Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Happy Birthday, Bob R!

Yeah, I'm two days early, but let's get those good wishes and pics started!



(Great having dinner with you and Sheila the other night. Summer summit is on the books!)

Happy Birthday Bob!

Happy Birthday Bob! Hope to see you out on the trails again soon!

If I'm not mistaken, this will be the BIG EIGHT-OH!

Jeff and Richard, thank for the photos of Bob R. Just seeing them motivates me to start planning for next Season. Meanwhile, this winter I plan on gathering ideas and studying photos from Bob's numerous Trip Reports on the WPSMB Member Photo Album Links.

Bob, Happy Birthday. We think of you often.

Jim

Happy Birthday, Bob!!

Shin from sea level

Hi a Birthday wish would not be complete without Jeff finding the photo of Bob and Dave?? putting up a new winter route on Muir, I posted great rope work! The climb proved Bob would have many more years in the mountains doing great things and helping people for many more years See you on the Mountain soon (Have a scotch for me) .All the Portal crew and the WPSMB.

Happy B day Bob!!

I'm still looking for your pants

Hope to see you in 2016.

Crazy Jack and Wildflower Betsy

I think you mean this outing.

"It doesn't look too friendly from here..."

It's like seeing a 'wet paint' sign, right? ;-)

THAT'S THE ONE!!!!!Still brings tears to my eye's laughing. The first time I saw the photos I say they won't try that it will break as they get close to the top only a newbie would fall for that! Next picture No they are going to give it a short try , next picture THE End of this climb is near But wait the 367.25' of rope laying on the slope will only catch Bob 734.5' down the hill and next picture Blood a lot of Blood .These are the events that make mountaineering life's treasures I think I can do it?
Earlene and my long time climbing partner left Dave Futch and I up on a mud hill that we thought we could climb near the Nevada /Utah Border ,we were up about 100' no ropes no gear and the mud was turning to dirt and very steep, We called down for a rope and gear they went to the bar.

My first attempt at climbing something that hadn't been climbed before, was a dry sandstone waterfall. With the binoculars, there was a perfect finger crack that started about 40' up, but I had to climb up a slightly overhanging pedestal to get there, with only one sling around a poor excuse for a shrub at about 8' off the ground, then nothing until the crack. I had just taught a friend how to belay (mostly) and he kept telling me to hurry up because it was Super Bowl Sunday morning and he was missing the pre-game. After the very scary and committing move to get onto the pedestal I was home free----well, until I saw that the finger crack was only a line of dried mud on a blank wall.

Moral of the story (and really, all these stories): Learn how to down-climb!

Happy B-Day, Bob! (I promise not to post the pic of what happens when you glissade with crampons on....maybe.)

The long way to Trail Crest.