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#975 Re: RIP
October 10, 2017, 09:47:11 pm
I didn't know Hayden but I knew Inge Perkins his girlfriend, who died in the avalanche. She spent a year as an au pair with some friends of ours and I met her when our families shared a house and climbed together in Mallorca in 2013. She was a very talented climber and a lovely person. The story of their deaths is particularly tragic - Hayden survived the avalanche that killed Inge and in his devastation he took his own life the following day.

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#976 Re: RIP
October 10, 2017, 11:45:10 pm
I didn't know Hayden but I knew Inge Perkins his girlfriend, who died in the avalanche. She spent a year as an au pair with some friends of ours and I met her when our families shared a house and climbed together in Mallorca in 2013. She was a very talented climber and a lovely person. The story of their deaths is particularly tragic - Hayden survived the avalanche that killed Inge and in his devastation he took his own life the following day.

This is just awful.
There has been the odd “A true modern romance” type comments on Instagram, that just left me grinding my teeth.
Grief is appalling and terrible, not romantic.
A reminder to be there if you can, in such circumstances, even if the survivor seems unwelcoming.
I know I lashed out at plenty of friends, but that was better than turning the anger and frustration inward.

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#977 Re: RIP
October 11, 2017, 12:31:31 am
Ru, that is awful, I had no idea of those further details. Just terrible.

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#978 Re: RIP
October 16, 2017, 12:24:16 pm
Sean Hughes, 51 :(

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#979 Re: RIP
October 16, 2017, 12:38:30 pm
Sean Hughes, 51 :(
For those who remember the Sean Hughes Show,  we just turned down the jazz in our house. A sad loss indeed.

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#980 Re: RIP
October 16, 2017, 12:41:09 pm
:(  51. Getting dangerously close.

RIP and thanks for the laughs.

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#981 Re: RIP
October 16, 2017, 02:09:59 pm
Fuck.  :(

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#982 Re: RIP
October 31, 2017, 09:07:48 am
Pete Kirton

Legendary 80's strongman. Developed the Bowderstone with Moffat. Never met him. Sure plenty on here did

Article by him of FA of Working Class here: http://theshortspan.com/features/petekirton.htm

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#983 Re: RIP
October 31, 2017, 09:10:26 am
Shit he can't have been that old.

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#984 Re: RIP
October 31, 2017, 09:17:26 am
57.

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#985 Re: RIP
October 31, 2017, 09:48:38 am
Fats Domino last week.

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#986 Re: RIP
October 31, 2017, 11:14:03 am
Pete Kirton

Legendary 80's strongman. Developed the Bowderstone with Moffat. Never met him. Sure plenty on here did

Article by him of FA of Working Class here: http://theshortspan.com/features/petekirton.htm
I have some great memories of Pete which as I recollect used end up with him sandbagging everyone.
RIP

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#987 Re: RIP
October 31, 2017, 11:32:51 am
I am very sad to read of the deaths of Pete Kirton and Fred Beckey. I don't think I ever met Pete though we were from the same era and undoubtedly had many mutual friends. I suspect many younger climbers won't have heard his name but in some ways he was one of the creators of bouldering as a distinct, valid sub-set of the greater game of climbing in Britain. He also had a great influence on people such as Jerry. And Beckey was just the ultimate climber's climber. There are few who have given more to North American climbing in terms of first ascents and individuality.

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#988 Re: RIP
October 31, 2017, 11:40:47 am
I suspect many younger climbers won't have heard his name but in some ways he was one of the creators of bouldering as a distinct, valid sub-set of the greater game of climbing in Britain.

This.
Very sad esp. at 57

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#989 Re: RIP
October 31, 2017, 11:57:23 am
Pete's death was reported in the Star on Monday. Very sad.

His ex-wife contacted my via a Facebook page and will be letting me know the funeral arrangements so if anyone wants to attend.

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#990 Re: RIP
October 31, 2017, 02:46:30 pm
I never met Pete despite us being exactly the same age. Here’s how I first heard about him.

I watched some of the Live Aid concert in Jerry Moffatt’s front room. Although this was an event of huge significance, obviously most of the conversation was about climbing. Jerry was beginning to have elbow troubles and we compared medical notes. UK and US wads came and went over the afternoon. Jerry’s opening gambit with everyone was raving about Pete’s problems on the Bowderstone, how hard they were, and trying to persuade the visitor to drop everything and to go up to the Lakes with him to try them. Three things stayed with me from the encounter: Jerry was insanely keen (and I had thought I was pretty keen myself), I couldn’t believe anyone would go all the way to Borrowdale just to boulder (this was 1985), and this Pete Kirton guy must be something else.

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#991 Re: RIP
October 31, 2017, 03:36:46 pm
Although I haven't seen Pete in the last three years I knew him fairly well through work. He was one of the deputy ward managers when I first started work on a mental health ward. Despite me being green and naive in such an environment it was really obvious that Pete had it all worked out - with him on shift the ward milieu was invariably calm and safe. He was a big character but went about keeping an eye on the most vulnerable and most volatile patients with a sense of insight and kind-heartedness that belied his tough exterior. This contrasted sharply with his brutal humour towards his colleagues. The first time he called me a cunt in front of our boss was a bit of a shock to be honest, evidently I wasn't prepared for anyone to use that term affectionately.
Over the years I tried unsuccessfully to get him onto the subject of his own climbing, which would have been great as he was an engaging story-teller. The closest I got was a series of ridiculously self-depreciating tales which usually culminated in him being burnt off or falling off after the crux. If it wasn't for what I actually knew, he probably would have succeeded in persuading me that he was never any good at climbing.
RIP Pete

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#992 Re: RIP
November 01, 2017, 11:25:54 am
Pete Kirton

Legendary 80's strongman. Developed the Bowderstone with Moffat. Never met him. Sure plenty on here did

Article by him of FA of Working Class here: http://theshortspan.com/features/petekirton.htm

That's the best bit of climbing writing that I've read in ages.

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#993 Re: RIP
November 01, 2017, 02:31:16 pm
For those of us who responded to the death of Grant Hart, a five part podcast documenting the history of Husker Dü: https://www.thecurrent.org/collection/husker-du/

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#994 Re: RIP
November 03, 2017, 08:41:14 pm
Pete's service is next Thursday at 3.30pm at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium. It is an open service so all are welcome. Or you can meet afterwards at the Stag.

(Info from Pete's ex-wife).

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#995 Re: RIP
November 18, 2017, 03:13:10 pm

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#996 Re: RIP
November 18, 2017, 03:16:33 pm

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#997 Re: RIP
November 18, 2017, 05:17:15 pm
That’s slightly bizarre.

I’d been at the Barn all day, with the three eldest kids, for their bouldering comp. No Polly, so no restrictions on music in the car. Eldest daughter played DJ and we had an hour and a half of Rock/Metal/Thrash.
Last choice, on reaching the outskirts of the Bay, was Thunderstruck. Entire car head banging and air guitar at the Traffic lights, final chords dying away as we pulled up at the house.
Just sat down and read this.

Bollocks.

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#998 Re: RIP
November 18, 2017, 06:32:13 pm
Indeed. AC/DC in 76 at their most soulful, brilliant.

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#999 Re: RIP
January 15, 2018, 11:42:10 pm
Delores.


I mean, how shit is that?

“Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence, caused such silence
Who are we mistaken?
But you see, it's not me
It's not my family
In your head, in your head, they are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head they are crying
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie, oh
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Du, du, du, du
Another mother's breaking
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken
It's the same old theme
Since nineteen-sixteen
In your head, in your head, they're still fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head, they are dying
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie”
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