sobo Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 My Biggest Climbing Hero is the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 My climbing heros are those who put other more important things in the fore of their life. I used to have big name heros like all of you but then I realized they were all dead (some leaving their family behind).  This is a bunch of horseshit. "World Class Climbers" often die the same way your friend could die. Rappel errors (Todd Skinner), Avalanche (Anatoli Boukreev), Bad Pro (Göran Kropp) etc.  These world class climbers may have undertaken bold adventures, but in the end they died the same way any of us could. Being a weekend warrior doesn't make climbing any safer -- especially if you still "crank rediculously hard."  Just my $.02   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetBoss Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008  This is a bunch of horseshit. "World Class Climbers" often die the same way your friend could die. Rappel errors (Todd Skinner), Avalanche (Anatoli Boukreev), Bad Pro (Göran Kropp) etc.  These world class climbers may have undertaken bold adventures, but in the end they died the same way any of us could. Being a weekend warrior doesn't make climbing any safer -- especially if you still "crank rediculously hard."  Just my $.02   Open mouth - insert foot.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builder206 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Open mouth - insert foot. Â Explain. How did he put his foot in his mouth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 ...I used to have big name heros like all of you but then I realized they were all dead ... Â I'm not dead. I just experimented with a new deodorant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canyondweller Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I thought so too until I went and heard her speak. She was the biggest disapointment I have ever experienced at a climbing show. But she sure is one hell of a climber!!! Â Â Why was she a disappointment? I know she has a laid back style of communicating and all. Were you expecting her to do jumping jacks? Â Arch, where did you see Lynn Hill speak? I saw her up at B'ham about 3 or 4 years ago. I remember her speaking style wasn't very captivating... I wouldn't quite call it depressed, but definitely subdued. I didn't leave the show stoked the way I do after other shows I've been to. Again, that's nothing to knock on Lynn Hill's success and achievements... just disappointing that I didn't get the stoke I expected from the show. Â That's the show she's talking about. It was like she had taken an extra half a Paxil, or something. She kept going on about how she "snuck" into Cuba, and her kid, and her 'life partner', blah, blah. I was like, "who fucking cares about your kid? Talk about freeing The Nose, for the love of Pete." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirwoofalot Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Ira Spring. He took the whole family, good pictures, and believed in access. Â Cool choice. I saw a memorial to Ira on the Mason Lake Trail. Just as you reach the crest on the trail before it drops down into the lake basin. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeezix Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Joe Firey Joe Tasker Pete Sinclair Japhy Ryder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottP Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Robert Cobb and Kevin Caldwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 moses - mt sinai FA w/ the old school gear bitches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canyondweller Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 moses - mt sinai FA w/ the old school gear bitches! Â Nice. I thought about Noah, but the Ark was aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Â but the Ark was aid. Â Is that a bad thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_Henson Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Not to denigrate the great climbers mentioned, but the climber I most admire is Fred Beckey. Not only is he an outstanding mountaineer, he is also a scholar, writer, and explorer who has dedicated his entire life to his pursuit. He is a seriously interesting personality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Ya got your "Great climbers" and then ya got "great people" who climb. Not having any "heros", I've been lucky to climb or hang with some great and awesome folks, some of you who posted on this thread, some of those named on this thread, and many others on this board. Â One not posting. Jim Opdycke, seen here following me last weekend at 64 years old. Â Â Picture by Ujahn Davisson: -also on my list of great people who climb but do not post here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figger_Eight Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Alex Lowe for me. Infectious mountain spirit, helluva nice guy and excelled at all types of climbing. Â A close second is this guy. After his girlfriend dies as a result of a wardrobe malfunction, he has the guts enough to come back and defeat a well trained crew of international terrorists. Awesome! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpinemorg Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Japhy Ryder  Good choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Alex Lowe for me. Infectious mountain spirit, helluva nice guy and excelled at all types of climbing. A close second is this guy. After his girlfriend dies as a result of a wardrobe malfunction, he has the guts enough to come back and defeat a well trained crew of international terrorists. Awesome!  Stuntmen are aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Gea Phipps was someone I used to know around Olympia, she's the one who took the actual whipper in that opening scene. It's funny, because when it comes to the fall she's looking right into the camera and it's really obvious she's not the actress, but I think the fall itself just blows that observation out of most folks minds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Gea is A W E S O M E!!! totally rad gal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 She took that lob three times...$45K ea time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstach Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 My climbing hero is the one having the most fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 I dont know about heroes. The climbers I find most impressive and inspirational are the ones who perservere in the face of insurmountable difficulties - like Hugh Herr or Warren McDonald or Paul Pritchard. I mean, think about how hard it would be for you to climb if you got both legs cut off or sustained permanent brain damage and partial paralysis in a climbing accident. If you are still climbing after that you must really, really love climbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_A Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 George Lowe would probably be at the top of my list. Â Â I've always been impressed with what I've read about him doing in Alaska (let alone the CDN Rockies, or anywhere else for that matter). Anyone that can get his cousin down off a route with a broken ankle, and get right back on to finish the FA, is certainly tenacious. Not to mention he went and did a new route on Foraker right after that. Â But, my true climbing heroes are the ones that I spend time with regularly (or, as regularly as possible) in the mountains, at the crags, or even pulling on plastic at the gym. Here's to you guys (and gals). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_leclerc Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Warren Harding... put up the Nose with homemade pins made from stovelegs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkporwit Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Warren Harding... put up the Nose with homemade pins made from stovelegs! And he managed to find time to be a US president while doing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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