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what a SHINDIG! good times indeed...great to see everyone
Reason has seldom worked because it has seldom been tried.
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Some of you know I like mountaineering quotes.
Here is the best one for this wonderful occasion that I was so glad to be a part of. I modified it to the plural because there were so many of us!
Harvey.
Your climbing companions are the persons with whom you will share the good and exacting moments of mountaineering, and many of your finest experiences.
The choice of companions is as important as the choice of climb.
Gaston Rebuffat, Starlight and Storm page 196
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A few of my favorite shots of the day: A lone hiker stands on the ridge of Bear Flat Trail:  Ty's son watching for Dad to top out of the bowl:  Princess Pose:  The rest of my photos are: here It was definately an epic day. So nice to finally meet WPSF members that I only know from reading their posts. Once again proving that Baldy never disappoints. Congratulations, Shin!
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Shin's 300 is the really big news, of course, and I am not sure of his age, but....
Did anyone else talk to the nice older couple Martin and Edith (with the German accent)?
She is 74- has done Baldy 175 times as of "our" day. Started when she was in her 60s, now 74. Hubby Martin "only" has 145.
Hats off to all, including my puny "1".
Gotta repeat this:
Some of you know I like mountaineering quotes.
Here is the best one for this wonderful occasion that I was so glad to be a part of. I modified it to the plural because there were so many of us!
Your climbing companions are the persons with whom you will share the good and exacting moments of mountaineering, and many of your finest experiences.
The choice of companions is as important as the choice of climb.
Gaston Rebuffat, Starlight and Storm page 196
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Ya they love hiking. I ran into them last weekend at Crossroads a local hangout for dinner....They were hiking in Josh last weekend their great people. Martin's rebuild the windbreaks a few times now...Baldy has the best people on earth!
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Shin is a modest guy who has done all 300 summits since (I believe) 2004. Meet John Wedberg (father of Kurt). This picture is on the wall of the Ski Hut. I believe that the total listed is 765. And it is not the Baldy record -- there is a at least one guy with over 1000 summits.  John Wedberg himself in 2006. 
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I can't even begin to describe how special this Baldy Hike was for me, and being there to participate in Shin's 300th Baldy climb! My brother Ken and I took off early Saturday morning and met Stacy and Curtis before light and followed them up to the trailhead (thanks again, Stacy and Curtis!). We were some of the first to arrive, and as each vehicle pulled up it was like a wonderful reunion! It was the first time for me on Baldy. Ken and I knew we probably weren't going to make it to the summit - our family Christmas Party was scheduled for early Saturday evening, so we figured we would have to start heading down by 1:00pm. Baldy was so beautiful in the snow - there was just enough to make it stunning but not enough to be a nuisance. But as much as I enjoyed the mountain and beautiful, snowy scenery, there is nothing that could rival the joy I felt being with my mountain friends! I had a most wonderful day, visiting with old friends. And it was great to finally meet some of those people, like Harvey, whom I’d known for years on the board, and finally was able to greet them face to face. What a treat it was to meet Sonja – what an incredible woman! We had SO MUCH FUN in the ski hut, laughing and visiting with everyone else there. Paval(sp?) was an amazing host! Thank you again, Jeff, for putting this all together… what a character you are! Most especially, thank you Shin for letting us join you on this special day. Me, writing a message in the snow for Shin and the rest of the hikers coming down the mountain:  My other photos: http://rosabella.smugmug.com/Other/2012-MtBaldy-Hike-for-Shins/27152569_MHfvWx#!i=2279591703&k=bKB5fjS
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pike
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All the great comments, pictures, and especially Rosie's people pictures make me think of these mountaineering quotes:
The impression made by his companions is the single biggest element in a man’s memory of such a party, bigger than the mountain itself.
Wilfrid Noyce, South Col, page 15
My wife and I will meet tomorrow night with the group from Newport News, Va that we led in August in the Sierras including Whitney. We will re-live those moments, just as all of us are right now re-living this past weekend here on Doug's Message Board. This says it well:
One way - and it is the best - is to summon our mountain back with the help of those who have special powers of doing so, the companions who have climbed with us.
R.L.G. Irving, The Mountain Way, page xvii
Happy Holidays, Harvey
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One way - and it is the best - is to summon our mountain back with the help of those who have special powers of doing so, the companions who have climbed with us.
R.L.G. Irving, The Mountain Way, page xvii
Happy Holidays, Harvey
I love all your quotes, Harvey... and especially your ability to match them to appropriately to a situation or event. I will add a favorite of mine along that same line as your quote above because I think what we all treasure most in life is sharing experiences with family and friends. "People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel".~Maya Angelou I am so very glad that I had the opportunity to meet you Harvey... what a wonderful gathering this was. I hope I see you again on the trail soon! Rosie
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pike
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Harvey, I'm glad that you were able to make it to The ShinDig 300. It was great to finally meet you and share the summit with you on Saturday! I'd love to see your mountaineering library, it must fill an entire room!     Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Stacy
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And Karin is right behind me in those pictures.
Who is third? Frank??? - edit: yes, confirmed by Frank.
This deserves some more quotes! Harvey
There are few treasures of more lasting worth than the experiences of a way of life that is in itself wholly satisfying. Such, after all, are the only possessions of which no fate, no cosmic catastrophe can deprive us; nothing can alter the fact if for one moment in eternity we have really lived.
Eric Shipton, Upon That Mountain, page 454
We were surrounded by peaks…All my pasts doubts about whether the expedition was worth the effort and sacrifice involved in it disappeared in the overwhelming joy of just being there. At this moment eventual success or failure meant nothing. To be there meant everything.
Nicholas Clinch, A Walk in the Sky, page 46.
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There are few treasures of more lasting worth than the experiences of a way of life that is in itself wholly satisfying. Such, after all, are the only possessions of which no fate, no cosmic catastrophe can deprive us; nothing can alter the fact if for one moment in eternity we have really lived.
Eric Shipton, Upon That Mountain, page 454 Harvey, this is absolutely beautiful!!!
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pike
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