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The Bossman
/in Blog/by Bayard RussellMatt McCormick and I hemmed and hawed a bit, looked at some other options, but couldn’t resist trying the line. Some good climbers had been up there, and they definitely cast a shadow, but what the heck, you can always go down, right? ———– I whined a little bit starting the first pitch, on unbonded […]
Cocaine and Strippers
/in Blog/by Bayard RussellMy buddy Steve used to always say, “Strippers love cocaine, man. Its not their fault, they’re just strippers!” He would know, he moved to L.A. to live with one that he met on his credit card company’s customer service line. ———– Josh Hurst and I humped the whole kit up the hill, and got to […]
The Painted Wall Icicle, part II
/in Blog/by Bayard Russell“I had this little feeling, and started back aiding away from the ice. Then I heard that noise, you know, that sound, and saw what I thought was a little chunk falling. But it was the whole second pitch,” my friend Josh Hurst related to me after an unexpectedly sunny day at the south facing […]