[SA Chris]

Makes a change from him running into other people!

Reminds me how good the film Rush is, need to watch again.

[Johnny Brown]

Jake Black, aka The Very Reverend D Wayne Love.

[Duma]

Ah shit. I loved Exile on Coldharbour Lane.

[Duma]

https://open.spotify.com/track/2qHa87jfdGgIi5uamrrjZA?si=rpb7zQdMTuiEXlhlXmng4w

There's gonna be peace in the valley tomorrow,
Cos tonight we're gonna blow it all away

[Johnny Brown]

Ah shit. I loved Exile on Coldharbour Lane.

One of my all time favourites, aging well I think.

[jwi]

Sven Lindqvist is dead.

Obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/03/sven-lindqvist-obituary

[SamT]

News over on the caving channel that Ian Cummins died suddenly on Tuesday. 

I didn't know him personally, but was aware of his caving exploits.  However it seems he was a boulderer and climber, active in the NE and NY Moors (Slipstones and Goldsborough Carr) so thought some on here might have known him.

[Paul B]

News over on the caving channel that Ian Cummins died suddenly on Tuesday. 

I didn't know him personally, but was aware of his caving exploits.  However it seems he was a boulderer and climber, active in the NE and NY Moors (Slipstones and Goldsborough Carr) so thought some on here might have known him.

I was deeply saddened to hear this.

Ian was an early influence in my climbing, and I'd imagine that of Tom Newman; he was by far the best climber who frequented our local wall (Newton Aycliffe) when we were both kids. He'd come in dressed like a 'Stone Master' with Beth and George.

He was very patient with me (apart from when I got sweary) and we'd often make the trip from the NE over to Kendal in his 1L micra, usually with metal blaring on the way there and the football scores on the way back. He'd get his chalk bag confiscated, regularly.

I've got fond memories of Ian gleefully showing me photographs from his trip to Yosemite with my Economics teacher Ray Marsden. Ray was going through a difficult time in life and looked glum in all of the photos; needless to say Ian did not. He wore what remained of the vest he'd worn on that trip regularly (it was in absolute tatters, I can't remember which routes were the cause, Astroman was definitely one of them).

Another day to remember was up at Dove Crag. We arrived to see Chris 'flying machine' hope come crashing into the rock uncomfortably close to the floor and leaving a tide-mark on the rock where the gear on his harness had made contact. Unperturbed by this Ian set about cruising various lines. At that time I wasn't the most experienced trad climber but he pushed me to pull his ropes and just get on with it on things far above my ability.

There's a good write up of the summer here:
http://www.climbonline.co.uk/summer_of_dove.htm

Before Ben Moon finished off Cipher, Ian was getting incredibly close. Typically for him he wasn't using a bouldering mat. I once placed one below him on Atomic at Slipstones; he reversed, tossed it out of the way and carried on.

http://www.climbonline.co.uk/summer_of_dove.htm

Goldsborough Carr is the closest piece of rock to where I went to school and I'd often visit on a Saturday. If you haven't done the likes of Beth's Traverse I'd suggest you rectify that fact.

I wish his family all the best in what must be a very difficult time.

[andy popp]

Thanks for sharing your memories Paul. Condolences to all who knew Ian, his family especially.

[SA Chris]

Condolences to all who knew him.

And thanks for sharing the climonline article. not read it before, a great piece.

[SamT]

Link to the UKcaving thread ...

https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=25104.msg310255;topicseen#msg310255

Indeed, condolences to all that knew him.  By all accounts a top bloke.

[andy popp]

Sven Lindqvist is dead.

Obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/03/sven-lindqvist-obituary

I read the obituary yesterday and was absolutely fascinated (I'd heard Lindqvist's name but knew nothing about him really).

I was particularly interested in this as it speaks to my own work:

"A number of Lindqvist’s 33 books remain untranslated into English. Among these is Dig Where You Stand (1978), a handbook encouraging workers to research and write the history of their workplaces, and counter the version of events hitherto told solely from the point of view of employers and factory-owners; at its peak in the 1980s it created an international movement of connected research groups – in Sweden there were around 10,000 groups with a total of around 100,000 members. A project based at University College London and the University of Gothenburg is working to bring it to the UK."

[jwi]

The book is available online in Swedish on https://litteraturbanken.se/forfattare/LindqvistS/titlar/GravDarDuStar/
Run it through google translate maybe

[neilslim]

Dr John - one of the last great originals

[andy popp]

Dr John - one of the last great originals

My wife went to university in New Orleans in the 90s and saw Dr John play many, many times (seems many the greats of New Orleans music play in clubs and bars on an almost weekly basis, often impromptu). She was feeling very nostalgic last night.

[Smith42]

Was so sad to hear about Ian this week. 
Iv spoken to a few people and none of us can believe he is gone.  He was a massive influence on my life and I was fortunate to meet him early on in my climbing in the late 80s. Although only a few years older than me he was already a legend. 
I'm going to write more when i have come to terms with his passing. 
Heart felt condolences to Sue, Beth and George.  So sorry I lost touch, I always imagined we would go soloing again to his beloved Goldsbrough.

[gme]

Sorry to hear that about Ian. Big figure in NE climbing in the 80s / 90s and someone all of us looked up to. I didnt know him well nor have not seen him for years sad to hear this.

Legendary finger strength.

[cheque]

Austin Howell “Thefreesoloist” who did The Process podcast. 

[gollum]

Rutger Hauer...........The Hitcher was one of the most terrifying films of the 80s

[tomtom]

Rutger Hauer...........The Hitcher was one of the most terrifying films of the 80s

Superb film. Iconic actor.

[Oldmanmatt]

Like tears in the rain.

[Oldmanmatt]

It has been pointed out today, that Rutger Hauer died in the same year as Roy Batty.

Watching that movie, the first time, 2019 seemed impossibly far off.

I cannot express adequately how pissed off I am, that I don’t have a flying car.

[tomtom]

I cannot express adequately how pissed off I am, that I don’t have a flying car.

I’ve expressed your displeasure about this to Aston Martin. In recognition of your status as a valued customer they have recorded your concerns and apologise for the slow development of such a model. By way of compensation they have awarded you a £5 primark voucher.

[teestub]

I cannot express adequately how pissed off I am, that I don’t have a flying car.

Although I’m pretty glad the world doesn’t quite look like it does in Blade Runner yet. I remember reading somewhere that the cityscape look was inspired by the view of the Ellesmere Port refineries from Helsby.

[Oldmanmatt]

In mid 93, I rocked up to join Swan Hunter, late, in the middle of the night shift.
In pouring rain, I dodged from the project office to the steel cutting halls, at the start of my familiarisation tour. It was by far the biggest workshop I’d entered at the time and the massive CNC machines torching their way through multiple layers of steel plate, the smoke and steam, the yellow sulphurous lighting and deafening clamour; are burned in my memory.
Instead of conjuring up images of Dante-esque inferno, though, I full expected   Deckard to appear, pursing some extravagantly made-up female killing machine...

That, or half of Arnold Sweatynickers, dragging it’s self along, trailing wires and leaking hydraulic hoses and a terminal look on it’s face...