I recently got back the US rights for my book Psychovertical, and thought it would be nice in a new edition to include other people's stories about climbing the Reticent Wall. So far, I've wrangled words out of climbers like Kevin Thaw, Brandon Adams, Valerio Folco, Jacek Czyz, and Mark Hudon, but I'd like to wrangle more from the still living, as each tells a different story about the same climb. And so I've been trying to track down big wall soloist Grant Gardner, but having no luck so far. Does anyone know if he's still around?
Cheers
Andy
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Can't help, but looking forward to the new edition.
I talked to Grant couple years ago. He lived caring for his elderly father somewhere in San Bernardino County. For the life of me I don't remember the town. We talked about getting together to do some climbing at Tahquitz but my back was recently injured, so we just chatted. He didn't do much at the time, was concerned about his dad. Sorry I don't have more, but Grant is around, at least he was on/about my 75 Birthday when he called. Andy, If I find his address/phone, I will let you know.