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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Aug 24, 2009 - 03:25pm PT
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oh man...
Rest in peace
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Aug 24, 2009 - 03:42pm PT
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In honor of our friend I propose that we declare a moratorium on death for at least the rest of this year.
Too many good people have left us - feels like the tribe is thinning a bit too much.
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justthemaid
climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 24, 2009 - 03:53pm PT
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Thanks for linking the SCC threads guys. I was having a lot of trouble logging in there and kind of gave up, but I knew there were some good stories. Perhaps you guys can link this thread in there for some of his friends to read?
Edit to add a funny side not on my first encounter with the whisk broom.
Curt drags me out to Lost Wall (of course) on my first visit out there. He's handing me gear- points at some gritty crack he's sending me up then clips the broom on me. I'm like... "what's that for?" He's says "Cleaning". OK. A get a few feet up then start realizing the entire crack is full of spiders and webs. I get all girly and squeamish...not wanting to put my hands in there. I'm doing a fair amount of whining. Curt's hollering..."WHISK!!! WHISK THEM!!! DAMN YOU MUPPET...USE THE BROOM!!!" Thought I'd be cleaning dirt...not spiders.
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JBoydston
climber
Deep South
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Aug 24, 2009 - 03:59pm PT
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If you make it to page 4 on the SCC link, I get Curt super riled up, you know how he'd get mad and his typing skills go way downhill, and it sadly degrades to a poo slinging fest.
Curt would love to know we're honoring his ability to throw quite a wobbler on the internet. He was a really nice guy in person.
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Brian
climber
Cali
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Aug 24, 2009 - 04:06pm PT
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RIP Curt. Sincere condolences to the friends and family left behind.
His music is truly incredible. To those of you who were close to him, or to whom he gave copies of his music (both when he was well and, later, when ill). A compilation CD of his work would be a truly fitting memorial. I don't know what Curt would have liked in terms of memorial, but I'll bet lots of folks here would pony up some cash for a copy of the CD, and the proceeds could be used for a fitting memorial. Just a thought.
Brian
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mister t
climber
nowhere special
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Aug 24, 2009 - 04:25pm PT
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sad to see you go curt
one of the most talented musicians I've ever heard
RIP
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dougs510
Social climber
down south
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Aug 24, 2009 - 04:53pm PT
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So sad. RIP friend. Condolences to family and friends.
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Aug 24, 2009 - 04:55pm PT
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R I P
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Aug 24, 2009 - 05:14pm PT
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Sorry we've lost another in the Tribe....Best thoughts go out to his Family and Friends. Curt and I talked a few years ago about him getting healthy and coming out west . I've been eyeing some interesting Choss piles he may have enjoyed putting in a few FA's on.. Hope Werner is right and we can keep that date in about 19 years.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville
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Aug 24, 2009 - 05:19pm PT
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My sincere condolences to Curt's friends and family.
-wayne
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Les
Trad climber
Bahston
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Aug 24, 2009 - 05:34pm PT
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namaste, bro. didn't know you, but caught some of your posts in the climbing ether for a while. Condolences to family and friends.
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jstan
climber
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Aug 24, 2009 - 05:48pm PT
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While untrained I have read Curt's description. The cesum is an unusual
location and his condition was almost asymptomatic. Very unusual. The
colonoscopy showed clear and it is a speculation as to what a cat scan would
have indicated. At this point you wonder whether the cell type was also very
unusual.
An unassociated and ignorant observation, if you will. Most of the principal
investigators on the Manhattan Project have passed as a result very unusual
and opportunistic cancers.
I have no real information to offer.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 24, 2009 - 06:04pm PT
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Tami, I think the miracle was the way he lived through this,
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Ezra
Social climber
WA, NC, Idaho Falls
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Aug 24, 2009 - 06:50pm PT
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My condolences to his family and friends.
Curt sounded like the real deal, in an utterly BS filled world!
-e
ps All you older trad dads and ladies need a colonoscopy at 50, or earlier if your body tells you so!
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cintune
climber
the Moon and Antarctica
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Aug 24, 2009 - 09:21pm PT
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Curt saw very clearly and told it like it was. Unforgettable character and integrity all around. Condolences to his friends and family; the world is a lesser place without him.
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Nohea
Trad climber
Sunny Aiea,Hi
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Aug 24, 2009 - 09:22pm PT
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Rest in Peace Curt. You were an enjoyable crusty fella and likely you have added years to my life by telling me what I have ahead in the means of testing and having Dr's becoming too familiar with me.
Keep climbing Bro, Thank you,
wil
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Aug 24, 2009 - 09:28pm PT
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Wow this is way sad man...
Curt was a good dude.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Aug 24, 2009 - 09:46pm PT
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is it just me, or has this been a hard, hard, hard year? maybe it's just that there are so many more climbers now than there were 35 or 40 years ago, and stuff like the internet and the now-routine nature of interstate climbing travel makes it so much more likely that you'll meet so many people outside your immediate posse...i don't know. but to me, right now, stuck inside my head, it just really seems like our clan has taken a real beating this year. it's painful. i genuinely don't know what to say anymore.
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