short bios of myself and climbing friends [back to climbing page]
[please let me know in the forums what you want your bio to say and which picture you want]
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Stephen Becker The shifty leader of the group, or at least of the webpage. Graduated from Wesleyan University in May '05 in math and physics. Ran cross-country for two years in college. Attended high school in Boulder, CO. |
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Ryan Young The lady-killer, who is recently married. In his third year at Colorado School of Mines, majoring in engineering (mechanical?). Ran cross-country in high school and for one year in college (and rather good at it). Bad luck with knees. Attended high school in Boulder, lived in Pinecliffe. I regret to announce that Ryan died in an accident, Dec. 6, 2005. We all miss him. |
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Jacob Fuerst The Marine who got back from a six-week tour in Iraq on Sept. 24th, '04 and left the service in May '05. Ran cross-country in high school. Attended high school in Boulder. Now working on his climbing skills and muscle tone. |
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Colin Meadows The mountain boy, who lived on Magnolia road throughout high school, has recently turned to cycling for his school, Indiana University (at Bloomington). Graduated in business in May '05. Attended high school in Boulder. |
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Carolyn Davidson Carolyn survived a nasty blow to her head during a fall last August and still climbed hard in Mexico this year. Currently attending USC. Attended high school in Boulder. |
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Leslie Wei Leslie spent a full school year in Bologna, Italy as a break from her pre-med and art studies at Brown. She graduated in spring of '05 is back at Brown for four more years working on her MD. Attended high school in Boulder. |
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Leo Han Leo's was pre-med at Princeton majoring in chemistry. He was in Australia last spring ('04), and is teaching in Korea. Attended high school in Boulder. |
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Tom Fuller The future Gary Roach is now at Macalester College in MN. When not dreaming of peaks, he dreams of Sports Center and poker. Attended high school in Boulder. |
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Elliot Cooper Always jovial and a friend since age 5. Now at Colorado State University. Attended high school in Boulder. |
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John Lanham John didn't start climbing until college, but quickly decided he liked it. He's always on a weird schedule 'cause he's at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. Attended high school in Boulder. |
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Booth Haley Raised in Seattle and a menace to conservatives everywhere. He has no sense because he claims Washington is a better state than Colorado. Recently charged by the feds for stealing a peregrine falcon egg, which he is in fact guilty of. Graduated from Wesleyan in '05 with a degree in East-Asian studies. Attended high school in Mercer Island, WA. Steals peregrine falcon eggs. |
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Boris Lukanov The impossibly affable Bulgarian. Slowly becoming obsessed with mountains. Graduated in May '04 from Wesleyan with degrees in physics and astronomy. Grew up in Sofia, Bulgaria. |
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Nate Abbott Defines the word 'Boulderite', as well as 'goofy' perhaps. He's at Macalester College with Tom (and Reid Lustig). Attended high school in Boulder. |
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on "straight out of compton" 5.12d/5.13a, Mt. Charleston, NV, 2004 |
Susan Tam Left Boulder in 8th grade in favor of California, then couldn't make any friends and clung to Carolyn and Jacob. Graduated from USC in December '04, but not really. |
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Bryan Thuggin' Bissell The all-NESCAC XC runner is as comfortable on top of mountains as he is in a beer mile - that is, not very. "I like to do top-roped 5.9s and prefer sport climbing if at all possible. I haven't climbed since 2001, but considered joining Wesleyan climbing club to pick up chicks. Lived in Denver once. Attended high school in Tacoma, WA. Government major." Most of that is true. |
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Kim Christensen Like sugar and spice and everything nice. Likes to climb mountains named after fruit. Another native of Boulder, CO, who spent college at Boston University. Now in Pasadena, CA teaching high school in Hollywood. |
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Emil Coyajee He claims that he's short for a Dutchman (he's only about 6'4"), but nevertheless managed to find himself a wife. As of January 2007, he's finishing his PhD in Amsterdam. Favorite food: the margarita. |
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Anna Coyajee - van Rietschoten A bit lacking in common sense (she just got married) but always in good humor. Enjoys being fashionable and dancing the night away. Favorite food: cookies, with tea. |
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Sean Tulin The emperor-for-life of the Caltech Alpine Club. When he's not swindling undergraduates in pullup contests or attempting to roll a joint, he enjoys mild sport climbing and stick-clipping. |
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Jeandrew Brink A foxy canyoneer, a hot-spring loving kayaker, an Adirondack backpacker, a South African horseback rider, and an incurable crack fien |
People without pictures:
John Cumalat
Clumsy and awkward don't begin to describe him, yet he could always beat me wrestling. Survived more snow caves with me than anyone else. At University of Colorado (at Boulder), graduating in December '05 in physics.
page last updated 09/20/2005