Other Legend Sightings

[Beck]

No shit, there I was...

last night i was at a social picnic down in Tacoma ... Me and my friend Fran M. are listening to an older climber (retired) ... he's telling us about how he was testing the effect of blood acidity and altitude back in the day, and that taking baking soda or antacids seemed to have positive effects on regulating carbonic acids in the blood, along with other muscular effects... sounded very intriging, Fran and I are like, "well, we'll try anything to help at attitude"

Well, after he leaves, my friend Fran M says " do you know who that was? Larry P. the founder of MSR!" the Man behind the stoves!!

Too cool... anyone else run into any local legends lately?

[jblakley]

I see Tom Hornbein in the gym fairly regularly

[Cpt.Caveman]

I saw that dude at the Pass a few weeks back. Very nice dude. I saw Paul Myhre the other day.

[panther]

Panther was just looking at his Johnson a minute ago. That's pretty legendary.

[Dru]

Pat McNerthney was quoted in that Icicle fire thread. He didn't say anything about Barfing Hoof though.

[Bob_Clarke]

Saw Steve Swenson coming off of the Torment-Forbidden traverse last weekend.

Met Vern Tejas on McKinley.

Met Phil Ershler on Aconcagua.

Went to the opening of IMAX Everest and sat in the same row with Big Lou Whittiker, brother Jim, Swensen, David Breshears (had dinner with him as well), Tom Horbein, Ed Veisters.

Climbed with Lynn Hill at Little Si.

Carried jblakley's climbing shoes and gym bag.

[panther]

Wow! Was that all lately? You're pretty cool.

[Dwayner]

Did me or pope happen to mention that we saw Big Lou near the Whittaker Bunkhouse last Friday? If you want the complete details, we'd be pleased to repost them here.

- Dwayner

[swalsh]

I saw JBlakely up in Boston Basin last week, he actually allowed me to follow him around and swat horseflies off his chiseled physique.

I saw the Magnificient Bastard coming down off of the West Ridge, scrubbing his thighs with pumice, trying to remove the filthy stain of shame.

[Cobra]

I saw my arse give birth to a large snakelike brown eel!

[pope]

Cobra, that's beautiful. We should have some kind of turd competition at the big cc.com bash at Bridge Creek camp (see Beck for details). I've got a special high-fiber diet involving celery, pine needles, together with a special ingredient which keeps everything glued together without retarding the delivery process.

Anyway, I saw Paul Myhre interviewed on King-5 television last night, but that's not the amazing part. What struck me as particularly unusual is that the interview was not conducted at Gustav's. Guess it requires a brush fire to get that guy away from the tits-n-butts-beer one may experience at that joint.

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[jblakley]

I once had Ropegun2001 spit on me when I inquired for beta to the NE Sod Pillar of Cougar Mtn. I quickly scraped/scooped it into a baggy and now sleep with it under my pillow at night.

[Beck]

You guys are all great, this stuff is hilarious!! Does anyone know Krakauer?

[Dru]

I heard Krakauer posts on this site under the name of Office Space...or Panther.

[Wopper]

I talked to Carlos Buhler at Rodchester's wedding last week-end.

[Dru]

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Originally posted by Wopper:

I talked to Carlos Buhler at Rodchester's wedding last week-end.

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You met Matt Broderick? Wow! "Anyone...anyone...Buhler...Buhler?"

 

[Beck]

Buhler, huh.. he always looks so whacked! in his pictures, nice guy or oxygen addled egoist?

[Wopper]

Dru - Yeah, he was taking the day off.

Beck - He was a cool guy. Very down to earth, introduced me to his wife, and even a week-end hack like myself could talk to him. Was not arrogant or condescending at all.

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[Dru]

Wopper, I dug it how he called his route on Siula G. "Avoiding the Touch". Hee hee.

He's probably a good Scrabble player too

[AlpineK]

Once in the mid 80's I saw Ron Kauk guiding David Lee Roth at J Tree.

[Charlie]

This morning, I was startled to find that during the night, someone had hung a lifesize picture of "The Rock" in my bathroom.

[Charlie]

Oh wait, that was a mirror!

[RStewbone]

In J tree some dude next to me had run out a seriously stiff crack and was smoking furiously while his buddy flailed to clean it. That's when I realized it was Bridwell. He made small talk and offered beta in legendary form.

[Cobra]

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Originally posted by pope:

Cobra, that's beautiful. We should have some kind of turd competition at the big cc.com bash at Bridge Creek camp (see Beck for details). I've got a special high-fiber diet involving celery, pine needles, together with a special ingredient which keeps everything glued together without retarding the delivery process.

Anyway, I saw Paul Myhre interviewed on King-5 television last night, but that's not the amazing part. What struck me as particularly unusual is that the interview was not conducted at Gustav's. Guess it requires a brush fire to get that guy away from the tits-n-butts-beer one may experience at that joint.

[This message has been edited by pope (edited 08-16-2001).]

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I will get a saucy one ready. I think it will top yours.

 

[mattp]

Beck started this thread with an account of meeting Mr. Pemberthy. In about 1975 or so, he began publishing his theory that taking antacids would help prevent the symptoms of "Acute Mountain Sickness, Type R" (R for Rainier, and the reference was to the fact that mountain climbers combine exertion with the rapid ascent to altitude). Doctors and physiologists argued with his blood chemistry theory, and in 1979 I worked on a study, funded by the Natoinal Science Foundation, wherein we took over 70 people up Mount Rainier to see if we could get them sick. Half took antacids and half took sugar pills. We didn't disprove the antacid theory, but we found no support for it. We also documented, for the first time, the correlation between lung volume and adaptation to altitude exposure. So I guess you could say we tried to chip away at the legend of Mr. Pemberthy, but the legend lives on.

Not only was he responsible for the original MSR stove, but he made the first ice screws that could be screwed in with one hand and I believe he started the discussion of "positive pick angle" on ice axes. He also invented an ice climbing tool that was dismissed at the time but remarkably similar to one being sold by Patagonia now -- what is it, the "beak" or something?