Comments on: A Climbing Story

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:55:04 +0000

Scott: Agreed, Wayne really had and continues to have a great eye for beautiful routes.

Chris Jones lives in central Oregon with his wife Ruth. We exchange holiday cards every year and have since I left Oregon in 1986.

By: Scott Davis

Scott Davis — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:53:47 +0000

Wow, a great story and great thread following. Wayne but up some incredible routes… I have been on many and blown away every time.

Chris Jones … what ever happened to him?

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:54:51 +0000

Hey Wayne!

How you doing Brother?!! Wow…seems you are known in the climbing world. Good talking to you the other day, I think we are both doing better than the last time we talked. I love you Bro.

Mike

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:00:24 +0000

Mike: Great to hear from you. Yeah, that’s an amazing old picture Faye took of us. I should rescan it before the original black and white print fades. I have it here and scanned this version a long time ago.

By: Mike Hartley

Mike Hartley — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:57:38 +0000

Richard,

I’m not sure how I stumbled across this, but I did. Thanks for hosting the conversation. I love the picture at the top!

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:26:26 +0000

Rick: I don’t but maybe Alan Watts will look back here at some point and get back to you. I wonder if all of these folks are on facebook? Have you checked there?

By: Rick Posekany

Rick Posekany — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:09:40 +0000

Great site Richard. Does anyone have contact info on Barrar? Thanx

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:49:21 +0000

Nicole: I don’t think I knew Jeff personally, only by reputation. That might not be correct but it’s what I remember. He might have been hanging out at the columns when I was there (mid ’70s to mid ’80s) but I’m not sure.

Maybe we ought to make a cast or characters in this thread, a who’s who in Oregon and Columns climbing over the years. Even though this is my blog, I was never really anybody of consequence in the climbing scene. I did lots of the infamous climbs but so did many people in my time.

I do remember it as a special time to be into climbing though and the camaraderie was wonderful. I’ll never forget that.

By: Nicole Clowry (nee Elphinston)

Nicole Clowry (nee Elphinston) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:06:27 +0000

Hi Richard,
My name is Nicole Clowry, I am the niece of Jeff Ephinston who I noticed you commented on a few years back.
I was not born when Jeff passed away but have grown up knowing about him through my father Bob, Jeff’s older brother by about two years.
I would love to hear about what contact you had with Jeff all of those years ago. It was very exciting to see his name mentioned online.
It was a pleasure to read your post. I look forward to hearing back from you.
Best Wishes Nicole.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:58:28 +0000

David: Great that you found this story and thread. Every time someone comments here it brings back fond memories for me too, it was a very special time with some great climbers and great characters and I’m glad I got to experience a bit of it. Yes, the pioneers did amazing things with Goldline rope, hand-placed pitons and “klettershoes.”