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Rick A

climber

Boulder, Colorado

Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 11, 2007 - 12:44pm PT

There have been some fun group photos on ST recently, including Raydog’s and Tar’s. Pictures of groups of climbers are a rare thing. It’s hard to get climbers to stand still long enough, and there is a resistance to seeming like a poseur. For pure time transport, though, they are hard to beat, sort of like those stiff civil war pictures taken when photography was just starting and the subjects had to stand still for long moments.

Here’s one from Yosemite, summer of 1979. Light was failing and it’s too dark, but it captures for me that time in the Camp 4 lot, and features a bunch of characters known to Supertopians. It is important to supply the name of each person in the group and I’ll add that later.

Post your group photos here. Identify the people, the place and the year.

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Mar 11, 2007 - 12:53pm PT

Ricky,
Great fun idea for a thread.

In your post I maybe see, L-R, down low, Mike Lechlinski, John Yablonski, then in back, Jim Bridwell, John Bachar?

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Mar 11, 2007 - 01:00pm PT

L-R: Scott Cosgrove, Billy "Swilliam" Russel, Russ "Mussy" Walling, Jo "Jobee" Witford, at Degnan's Deli, 1985/6:

Peter Haan

Trad climber

San Francisco, CA

Mar 11, 2007 - 01:03pm PT

Here is a Photoshopped version of Ricky A's cool photo.

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Mar 11, 2007 - 01:08pm PT

That helps Peter,
Dick Shockley on the left.

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Mar 11, 2007 - 01:12pm PT

C 4 Lot, 1985, Kauk, Walling, Worrall, Mittendorf:

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Mar 11, 2007 - 01:16pm PT

Ya, just left of Bachar.
Who's not counted?

TwistedCrank

climber

Hell

Mar 11, 2007 - 02:05pm PT

Lot's of space to get away there...

marty(r)

climber

beneath the valley of ultravegans

Mar 11, 2007 - 02:33pm PT

Typical night of Milk Challenge at Pete's in Hueco, 1997:
One of these kids is not like the other kids...Halloween party at Todd Gordon's:

Roger Breedlove

climber

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Mar 11, 2007 - 02:41pm PT

Jorge posted this a while back. Probably taken in 1972. I am sorting gear. Ajax Greene is observing in background. Rik Reider is inspecting my stuff--George, Rik and I climbed up a bit of CPoF that day to take pictures. Rick Hatch is sitting on the car hood. Ray Jardine is playing guitar. And Jim Erickson--as best as I can tell--is scratching himself. I think Jim wore those same clothes in every photo of him for the entire year.

Off White

climber

Tenino, WA

Mar 11, 2007 - 02:44pm PT

BVB, Off White, Guy Andrews (RIP), Neil Konami, Galen Kirkwood, Frank Noble, Watusi (1977)

Neil earned the black bar and general shunning by abandoning his belay post during a rockfall event on the first pitch of Stoners Highway, running into the woods leaving Galen unbelayed quite a ways off the deck.

Guy died near the summit of Aconcagua on the first alpine style ascent of the south face.

marty(r)

climber

beneath the valley of ultravegans

Mar 11, 2007 - 02:51pm PT

This is too classic to not borrow and post:
It's from Peter Haan's "Camp 4 Football" thread: http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=192721&msg=193650#msg193650

Roger Breedlove

climber

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Mar 11, 2007 - 03:31pm PT

There are at least seven people in this photo that can be identified by SuperTopians of a certain age. Maybe more, if they identify themselves. Circa 1974.

salad

climber

San Diego

Mar 11, 2007 - 07:10pm PT

who's the guy on the far left? poor mofo looks a lot like me.

just me, or do ya see it?

Rick A

climber

Boulder, Colorado

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 11, 2007 - 10:37pm PT

Peter-Thanks for your deft touch with Photoshop Now, can you do something about Jim E.’s hand in Roger’s picture?

Left to right: Dick Shockley, Jim Bridwell, Tobin Sorenson with his girlfriend Maria in front of him and Mike Lechlinski in front of her, Mike Graham, John Bachar with John Yablonski in front of him, and Karl M. from San Diego on the far right.

Roger- I recognize you, and Chuck Pratt?. Otherwise, I’m stumped.

WBraun

climber

Mar 11, 2007 - 10:49pm PT

Looks like Royal there in the front & maybe a Joe Faint. Like WTF with these stoic poser positions in that photo.

Isn't there any life from those guys? Who took that photo? The guy should have gotten Timmy O'Neil to do a spiel for them.