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Goodbye, Big Daddy
Sunday, July 2, 2000

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Hello Mountain Zone, this is Tom Bridge calling from the summit of North America and we have, up here, a total of eight people on the top of North America. They're going to give a rebel yell and actually I'm going to pass the phone around after that, each one is going to give you a small statement. Let's go guys. Woohoo!

Fred Peterson
This is Fred Peterson from New Hampshire how's it go guys in HID.

John Hewins
John Hewins from Denver, Colorado, rock on.

Brian Kohn
Brian Kohn from Boulder, hey boo.

Brian Keegan
Brian Keegan, home of Mountain Zone, Seattle, Washington, for Climb for Life at Overlake Hospital. Woohoo!

Jackie Menor
Jackie Menor [Unintelligible] Seven Summits here I come, Whooohoo!

Matt Szundy
Matt Szundy, assistant guide, it's the process and the journey that counts. Glad to be here, glad to be coming down soon.

Laurie Bridge
This is Laurie Bridge and I have a eulogy for an old friend who passed away, Bruce. A moment of silence in his honor.

Only God knows why Bruce is no longer with us today
But those of us who knew him learned a lot from him
And will always be blessed by his courage
By his unending optimism
And by his unconditional love.

We have friends here today celebrating him. He had a passion for the mountains, and so do the people I'm here on the summit with. Bruce had a nickname in the mountain that was "Big Daddy." He was Big Daddy. So I am going to let his ashes into the wind, let his spirit go free in the mountaintop and we'll all yell out to the Big Daddy.

— Tom Bridge, Alpine Ascents International, MountainZone.com Correspondent

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