Brush with Greatness

[RuMR]

I once got stood up by the great DFA!! How's that for an ugly brush-off???

[rr666]

I ate breakfast a couple tables over from Rod Stewart.

I was on a cruise with Winnie from "The Wonder Years", played blackjack with her.

I dated the sheriff's daughter in high school.

 

 

 

[Ursa_Eagle]

Dinner with Carlos Buhler after the slideshow he gave earlier this year here in PDX.

 

I had dinner with Fred Beckey when he was in town two weeks ago. Then I went out to the Lucky Lab afterward and watched him get digits from no less than 3 women in their 30's. Watched him dodge questions left and right, including harmless ones-

Me: "Did you make the trail up depot creek?"

Fred: "It's been there for a while."

 

I ran into Lowell Skoog on the trail up to Boston Basin, and not realizing who he was, asked for any beta on the West Ridge of Forbidden then went on my merry way.

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

RuMR said:

I once got stood up by the great DFA!! How's that for an ugly brush-off???

 

 

That just hurts. Does this mean your free copy of the infamous 'Dr. Flash Amazing Sex Tape' wasn't a soothing enough balm for your damaged feelings?

 

Oh, life can be so unjust!

[bunglehead]

I got a really nice e-mail from Alan Watts earlier this year.

[ChrisT]

I met Ansel Adams and his wife at their home in Carmel years ago - 1981 I think.

[klenke]

Me: Muhammed Ali. Shook his hand. Got his autograph. Threw him a left hook and he rope-a-doped. (Okay, that last sentence was a fabrication.)

[catbirdseat]

I met Disney artist, John Hench years ago at my folks house. He's still going strong at age 95. Story

[mtn_mouse]

I hike with an old fart who has climbed with Warren Harding, Royal Robbins, Tom Hornbein, and Willy Unsoled.

 

Kind of risky posting so close to a Cat!

Edited December 1, 2003 by mtn_mouse

[cj001f]

ChrisT said:

I met Ansel Adams and his wife at their home in Carmel years ago - 1981 I think.

I ran into the former mayor (Clint Eastwood) when working there, as well as sold some dishes to his wife (the local news anchor) - I didn't realize who she was until she produced her ID when paying by check.

[scott_harpell]

when i was 6 i use to go over to 'mikes' house... ya know nevaland? he was real nice to me.

[lI1|1!]

i once got on a plane with duran duran and there were like 30 screeming teenage girls at the gate (it was a while ago).

 

i pass tom hornbein in the hallway from time to time.

[To_The_Top]

Ran into Dr. Hornbein several times on the trail and hiked with him.

Had breakfast with Norm Rice before a climb, he's pretty funny.

[Dru]

bunglehead said:

I got a really nice e-mail from Alan Watts earlier this year.

 

i got a really nice advance copy of the NEW SMITH ROCK GUIDE from him earlier this year

[catbirdseat]

Tom's a really great guy. Humble and kind.

[scott_harpell]

1) use first name if you know it.

2) make lots of shit up.

3) sayit was a long time ago (in case anyone asks for details)...

 

that's all for now... see ya tommorrow!

[iain]

Dru said:

bunglehead said:

I got a really nice e-mail from Alan Watts earlier this year.

 

i got a really nice advance copy of the NEW SMITH ROCK GUIDE from him earlier this year

I'm sick of this "advance copy" bs when it's been out for weeks now. Too bad mine got pretty soaked in the rain last weekend lol

[Dru]

iain said:

Dru said:

bunglehead said:

I got a really nice e-mail from Alan Watts earlier this year.

 

i got a really nice advance copy of the NEW SMITH ROCK GUIDE from him earlier this year

I'm sick of this "advance copy" bs when it's been out for weeks now. Too bad mine got pretty soaked in the rain last weekend lol

 

oh is yours printed on paper? mine is printed on Goretex! and comes with a Miox Pen in the spine for disinfecting the Crooked River with

[catbirdseat]

ChrisT said:

I met Ansel Adams and his wife at their home in Carmel years ago - 1981 I think.

Of course you were in diapers then. That's why it's hard to remember, right?

[scott_harpell]

uhm... i met warhol on his deathbed... he dies 3 days after i was born, so the details are a lil hazy.

[iain]

Dru said:and comes with a Miox Pen in the spine for disinfecting the Crooked River with

uh, you best buy the immodium in advance. no miox pen's gonna kill off that stuff. we're talking tazers and shit.

[dkemp]

When I was one year old (1963) my mom took us to see Martin Luther King Jr march in Jackson MS. He stopped and asked my mom if she would join the march. She said "No, Dr King, I got my family here." He waved and she waved, and the march progressed. Yeah, my mom is awesome.

 

I once had BillyGoat stay the night at my pad. He actually fell for the line, "Breakfast is my specialty."

 

I once had Klenke name a peak correctly on a "Name that Peak" thread I started.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[slothrop]

Jennifer Love Hewitt gave me a smooch on the cheek as my grandpa picked me up from school one day. He teased me for months. We were in second grade, at which point in her career she was already wearing makeup. She didn't look like this yet, though:

 

 

Oh, and Scot'teryx gave me a belay test at Cascade Crags.

[ChrisT]

dkemp said:

When I was one year old (1963) my mom took us to see Martin Luther King Jr march in Jackson MS. He stopped and asked my mom if she would join the march. She said "No, Dr King, I got my family here." He waved and she waved, and the march progressed. Yeah, my mom is awesome.

 

 

 

Wow - that's beautiful man. Wish I'd met Dr. King. The closest I came to greatness was shaking the hand of an overweight Ted Kennedy when he was running for president in 1980.

[scott_harpell]

i failed a belay test there once cause i didn't know the verbal commands (the difference between take and tension). that is my claim to fame.