Ueli Steck Tour-Chicago stop
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Aug 31st. Show starts at 7:30. Patio Theater 6008 W Irving Park Road Chicago, IL 60634 |
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the Patio.!...been a long time since I was up there. Do they have a lot or some side street parking available for those of us who don't use public trans. and live far off, needing to drive up? |
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I have no idea on the lot Woodchuck. I never even heard of the place till the other day. Sorry. |
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I lived up there in late 70's,,sure made my drive up to DL a lot faster in my 'club' days to be there on quick weekends. |
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Woodchuck. No lot there, but it's on the north side just far enough out from the Loop and Wrigley and all the other parking nightmares of the city. You should be able to find cheep or even free street parking really close by. |
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Bump for a change in locations. |
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There's a pay for parking lot Laport and Cuyler. There should be a lot of free parking on the back streets and it's a decent area. Community tavern is also worth checking out if you want a good (but expensive) dinner. |
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No such luck for me.. I'm still incapacitated and bed ridden post surgery for my 5th week of shitsville' life going nowhere here. I'm just hoping I can heal up to at least attend the craggin' classic evening events at end of Sept now. Totally shut down life right now. |
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I thought it was a great presentation. Very inspiring. Definitely had me thinking about using my surgery recovery coming up to kick my but into high gear and get into the best alpine shape I possibly can to start looking at some different objectives. Incredible to watch how fast Ueli moves in the alpine. I really enjoyed the event. |
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Any other reviews? |
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I thought so. Can't remember the last time there was a guy of his caliber in the Chicago land area for a show. I was entertained of feats of climbing I will probably never do in my lifetime and also climbs and routes well within my abilities. |
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I was sitting two seats down from Jon - we had just flown home from Chamonix. |
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Saw him in Boulder. |
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Missed it, but gotta say that some great explorers are just not cut out to be public speakers when trying to relay their experiences. I'd love to see Fred Beckey program just because he is such a character. And to see him operate at the post program party as he is amazing in his capability to attract the adoring attention of so many younger women ! |
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Saw him in SD. His presentation was one run-on sentance but in a funny way. Regardless, just to be in his presence was great. To be honest I have never been to a good climber slide show, they almost all lack the panashe to put on a good show. Mayne that says something about climbers in general. |
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And to think the Brits financed their climbing back in the day by coming home from an outing to the Himalaya and going on speaking, slide show tours to clubs around their area. How droll and boring I'm sure a lot of them were. I always enjoyed our guest speakers at Iowa Mountaineers banquets throughout the 80's era, and the great trips we sponsored and held. Was so much fun, a very close knit group. |