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Forum Topic |
Author |
Oct 5, 2011
09:39pm PST |
Tobin Sorenson
THE GREEN ARCH
We came from nowhere towns like Upland, Cucamonga, Ontario, and Montclair. None of us had done anything more distinguished than chase down a fly ball or spend a couple of nights in... |
Largo |
Sep 14, 2011
03:48pm PST |
Good bye Walter Bonatti
Largo,
I like your book, the Stonemasters, very much. I didn't know that the stonemasters were inspired by Bonatti and the alps, but I'm not surprised.
By the way the finsihing lines "Ultimately... |
Marlow |
Sep 14, 2011
03:06pm PST |
Good bye Walter Bonatti
the Stonemasters were largely influenced by Herman Buhl and Walter Bonatti. It was a highlight for many Stonemasters to repeat the master's routes in the Alps. Early on I remember trying to comb my h... |
Largo |
Jun 23, 2011
03:47pm PST |
Yabo's wikipedia page
A good idea. I'd do it but too lazy.
No need to put in every detail of his life just what he means to climbing.
Yabo was significant in his bold style of bouldering, climbing and soloing. Als... |
Spider Savage |
May 8, 2011
03:33pm PST |
Stonemasters: The Prequel...
Largo and company...
Shrug off the disrespect. It's just petty jealousy.
These punks (and many of them are far too old themselves to lean on their youth anymore) are the ones that should... |
Steve Grossman |
May 8, 2011
01:33pm PST |
Stonemasters: The Prequel...
I've heard the words "mountain unicycle" and never really thought about it much till just now looking at Largo's photo. That is knarly stuff.... |
Mike Bolte |
May 8, 2011
01:02pm PST |
Stonemasters: The Prequel...
Largo... that looks like a lotta fun, but at "our" age, it seems like you would want some combo forearm and elbow pads on that thing for the just-in-case situations. Don't know about you, but I'm slow... |
steelmnkey |
May 8, 2011
12:53pm PST |
Stonemasters: The Prequel...
Still living in the past, eh. Let's see some new photos of all you badasses climbing today!
---Where'd you ever find that photo, Robs? I was 16. Barely. First trip to the Domelands.
Gonme: I'm... |
Largo |
May 8, 2011
12:40pm PST |
Stonemasters: The Prequel...
Great photos Rob, Largo looks like a mere child.
Jan, my avitar is fairly current, but the historical pictures are still loads of fun.... |
looking sketchy there... |
May 7, 2011
05:20pm PST |
Stonemasters: The Prequel...
I'm sure that John and Dean are hard at work pitching the movie rights to The Stonemasters - California Rock Climber of the Seventies. In the meantime, we ought to start work on The Prequel. Maybe w... |
rmuir |
Sep 1, 2010
08:46pm PST |
St Juan Largo's Pancake Breakfast
Wow. I just discovered this thread and the request...
(<rant>Yeah, I know about the many broken image links in the Stonemasters Threads. Since we can no longer change links on ST afte... |
rmuir |
May 14, 2010
04:56pm PST |
Relativity Boulders, Idyllwild
Yeah, it looks different when shot from the left. It's impossible to get a good shot of that problem for several reasons, mostly the trees, which make the light real funky.
What made the Speed of L... |
Largo |
May 10, 2010
10:58am PST |
Largo Appreciation Thread
I just finished writing a second review of The Stonemasters. That's two of em from just this one writer in about 8 months since it came out.
I'm pretty high on this book, and a lot of it owes to Jo... |
DR |
May 2, 2010
06:11pm PST |
Black Dynamite
I used to love "blaxploitation" films, and got turned onto them by a black roommate I had in college. There was some fine black "trim" (blame Eddie Murphy for the term) in those flics, and gr... |
Largo |
May 1, 2010
06:05pm PST |
Richard Harrison - Rocovering
Make the "Recovering"
Legendary American climber, Richard Harrison, one of the original Stonemasters, who did everything from the first free ascent of the Diamond (w/ John Bachar), to spear... |
Largo |
Mar 25, 2010
08:25pm PST |
RIDING GIANTS
Just found this movie at the local supermarket for $4.00. Watched it today.....Incredible!! Anyone else see a similarity between the growth of the surfing and climbing clutures. The characters depi... |
Cracko |
Mar 11, 2010
07:01am PST |
2nd ascent of the prow-solo
Largo, Thanks-that is quite a compliment from one of the early Stonemasters.
I will always treasure my times there; as will all climbers who really got into it. I'm curious about one thing when you s... |
steveA |
Mar 3, 2010
09:03pm PST |
Largo's Writing
Climbing is often about achievement , and often those are only known to
others by word , often stories. Most climbing literature is somewhat dry\boring even if the events themselves were epic. Over m... |
ground_up |
Feb 6, 2010
06:55pm PST |
LEB: The Sarah Palin Interview
yeah largo,
you can build the animations here: http://www.xtranormal.com
it's a snap. stonemasters: the movie!... |
bvb |
Feb 6, 2010
12:43pm PST |
Welcome to Ken Boche
I broke in at Yosemite by climbing a lot of those Ken Boche runout slab routes over on the Apron. All of us So Cal guys came from Tahquitz, Suicide and Roubidoux so Glacier Pt. felt rater cozy, though... |
Largo |
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