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Just Who is this "Cyril" Fellow Anyway?

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:34 pm
by Hikin_Jim
Seen on the original HPS 10K ridge high point which is at the eastern end of the ridge, elevation 9930 (or 9921 per the register) on a page marked 1968:
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How's about that entry towards the bottom, eh?

HJ

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:28 pm
by zippetydude
wow, what a post. Let's see, that's from 1968, that would make Cy about 42 years younger than he is right now...he must be a time traveler, I'm encountering negative numbers here....Cy, you couldn't really have been negative 21 years old at the time, could you?

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Jim, how did you find that registry page?

Just who is this Cyril fellow anyway?

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:48 pm
by Cy Kaicener
Thanks for posting that Jim. 8) It sure brings back memories and will make my day and week. I cant believe the summit register is still there. I was 31 years old then and desperately want to go back in time. :)
1968 was also the year that I completed the 100 peaks emblem list. On the link below I am number 172
http://angeles.sierraclub.org/hps/hps100peaks.htm

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:58 am
by bluerail
thats a very cool find.

also an amazing amount of climbing and hiking. and never stopped ? nice Cy. very nice. what an inspiration you are.

Just who is this Cyril fellow anyway

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:29 am
by Cy Kaicener
Thanks Steve. To me you and your group are the new inspiration. I could never do what you, Tina, Fern and Rick etc are doing.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:20 am
by Hikin_Jim
zippetydude wrote:Jim, how did you find that registry page?
Wish I could say I went out to that point on the ridge, but no such luck. Pitownpi on the San Gorgonio board posted this pic. I thought it worth re-posting here in honor of "Mr Skyline," an inspiration to us all.

HJ

Re: Just who is this Cyril fellow anyway?

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:24 am
by Hikin_Jim
Cy Kaicener wrote:Thanks for posting that Jim. 8) It sure brings back memories and will make my day and week. I cant believe the summit register is still there. I was 31 years old then and desperately want to go back in time. :)
1968 was also the year that I completed the 100 peaks emblem list. On the link below I am number 172
http://angeles.sierraclub.org/hps/hps100peaks.htm
Congrats on a tough, remote summit; best wishes for many summits to come.

I wouldn't mind losing a few years either, Cy, but I was only 5 years old at the time of your ascent. I don't think I want to go back THAT far. :)

By the way, that's quite an accomplishment, getting the HPS emblem. Over the last 60 or 70 years, only about 1,000 people have done that.

HJ

Re: Just who is this Cyril fellow anyway

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:13 am
by tinaballina
Cy Kaicener wrote:Thanks Steve. To me you and your group are the new inspiration. I could never do what you, Tina, Fern and Rick etc are doing.


Thank you Cy-you and Doreen are my mentors.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:56 pm
by Andy
Cy,
I can only imagine how seeing something like Jims' picture can bring back some great memories. We've never met...that I know of, but hearing of long time enthusiasts like yourself brings nothing less than inspiration to someone who was not even a thought, let alone a twinkle in my father's eye in '68.

Cheers!

Just who is this Cyril fellow anyway

PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:19 pm
by Cy Kaicener
Thanks Tina and Andy

Kathy just climbed Split Mountain in the Sierras
http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=53881