That is very sad news. I only climbed with Crunch a couple of times, a very long time ago, but he was a nice guy and funny as well. The sheer volume of new routes he put up in the Blueys is unbelievable. My clearest memory of him is sitting at the top of Eighty Minute Hour watching him do an early repeat of Fantastic Voyage, directly opposite across the gully. His calm lead of a quite runout route was impressive. Smooth in name and smooth in action. |