The two heroes of my adolescence. What's left for me to strive for in climbing now? I feel almost empty.
Bivvying in a cave in Estes with Derek Hershey drinking beer to experience the buzz you get at altitude
Urged on by Ben and Jerry who were bouldering at Minus Ten as I shook my way across the traverse of Traffic Jam
Watching Basher self belay on a rope and sit on a draw to smoke a rollie as he contemplated the crux of Mecca
Watching Jibe lose his cool and scream like a banshee as he did the second ascent of Rage de Vivre
Stevie Haston giving me a mouthful on the Dru when I showered rocks down
Thomas Huber braking to a halt in Yosemite Village and jumping out his car to ask if I’d done Astroman
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.