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Jefflayton Stuckerkor wrote:Kill it, Lee!

Hilarious. Jefflayton, ThreadSlayerLee might just kill this one, but please be patient. He was out this evening drinking beers with a couple of friends including myself. Perhaps he will be logging on to MP soon... since beer and MP go together so well.

The two shows this week were (to my eye) better than the Mackey show from last year. Better flow, editing, commentary. Layton brought it in in about 110 minutes, and kept it solid the whole way. From Colorado, Eldo, Black Canyon,thru Utah, Canada, Alps, Dolomites it was a pleasure for anyone familiar with the man or the routes to appreciate the special night. Layton's improving health shows in his color and demeanor - well improved from last year and he's in good spirits. He's not just cashing the mountain goldmine he's planted all these years, he's taking checks too! Quite the glitterati in the house for 1 May, with BIG DOGS from across the spectrum. Anyone who might begrudge Kor needs to remove tongue from cheek, because you're up the wrong cheek and it's stinky up there.

with Layton and Derek Hersey

J. Albers wrote:sheesh....easy there folks. Was FUNGUY's comment a bit ill advised and insensitive? Probably. Maybe even a bit dickish?

Did you write this for yourself and your comment? Nice post, say, if your a politician... maybe you should quit climbing and head for Washington.

Just because you put your POV in a nice little PC package and said it with peace and love, doesnt make it any less off base than funguy's. You are comparing apples to oranges- and while the efforts of those whom you speak(Im a FF myself btw) are noble, they are not comprable to Laytons effort and legendary status, nor the point of this thread. Nice try tho.

Pretty ironic post from a climber. Peace, love and happiness good buddy, may you and Ted Flanders have fun at the crag.

And for FUNGUY... what everyone else has said = ditto for me.

I agree that last night's show was better than Macky. Gary even thought it was better than Wednesday's. Practice makes perfect...hope he gets to give many more shows!

Funguy you can crawl back under your rock now.

Jefflayton Stuckerkor wrote:Kill it, Lee!

Not necessary. This thread will kill itself.

Kat A wrote: Hilarious. Jefflayton, ThreadSlayerLee might just kill this one, but please be patient. He was out this evening drinking beers with a couple of friends including myself. Perhaps he will be logging on to MP soon... since beer and MP go together so well.

And I had a great time as usual. But I didn't get any pictures.

I wish Kor would get his show on the road and hit AZ. That way, FUNGUY could show his support. I know that I and many others would be there.

If not a road trip then a video for the masses to show support and enjoy the Man's memories.

Does Kor not live in AZ?(I'm under the impression that he does)

The show was great last night, who's going to start up the appriciation thread and send this one packing? Enough feeding of the troll, he seem's to have left anyway.

Interesting. funguy post's once here, and once @ the taco under the name Onyx. Only one post with the same text at both venues. Perhaps this is all a rouse just to see the response. The old 'I'll be a spoon' trick. Or it's a ligit posting. Either way is pretty dern lame. Layton Kor deserves all the respect, fame, financial gain, and whatever else comes his way. Suggesting that he's somehow unworthy of any of that is moronic. Mahalo!

As everyone has noted: Layton does have serious health problems. He needs a kidney transplant, which costs over $250,000 plus the costs of all the drugs. Plus the costs of the drugs he takes now, dialysis three times a week, and a substantial monthly insurance deductible...because his insurance and Medicaid and Medicare do not cover all the costs.

So give the poor guy a break. He's an iconic American climber, and maybe the most prolific ever...as I told Layton awhile back, "I've been following in your footsteps up climbs my entire career"...and he's 70-years-old and can't work because of the dialysis and its side affects and he has a wife and a 16-year-old son...

But Layton still has the fire to go climbing. Ed Webster, Dennis Jump, Layton, and I did the FA of a desert tower near his home in Arizona a month ago. I'm heading back down tomorrow to do another unclimbed tower with him on Monday. He still wants to get out climbing and do new routes. He loves climbing! He wants to go back to the Dolomites. He wants to do some routes around Moab. He wants to get back to Colorado and do some new routes. So hopefully his kidney transplant will be successful and he'll get his life back.

Ed Webster and I have been helping Layton by raising money to help with his medical expenses by selling signed photographs of him. Right now I have two signed photographs of Kor on the January 1963 FA of Monster Tower for sale. And I've been selling lots of the photos here in Colorado as well as the rest of the US and the world. Folks in Europe and Taiwan have bought prints.

Last night at the second Neptune show, I sold $700 worth of photos, with all the money going directly to Layton. If you want one, email me here. We're asking $50 for a signed print plus $5 shipping. Both are $80 plus shipping. After this batch is sold out, I'll be printing up some new ones...desert climbing, 2nd ascent of the Salathe, something from the Dolomites...and in bigger sizes.

And I agree with everyone above...FUNGUY is not too much fun. More like a stick in the mud, poking out of a swamp of cynicism and self-loathing. He needs to buy a bunch of the photos or send a substantial cash contribution to redeem his petty life and pay homage to the legend himself. Remember...you got to pay it forward.

Mic Fairchild wrote: [pic of Mic F., Layton and Derek Hersey]

Mic, that is a fookin' awesome photo.

What is with these people who don't like people making money? "Once in a lifetime" didn't mean for HIM, it might be a "once in a lifetime" for YOU.

P.S. Why did I respond to this drivel?

Everyone seems to be railing FUNGUY for his post but what everyone should be upset about is Layton Kor having to do these presentations to pay for medical expenses while our government/corporations (same thing) steals the working class blind and then continues to rob us in our old age as we die.... burning trillions of dollars while people like this are not only burdened with old age, sickness, and death, but also how to pay for it.... shoveling money into the fire that would do so many deserving people (Layton Kor) so much good. We need to march into these insurance companies and drag there asses out into the streets and have our way with them.