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Tweets Trending on Chocky 20-Sep-2018 At 1:56:28 AM ima.seriousyoungliza

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............................................................................................................HAPPY HIPPIES...................

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...KC's two canadian climbing buddies , preppin for the second ascent of Pacific Ocean Walll in 1977.

Eric Weinstein(left)
'...He gave up climbing some time after the PO Wall in 1977, and eventually moved to northern California, where he was attending community college. Eric died of liver cancer in early 1984....'

'...The story I heard about Eric's end was that he was living in Arcadia, going to school, got sick with pancreatic cancer and when he knew his time was near, hiked off into the Trinity Alps and passed away by himself in his tent....'

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1226711/A-Tribute-to-Eric-Weinstein
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Daryl Hatton(right)
'...A life spent conquering mountains and cliffs came to a tragic end on the weekend when renowned Victoria rock climber Daryl Hatten fell to his death from a tree.

Hatten, 49, slipped from a rain-soaked arbutus tree in Langford Saturday when a cat he was trying to save took several swipes at him, friend David Parsons said.

The cat's owner called a tree-climbing company owned by Parsons, who recommended the job to Hatten, and lent him some climbing gear. But Hatten wasn't safely strapped in when he climbed around a large limb and came face-to-face with the large, black house cat, said Parsons.

"The cat was swiping at him and he moved further out on the limb, lost his balance and fell," said Parsons, after talking with West Shore RCMP about their investigation into the accident.

Hatten fell about 20 metres to a rocky patch below the tree near Swallow Place, he said. An ambulance and the Langford Fire Department were called to the scene at about 1 p.m. to stabilize him and take him to hospital. He was pronounced dead from internal injuries about an hour later, said Parsons.

"He was happy-go-lucky and was going to get paid $75 for rescuing that cat," said girlfriend and roommate Debbie Graham...'

http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/victoria-bc-aug-21-2004-rescuing-cat-climber-falls-to-his-death.16379/

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‘...Kim reaches us and suddenly has the grim realization that he has forgotten our
vital life support and mellowing-out formula – the grass. Darryl begins
to foam at the mouth and I have to beat him over the head to stop
him from chewing through Kim’s rope. Kim moves past our dagger
glances to throw a Cheshire grin of rabbit-trap teeth at us
and says “ I think I did a bad thing ! “. This shall be a truly clean ascent…’
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...Ima puts it to you...KC... that the reason you had the drive and focus to make the famous 2nd ascent , was BECAUSE you cats weren't toten off ya titz.....you did a GOOD thing, KC...
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Jim Bridwell working on the route topo during the first ascent in 1975

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AND HEREz THE MAN WHO RECORDED KC'z 1977 ADVENTURE...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJnCfgFUUuA

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