I've know Lee for close to 15 years....off and on..... seasonably..... as we taught Telemark skiing
during the winter months and I'm at a loss as to the fact that Lee is gone......
We never climbed together but we did rope up together once, a few years ago, when I had to free dive my sail boat while we were on a cruise to Sucia Island in the San Juans.
I had driven over some polypropylene crab line and had about 20 feet wrapped around my propeller, so it was either cut it away ourselves or call for road service.
So.... since it was my boat it was decided that I do the mostly naked dive, and that Lee would belay me with a rope girth hitched around my ankle in case I passed out from the 50 degree water.
Anyway..... once the fouled rope was dispatched and I was hauled aboard, we settled into a festive evening and I remember the conversation being ribald and ever so eclectic.
Lee is a prince...Past, present and future...... He graced my life with his presence, wit and charm.
I will truly miss the guy................
Pierre (Pete) Bustanoby
WAC class of 1979
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