billcoe Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 http://www.gjsentinel.com/breaking/articles/nationally-known-ice-climber-dies/ Sad stuff, RIP. http://rockandice.com/news/1771-jack-roberts-killed-on-bridalveil-falls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choada_Boy Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 That's lame... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Crap. he was just giving me directions a couple of weeks ago. Great guy, will be missed greatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfinley Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I've stood below the North Face of Huntington a couple times and wondered how McCartney and Roberts ever came up with the strength and fortitude to climb that face. If you're never read it I highly suggest you download "The Timeless Face: the North Face of Mount Huntington" from the AAJ website (http://www.americanalpineclub.org/p/aaj). RIP Mr. Roberts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 wise king do not grieve it is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning for every one of us living in this world means waiting for our end let he who can achieve glory before death when a warrior is gone that will be his best and only bulwark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 We'll miss ya Jack. The ride is never long enough. Best to Pam and his family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Oh, man, that's tragic. What a loss. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannible Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Thats sad. I met Jack in Talkeetna this year and got to fly into the range with him. I knew who he was because Huntington was one of the mountains that we were thinking of climbing, and I read about his climb many times in the weeks leading up to the trip (not that we were considering climbing the north face). Jens and I thought that it was a good omen to be flying in with a solid group of old hardmen. He's the second person who I met on that trip to die since then. Jack below his objective this year: The Moose's Tooth Jack is the guy scrunched up in the background here. I only post this because I posted it on another thread a while back: And the unrepeated North Face of Huntington: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Kidd Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 It was great getting to know you Jack. Sorry we won't climb together again, I was looking forward to it. You and your family are in my thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon H Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I met Jack this year in Chamonix. I had the distinct pleasure of drytooling up some crappy choss with him for a couple days at a crag whose name I can't even remember, but Jack's memory will stick with me forever. Jack had a smile on his face every moment I saw him and he had an endless love for the bacon burgers at Elevation. He was a storyteller, a guide, a climbing visionary, and a friend. You'll be missed buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaredSilly Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Damn, Matt that picture hit home. I was just telling my wife about all of us meeting up in Chamonix for a session of beers, burgers, and bull shitting. Truly a sad day. Prost Jack. Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepires Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 "No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thine own Or of thine friend's were. Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee. john donne" Never met you, but RIP Mr Roberts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 For those that met Jack last year in Cham I put this together today. http://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2012/01/jack-roberts-climber-1953-2012.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Very nice, Dane. I'm sorry for you for the loss of your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaleHoopes Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 This was very sad. Two Fridays ago on the 6th I was at the Ouray Ice Festival and took an Advanced Water Ice clinic from Jack. He's a great guy and a great teacher. Additionally, after climbing up Camp Bird Road outside of Ouray just a few days ago, I saw Jack again and we exchanged pleasantries. I learned a bunch from him in 3 hours and he pushed me farther than I've gone before. I was sad to hear of his passing. Bridalveil falls is pretty incredible too. WI5/6 over 150m. 3-4 pitches and he was very experienced. Sad day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougd Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 That is a really nice link Dane. A lot of wisdom found by this man in his life in the mountains that we would all do well to contemplate. A life well lived. RIP d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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