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dee ee
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Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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May 19, 2016 - 01:29pm PT
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I must've been lucky not to get one of those funky pairs of EB's!
1980 I spent four weeks in the valley and then six weeks in Tuolumne..... And everybody was there.
It was "honor system" when paying for the campsite!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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May 19, 2016 - 01:45pm PT
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Hey, BVB, you got that Mike Paul pre-Caliente portrait handy?
Pretty much just a headshot. He looks pensive, focused, heroic.
This one, Ray? Cool but concerned...
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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May 19, 2016 - 02:00pm PT
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Tarbuster
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May 19, 2016 - 05:01pm PT
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One can easily see why we also called him "The Roman Statue"!
A good picture of Shawn Curtis too, standing proud ...
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Yes, Bob, that's the one. It's an essential Watusi portrait.
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May 19, 2016 - 05:12pm PT
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Tarbuster, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1983:
The crew, same day ... Craig Fry, Roy, Mike and Mari, Fred East:
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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May 19, 2016 - 06:41pm PT
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I checked my log
and there it was, 1983
The Importance of Being Ernest, 5.10c
but no other info
and not long after that, that log was abandoned
and I went to just check marks in the guide book, with no dates or anything else
well they weren't check marks, they were underlines of the names in the index
and underlines of the topo names
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May 19, 2016 - 07:09pm PT
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That's fun.
Your notes should have it as spring?
I was among the first in the US to get a pair of Fire, spring of '83.
Just happened to be in Mike Graham's office when Lechlinski was picking up his investor pair, and there was one extra pair, my size.
*Spencer and Russ were also there that day on Importance of Being Earnest.
I wish I took more group photos BITD.
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May 19, 2016 - 07:42pm PT
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Tarbuster, Free South Africa, 1988:
Rudi, holding cord.
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May 19, 2016 - 08:56pm PT
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More pictures from the 2006 reunion.
Spencer Lennard, Bob Bolton:
Kim Carpenter:
Big Bob Bolton:
Carpenter, Spencer, Robs Muir:
Robs, BVB:
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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May 19, 2016 - 10:02pm PT
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I love the shot of Shawn standing tall, SWEET.
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Tarbuster
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May 20, 2016 - 05:36am PT
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Shawn was fun to hang out with: smart, patient, and up for a good time.
He liked well-organized, slickly produced music and had a good selection of live performances on videotape. Roxy Music, Frank Zappa, King Crimson.
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Roy Boy, White Cliffs of Dover, 1981:
Photo, Shawn Curtis
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May 20, 2016 - 07:05am PT
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Bouldering Flower of High Rank, 1985.
That year, each day after I finished guiding, Clark Jacobs and I used to solo tag team The Flower and Johnny Quest.
Then, every Sunday night, my weekend's work done in Idyllwild, I would blast up to Tuolumne for some midweek highlife.
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May 20, 2016 - 07:29am PT
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And the next shoe revolution, the Five-Tennie. The gray version was supreme at Josh.
Riding the Bearded Cabbage in the shoe with the black x-mark, 1985:
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May 20, 2016 - 07:40am PT
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Kenny Ariza, Illusion Dweller, 1984.
This is the year he and The General and crew showed up in matching pile jackets which Kurt's mom sewed for them all.
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May 20, 2016 - 07:41am PT
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Skip Guerin, Pinhead, 1984.
Skip was in Josh full force that year.
After guiding and partying with the weekenders, he and I and Mike Paul would drop down to North County San Diego and hang with Shawn for midweek R&R.
He stayed through spring and early summer, doing the Idyllwild thing with me and Mike and the Brother Gaines.
These photos were smartly cleaned and tuned by Peter Haan.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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May 20, 2016 - 05:27pm PT
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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May 20, 2016 - 05:53pm PT
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Skip G. was an awesome climber
but .. but..........
am I wrong to think that he may have been a bad influence is some esoteric way.
with those bare feet, or some other stuff
I'm not dissing him
just wondering what others have to say
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May 20, 2016 - 06:02pm PT
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Well, Skip had a penchant for rum and coke cocktails, Häagen-Dazs, and sports cars.
Dude could party.
Also had endless stories of antics with Mark Wilford!
...Any of that could be a risk factor for impressionable types!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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May 20, 2016 - 06:11pm PT
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Almost looks like Dave Yerian standing behind Mike Paul at More Monk.
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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May 20, 2016 - 06:20pm PT
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and that was Joe Hedge in one photo that was not annotated
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