[lagerstarfish]

Prince. OMG!!!

I do hope Warner Bros are going to pay for a fucking amazing funeral

[tommytwotone]

story reported today on 6Music...

Apparently in an interview in the 80s Eric Clapton was asked something along the lines of "What's it like being the best guitarist in the world?", to which his answer was " I wouldn't know - ask Prince".

[lagerstarfish]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36108133
Quite interesting article trying to explain all the deaths we're seeing

I'm going with the "planetary evacuation" explanation - they can't all be dead

[lagerstarfish]

Muhammad Ali

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

[DAVETHOMAS90]

Muhammad Ali

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life

That's sad. Really sad, especially considering what was taken away too soon.

[Oldmanmatt]

Very Human.




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[Bubba]

Fuck. He was magnificent. One of the greatest men to ever walk this earth.

I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning And throw thunder in jail. You know I’m bad. Just last week, I murdered a rock, Injured a stone, Hospitalized a brick. I’m so mean, I make medicine sick. Last night I cut the lights out, was in my bed before the room was dark. I'm bad. Real bad.

I have no quarrel with the Viet-Cong. No Viet-Cong ever called me n**ger.

 

[Richie Crouch]

RIP to the greatest, a magnificent champ 

[slackline]

by Neil Leifer

[Oldmanmatt]

Sometimes, I feel like this country is full of racist dickheads, Daily Fail Nimbys and I despair.

Then you see the respect and outpouring for a Black, Muslim, Anti-war activist and I have hope.


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[moose]

Sometimes, I feel like this country is full of racist dickheads, Daily Fail Nimbys and I despair.
Then you see the respect and outpouring for a Black, Muslim, Anti-war activist and I have hope.

Perhaps they are harking back to the days when Ali made a well received address at a KKK rally - about how he shared their dislike of mixed race relationships etc (he said some pretty racist unpalatable things to Joe Frazier too).

[Jaspersharpe]

Watched the rumble in the jungle again today. Never gets old. "Come on George, that all you got?".

The greatest.

[Rocksteady]

When I was about 16 there was a show on one of the Sky channels that used to show classic boxing matches. I used to watch it with my dad late on Wednesday nights. Saw many many great fights, and a number involving Ali. To my mind other than Tyson there's never really been anothet really exciting heavyweight to watch. Ali could dance like a middleweight early in his career. Later, what stood out was his immense strength of will. His 3 fights with Joe Frasier are some of the most gruelling tests of man vs man I've ever seen. For my money Joe won 2 out of 3, but the Thrilla in Manila stands out as horrifying, absorbing, incredible display of boxing and endurance and willpower. Have never seen another fight like it.

But what really made Ali the greatest was his personality. Much much bigger than the ring and other sportsmen. I can't really think of anyone quite like him, whose significance  transcended his sport so enormously.

[geoffg]

Ken Wilson. So says Ed Douglas on Twitter.
His books were an inspiration to me

[andy popp]

This is very sad news In some ways Ken defined climbing and its culture during my early years in the sport. Comments on FB have been concentrating on his book publishing (which was inspirational and hugely inspiring) but we shouldn't forget Mountain magazine, which consistently carried great clean designs, brilliant writing and often even better photography - he was a brilliant journalist and editor. I did't agree with all his stances but the couple of times I met him I found him a very warm and engaging character.

[Muenchener]

Mountain was superb. What Adny said: one doesn't have to agree with all Ken's views and positions, but all in all he was a huge and positive influence

[Will Hunt]

Seems like a perfect time to scan some articles into the "Quality Articles" thread.

[T_B]

I'm not sure I've ever met anyone so passionate about climbing. A sad loss.

[slackline]

Seems like a perfect time to scan some articles into the "Quality Articles" thread.

Might be worth checking your ethics align with the copyright holder*.




* Nice piece by Jon Barton on Ken Wilson from last year.

[cowboyhat]

When I got into climbing in the early nineties one of the first famous people I heard of after Ben, Jerry and Johnny was Ken Wilson. Admittedly he was rarely mentioned in a favourable light but he seemed like a giant, the omnipresent dad at the party with his finger on the power, bidding his time for things to get out of hand. It took a long time for me to discover for myself how positive and wide-ranging his contribution has been.

Wedges everywhere just got a bit thicker.

RIP

[SA Chris]

http://www.rockfax.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/Wilson-Cartoon.pdf



RIP.

[Johnny Brown]

Ken was possibly the first famous climber I heard of. I went to school with his kids, one in the year above, the other in the year below. Perhaps unsurprisingly they weren't into climbing, but we shared some enthusiasm for days on Idwal slabs. Their Dad, they informed me, was quite a well known climber 'and had been to Everest base camp'.

Later, whilst at Uni, I was soloing one afternoon at Stanage with Calum. Ken was on the next buttress, unmissable in head-to-foot fibre pile and constant chat cutting over everyone. Loud. After about forty minutes we were working our away along the crag when his voice drifted over 'Bloody hell Jim, these lads are getting some mileage in'. Not every day you get a compliment from a legend.

The books obviously have never been far away. But total respect for a man prepared to think though his ethics clearly and be prepared to take a stand for them.

[SA Chris]

Classic, Hard and Extreme Rock and Cold Climbs are great pieces of literature and fantastic concepts, essential for every climber to read and identify with some of the great stories in from days out on the Gritstone edges, to climbing big hard mountain routes.

[webbo]

There was never a quiet moment with Ken. I remember him soloing up Christmas Curry at Tremadoc just to come and bollock Chris the Nose and myself for using chalk.
Nearly gave him a heart attack by saying Cloggy was shit compared Stanage.
Another legend gone.

[Will Hunt]

Seems like a perfect time to scan some articles into the "Quality Articles" thread.

Might be worth checking your ethics align with the copyright holder*.




* Nice piece by Jon Barton on Ken Wilson from last year.

Fortunately my record of not placing bolts anywhere is unblemished.

I'm not suggesting posting excerpts from Games Climbers Play or other works still in print and available to buy, but I'm sure there are stacks of Mountain mags in people's attics that could use an airing.


More amusing, and now outdated, disparagement:
http://www.rockfax.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/Wilson-Cartoon.pdf