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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Apr 17, 2016 - 08:37pm PT
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The problem with San Diego was that nobody from there could actually pull. End of story.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 17, 2016 - 09:26pm PT
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photo, Russ Walling self-portrait!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 17, 2016 - 09:52pm PT
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Well, I've got nothing for the PMB.
Except that one day I was climbing at Big Rock with Kevin Powell and he was telling me about these various groups. He said, "Yeah, me and my brother are basically the BRB. The Big Rock Boys. Not to be confused with the PMB, Poway Mountain Boys."
Maybe Bushman a.k.a. Tim Sorenson will pipe in. After all, his brother was Tobin, a PMB.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 17, 2016 - 09:54pm PT
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Here's one of my favorite out-of-towner Josh shots,
Eric Ziesche clinging to some Loose Lips:
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2016 - 10:56pm PT
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I never knew Tobin was a Poway Mountain Boy until I read Bruce Adams writing about how they gave him an honorary membership. It's back on one of the Stonemaster or T. Sorenson threads I think. Maybe Bruce is reading here and can illuminate us as to the details. I haven't seen him post or heard from him for over a year. Last I heard he was up in Washington.
The SBs? Well, still totally enjoy the lifetime membeship, sans back problems, ha ha, ow!
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Apr 17, 2016 - 11:04pm PT
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Good thread!
great Ranchero!
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Apr 18, 2016 - 07:08am PT
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The Big Rock Boys were:
Kevin Powell, aka Dimes, KP, some others
Tim Powell, aka Bugle
Darrel Hensel, aka Henny
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 18, 2016 - 07:33am PT
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Over 200 posts and no mention of Ranger Jan Dick???
Nope, don't need to be a Sheep Bugger to remember this guy. But, the SB's and Ranger Dick shared one of the great rivalries of climber/authority relations. Especially right in that Buggering sweet spot of fall 1979 and winter of 1980, the rivalry was so sweet!
Late one Saturday night I was standing by a warm fire with The Hotties, (the name given to the Stonemasters and their immediate disciples by the various groups of plebes), and out of the black of night we heard a jubilant and raucous band of SHEEP working their way up through the bowels of Intersection Rock.
The Buggerers were getting louder and louder, their cackling amplified by chimneys and chasms. Suddenly, a proclamation echoed off the monzonite rock formations of Hidden Valley, when they suspended their bleating for an outcry: "Ranger Jan Dick is DICK!".
Of course, it HAD to be said.
Then everyone in the campground heard the sound of beer cans rattling down some blackened chimney. The echo seemed to go on forever. Like that scene in Lord of the Rings where Pippin knocks a bucket and chains down an endless, echoing chasm in the Mines of Moria, only to awaken the wrath of a Cave Troll.
Jan Dick probably confiscated more beer from underage drinkers and more smoking paraphernalia than any Ranger in history!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Apr 18, 2016 - 07:49am PT
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LOOSE LIPS!! So it was A Thing to send strong skilled out of towners on that horror show??!!!
and then ya' all got Toad Swine, as a Ranger replacement, hahah Ha
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Apr 18, 2016 - 08:01am PT
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Hotties
Group shots
Not a single Sheep Buggerer
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overwatch
climber
Arizona
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Apr 18, 2016 - 08:03am PT
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The Hotties, (the name given to the Stonemasters and their immediate disciples by the various groups of plebes)
I guess it didn't mean the same thing back then that it does now or those guys really liked the Stonemasters, NTTIAWWT
Some great old pictures
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Apr 18, 2016 - 08:21am PT
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Russ, some hotties
and Russ's grown up son on the right
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Apr 18, 2016 - 09:21am PT
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Ha ha.
A handful of cliques rose through the ranks, some unaware of the term Stonemaster. So the SMs instead became The Hotties.
In the late 70s, if you hung out with Largo and Bullwinkle and especially Yabo, the term was still in use and the concept was amorphous.
My favorite though, was the usage championed by Lynn Hill's brother-in-law, Chuck Bludworth: THE HAUGHTIES.
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overwatch
climber
Arizona
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Apr 18, 2016 - 09:36am PT
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^^^^^^ That's more like it...crackin me up
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Apr 18, 2016 - 02:18pm PT
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snakefoot
climber
Nor Cal
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Apr 18, 2016 - 02:24pm PT
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Gotta love that squirrel sandwich. edited....now back to our sponsor
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Gary
Social climber
Where in the hell is Major Kong?
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Apr 18, 2016 - 05:04pm PT
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Jesus, Eric Ziesche looks desperate!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Apr 18, 2016 - 07:02pm PT
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TAR, Did you see the shoes? on the klettershoe third.
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LOOSE LIPS!! So it was A Thing to send strong skilled out of towners on that horror show??!!!/
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Apr 18, 2016 - 07:26pm PT
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Mr. F has forgotten one of the key players in the "Big Rock Boys" clique......wait for it....Dan Ahlborn.
KP should chime in here.
Loose Lips didn't quite qualify as a "horror show." At least before the big chunk fell off!
Many mortals climbed that baby.
Oh...and Russ...thanks for the shot of Dick Schockley!
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