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12-Apr-2016 5:51:20 PM
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12-Apr-2016 6:12:49 PM
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On 12/04/2016 gnaguts wrote:
> an maybe a couple of others including my fiend Eddy,...
'...1978. Eddy Ozols and Simon Purnell at the Golden Streak Boulder back in the days when men were men and there was no vegetation to be seen...'
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12-Apr-2016 6:19:33 PM
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On 12/04/2016 gnaguts wrote:
>I dismiss Andy P becos he just went ahead an did it without the preChoky
>fanfare, an successfully 2 I might add, just like mikl's Law unto himself.
http://osp.com.au/?product=law-unto-himself
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12-Apr-2016 7:10:52 PM
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......................the shadiest character from the Carrigan Years ...
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13-Apr-2016 8:59:34 AM
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It occurs to me that the only person from the Carrigan years who would want a book published about him, is Kim himself?
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13-Apr-2016 12:02:34 PM
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On 13/04/2016 hero wrote:
>It occurs to me that the only person from the Carrigan years who would
>want a book published about him, is Kim himself?
EXACTLY...
mikllaw
28/11/2014
2:09:37 PM
>>>But if Kim did put pen to paper or finger to keyboard he could destroy much of the >>>mythology us also-rans perpetuated after he wandered off...
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13-Apr-2016 2:56:44 PM
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On 13/04/2016 ima.seriousyoungliza wrote:
>On 13/04/2016 hero wrote:
>>It occurs to me that the only person from the Carrigan years who would
>>want a book published about him, is Kim himself?
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>EXACTLY...
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>mikllaw
>28/11/2014
>2:09:37 PM
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>>>>But if Kim did put pen to paper or finger to keyboard he could destroy
>much of the >>>mythology us also-rans perpetuated after he wandered off...
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I think hero is onto something... Is that you Kim aka ima.seriousyoungliza ;-)
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13-Apr-2016 5:48:17 PM
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FATBOY 2003
'...Simon Parsons in his interview said ...
"Climbing at Araps back then was an odd scene. Most climbers were on the dole, dirty and smoked pot. I was a University student who dropped in from Tasmania. I always felt out of place, but did a few first ascents with Kim. Kim was the consummate professional and always a notch above most of us. The scene was full of fascinating individuals. I am sure someone will one day write a book about the people and what happened to them."
Surely Mike Law is the man for the job. I love his turn of phrase and was right there to boot !! Maybe if we all lobby him he'll give in. It would be a shame if this rich part of Australian climbing history were lost. So many interesting characters to write about, some tragic, some not. It would make fascinating reading and I'm sure would be a funny read. Or maybe he already has something alog these lines in the pipeworks ??? ...'
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13-Apr-2016 5:52:00 PM
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>Kim was the consummate professional and always a notch above most of us...
CLAW gave us the dirt-bag view of things ...
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...thats GAVE , hero , not ' give ' ...
http://osp.com.au/?product=law-unto-himself
>You suggested that Claw write about Kim?
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13-Apr-2016 7:19:54 PM
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You suggested that Claw write about Kim? Ha! I'd pay for that.
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15-Apr-2016 10:59:33 AM
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On 13/04/2016 hero wrote:
>... Claw write about Kim? Ha! I'd pay for that.
http://osp.com.au/?product=law-unto-himself
...and youll get yor $ worth when u read the bit where Claw aknowledges that at one stage ,KIM WAS THE BEST ROCK CLIMBER IN THE WORLD ...
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15-Apr-2016 2:01:49 PM
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...you people just dont get it ...the Carrigan Years isnt about Kim Carrigan per-se...its just that Kim Carrigan was the main man thru those years ...and can provide a fantastic insight into the years leading up to 1975 ...during 1975 to 1985 ... and the years after ...all the way to grade 38 ...
Kim was the energy and vision and director of the CARRIGAN FRIEGHT TRAIN that pushed the grades in Australia ... while Claw was the graffiti artist desperately clinging to the side .....
Kim emerged from the iron mongery age...then .' invented the modern Arapiles ' ( Claw ).....during this period Kim climbed the hardest routes in England and America .......and then was one of the crew who kick started the age of sport climbing in France
Kim can bring an INTERNATIONAL perspective to the Carrigan Years that no one else can ...
...well ...they can try ...
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15-Apr-2016 2:34:50 PM
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On 12/04/2016 ima.seriousyoungliza wrote:
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>......................the shadiest character from the Carrigan Years ...
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Now where did ima.seriousyoungliza get that photo from? I think it's taken by BA at Summer Day in Easter 1985 but can't recall it being published anywhere.
post-edit : there's a gap in transmission between 6/3 and 10/4 - and I think BA was in china with poor internet access for 2 weeks from labour day.
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15-Apr-2016 3:02:45 PM
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...you (assuming us)... people just don't get it ... WTF?
Is that right lizardman?
Are there any head doctors on this site who can kindly PM ima. with advice about this obsessive, constant and compulsive posting about Kim Carrigan?
I for one retract my offer to purchase the (hypothetical) book as you've spoilt the whole thing now with this constant stream of ,,, of (calm now AP) hero worshipping ********.
As for your last statement that KC can bring an international (not shouting) perspective to 'his' years? Well, there were other climbers on the planet too - who've written about those years. Did they bow, scrape and fawn, say it was all about Kim? Err ...
Maybe you're right ... 'We' just don't get it...
Cheers,
AP.
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15-Apr-2016 3:53:53 PM
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On 15/04/2016 Andy P wrote:
>...you (assuming us)... people just don't get it ... WTF?
>Is that right lizardman?
>Are there any head doctors on this site who can kindly PM ima. with advice
>about this obsessive, constant and compulsive posting about Kim Carrigan?
>I for one retract my offer to purchase the (hypothetical) book as you've
>spoilt the whole thing now with this constant stream of ,,, of (calm
>now AP) hero worshipping ********.
>As for your last statement that KC can bring an international (not shouting)
>perspective to 'his' years? Well, there were other climbers on the planet
>too - who've written about those years. Did they bow, scrape and fawn,
>say it was all about Kim? Err ...
>Maybe you're right ... 'We' just don't get it...
>Cheers,
>AP.
BAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Thanks for puttting the icing on the marketing cake
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15-Apr-2016 8:44:38 PM
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Happy (not) to oblige ima.
For what it's worth ... KC's 'myths' are all busted now .. there goes any chance of people handing over their hard-earned for the autobiog.
Just saying it as I see it, no offense (underlined).
Mystified at your obsession that's all ...
Cheers, Keep plugging away, at least it's entertaining. Sort of.
AP.
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15-Apr-2016 9:35:38 PM
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What i think is sad is through all the bull spouted is Kim did some good things.
Most is heresay but he was overly motivated, great at looking at lines. Kept the good guys training. Found great fame in the USA due to being a foreigner who was to par with there best and being americans that meant the best in the worlld.
he climbed good shit. Did very well.
he was my employer and i wont say what i think on that level.
serious diminishes what kim did.
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16-Apr-2016 1:22:00 PM
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On 15/04/2016 kieranl wrote:
>On 12/04/2016 ima.seriousyoungliza wrote:
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>Now where did ima.seriousyoungliza get that photo from? I think it's taken
>by BA at Summer Day in Easter 1985 but can't recall it being published
>anywhere.
I've had a look at my scanned slides collection (as incomplete as it is) and I don't have a copy of that picture, 'though I do have one of you wearing that top taken about Easter time in SDV.
>post-edit : there's a gap in transmission between 6/3 and 10/4 - and I
>think BA was in china with poor internet access for 2 weeks from labour
>day.
China is a Google free zone, anything associated with Google, such as Gmail or worst of all Google Translate, is simply not available.
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16-Apr-2016 1:38:48 PM
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On 16/04/2016 BA wrote:
>China is a Google free zone, anything associated with Google, such as Gmail or worst of all Google Translate, is simply not available.
There's several ways around the Great Firewall of China. Amusingly, one was recently demonstrated by an architect of the GFoC during a lecture: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/07/great_firewall_architect_forced_to_use_vpn/
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16-Apr-2016 2:02:56 PM
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On 30/10/2015 widewetandslippery wrote:
>Kim was over hyped and was a shit employer.
and now he's ur best mate ...
On 15/04/2016 widewetandslippery wrote:
> overly motivated, great at looking at lines. Kept the good guys training....he climbed good shit. Did very well
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