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Mar 6, 2006
08:55pm PST |
"StoneMaster Stories" (Part 5) the epic continues
That's not the first free ascent of the Hangover... Had it been, you guys probably would have been sharing the stance with half the Stonemasters on the planet! You couldn't have missed it.
That F... |
rmuir |
Mar 6, 2006
02:39pm PST |
"StoneMaster Stories" (Part 5) the epic continues
Fop (fop)
n.
A man who is preoccupied with and often vain about his clothes and manners: a dandy.
I got this during a sh*t talking session with Kojak a couple years ago. I guess during... |
rbolton |
Mar 3, 2006
06:44pm PST |
"StoneMaster Stories" (Part 5) the epic continues
Actually, Rob, I think you've bought into the legend that Candlestickless was done by others. All the Stonemasters who have written in on this list I climbed with at Roubidoux many, many times and I ... |
Largo |
Feb 28, 2006
08:07pm PST |
StoneMaster Stories (Part 4) continued onward farther
I was quoted, in an old interview, about the Stonemaster thing:
Robs: Naw. It was never like that. If you had the moxie, you were a Stonemaster. No dues, no cards, no club. Just a wry poke at the m... |
rmuir |
Feb 26, 2006
08:42am PST |
StoneMaster Stories (Part 4) continued onward farther
Stonemaster Acolyte Mari Gingery, circa 81/'82:
Vampire, pulling into the crack after a thin traverse from the mantle.
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photo RCM
We were still climbing in Eb's, but ... |
Tarbuster |
Feb 24, 2006
07:22pm PST |
StoneMaster Stories (Part 4) continued onward farther
For starters, there's no book in the works about The Stonemasters. But there's some other stuff that Mike G. and I are fiddlig around with and we'll let you know once it rounds into shape. We definat... |
Largo |
Feb 23, 2006
02:54pm PST |
StoneMaster Stories (Part III) continued onward
Stonemasters,
Mike "Gramicci" Graham, thank you for your reply to my email, that really meant a lot to me.
Largo,
I have laughed and cried through the years reading your short stories.
I... |
Klimmer |
Feb 20, 2006
03:59am PST |
Stonemaster Stories (Part II)
My concept of the Stonemaster formula:
[rudimentary tools] + [sophisticated movement skills] x [strict performance ethics/unbridled commitment] = excellent constraints for galvanizing character and... |
Tarbuster |
Feb 19, 2006
09:39am PST |
Stonemaster Stories (Part II)
Great story, Henny! Here's my recollection of our first ascent of Valhalla, in April, 1972:
Towards the end of my second year at UCR, I was feeling pretty confortable with SoCal granite. I was liv... |
rmuir |
Feb 17, 2006
02:50pm PST |
Stonemaster Stories (Part II)
Robs, great names associated with the history of Mt. Rubidoux. It's way cool to have my memory refreshed on the subject. I do have another Rubidoux question: can anyone associate a name with the gu... |
henny |
Feb 13, 2006
08:25pm PST |
Stonemaster Stories (Part II)
In a prior posting, up-thread, it was noted that some of the Stonemasters (back then) had a tendency to "urge" people on... This often took the form of encouragement to try new things and, as... |
rmuir |
Feb 8, 2006
03:37pm PST |
Stonemaster Stories (Part II)
The following paste is brought over from the original thread and covers posts #197 to #202.
Yo, you new old guys... try to keep up ;)
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Russ Walling |
Feb 7, 2006
11:13pm PST |
Stonemaster Stories (Part II)
Now, the Stonemasters (whoever they may have been) were always a good group to go climbing with. The assembled group (always spontaneous, seldom planned) would head up to the crag and... |
rmuir |
Feb 7, 2006
05:02pm PST |
Stonemaster Stories (Part II)
Great topic, reading all the stories got the memory banks working in my head. The old days are sort of hazy, cause it was such a long, long time ago and well you know we smoked herb by the ounce! I w... |
guyman |
Feb 7, 2006
05:00pm PST |
Stonemaster stories
Great topic, reading all the stories got the memory banks working in my head. The old days are sort of hazy, cause it was such a long, long time ago and well you know we smoked herb by the ounce! I w... |
guyman |
Feb 7, 2006
04:47pm PST |
Stonemaster Stories (Part II)
Thanks, Russ.
And, for the record, the start of this (continuing) thread was a first post by John Long (a.k.a., JL, Largo, J-Elvis, Juan Largo, Hoo-man!, Johnny, et al.), to wit:
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rmuir |
Feb 3, 2006
12:43pm PST |
Stonemaster stories
The circle of "Stonemasters" had expanded to include quite a few notables, by the mid-seventies. Someone should tell some stories of the guide school that was formed up in Idyllwild called "The Calif... |
rmuir |
Jan 31, 2006
04:36pm PST |
Stonemaster stories
By the time folks were hoarding "their" projects (as was their right), the true Stonemaster era was already over. In the Stonemasters "Golden Era," it was come on, come all, and that included ... |
Largo |
Jan 30, 2006
08:59pm PST |
Stonemaster stories
wow. floodgates breach, and the air is so thick with memories i have to swat them away like flies.....
two of my favorites largo stories, probably as much myth as reality but we lived and died by ... |
bvb |
Jan 29, 2006
11:19pm PST |
Stonemaster stories
I think it was the summer 1975; one of my first trips to the Valley. It was a solo trip, with the idea of spending a month or so and hooking up with other So Cal climbers who said they would show up. ... |
looking sketchy there... |
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