
The only reason for living is to become old enough to get a golden turkey. Everything else is commentary.
Get dual citizenship and you can still bring it off.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Jun 16, 2014 - 02:36pm PT
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The Stone Nudes thread has hit on some ageism issues. It made me think of two of my favorite books. The first one came out in 86 and I was entertained by it but couldn't really relate. I certainly do now, even though I am younger still than most of the subjects. It does give me hope for future years, too ! As strong and robust as these super senior athletes are, I'm not so sure an old dudes stone nudes calendar would be the best choice.
Susan
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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Jun 16, 2014 - 02:48pm PT
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Aarrggh. I don't need to be reminded. I just feel glad when I wake up and nothing hurts.
You wake up sometimes and nothing hurts?
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