Comments on: Bill Brett’s View From the Tower https://skytraclifts.com/bill-bretts-view-from-the-tower/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 21:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Kevin Ratcliffe https://skytraclifts.com/bill-bretts-view-from-the-tower/#comment-865 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 21:14:28 +0000 http://skytraclifts.com/?p=1122#comment-865 Had the pleasure of working for Doppelmayr when we replaced Palmer Was there to help out Randy Henry pull the haul rope Worked with a few of your lift mechanics and was invited to your shop and saw the crazy ass pictures of the shit that you deal with on a regular basis during the winter!!
Hats off to you all One crazy ass place While pulling the rope a front moved in from the west and in the span of a half hour the 5/8 sand line was covered in ice and was about 11/2-2 inches going into the winch
From one old Doppel Dog to you Bill What a crazy place to have spent your whole career
Worked on the rigs in the Artic but Timberline wins the prize
Cheers

]]> By: Matt Pendergast https://skytraclifts.com/bill-bretts-view-from-the-tower/#comment-675 Tue, 08 Dec 2020 15:51:18 +0000 http://skytraclifts.com/?p=1122#comment-675 Bill, I look back with joy at my time at Timberline as a (very green) chairlift mechanic in the 1990s. I hope you are enjoying retirement! It is well deserved. I was probably a bit too naive and young to be a chairlift mechanic at the time, but you and others like Steve Haugk, and John Young were patient with me. I sure learned alot, and really enjoyed my time there. I guess my unfortunate claim to fame was rolling the snowcat upside down into that huge hole on Palmer. I remember you and Steve and John coming up to rescue me and Scotty, If I didn’t still have the pictures I wouldn’t believe it happened and that we made it out alive. Thank you John Young as well, for being patient with me during my huge learning curve.

]]> By: John Young https://skytraclifts.com/bill-bretts-view-from-the-tower/#comment-570 Sun, 06 Sep 2020 21:20:01 +0000 http://skytraclifts.com/?p=1122#comment-570 Bill it was an honor to work for you,we share a love for the moutain and Timberline. I still enjoy going up and being able to look around. I can still look out and see something that I have never seen but has always been there.On a recent trip I stopped to look at the new footings for Pucci #3 and saw the twr base of Pucci#1 and thought of working with Artie my first week on LM. I want to thank you for being part of my life.

]]> By: Tammy Villali https://skytraclifts.com/bill-bretts-view-from-the-tower/#comment-94 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 23:48:29 +0000 http://skytraclifts.com/?p=1122#comment-94 My mountain hero. I know you won’t miss my random after hours calls of “Hey Bill I’ve got this group that wants to…insert out of the ordinary request here” but I will miss you! Thank you for always finding a way, with a smile, and making it look easy.

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]]> By: Gary L. Hohnstein https://skytraclifts.com/bill-bretts-view-from-the-tower/#comment-93 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 18:24:39 +0000 http://skytraclifts.com/?p=1122#comment-93 It was a pleasure working with you and becoming your friend!

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]]> By: Janie Swift https://skytraclifts.com/bill-bretts-view-from-the-tower/#comment-92 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 10:39:58 +0000 http://skytraclifts.com/?p=1122#comment-92 Congratulations Bill on your retirement. It was always my privilege to have worked at Timberline with you and Steve and the lower shop crew. Thank you for everything you did for the area and the people that worked there. You were a true role model in hard work and getting the job done. Hi to Pam as well!

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]]> By: Kim Nylund https://skytraclifts.com/bill-bretts-view-from-the-tower/#comment-91 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 02:37:36 +0000 http://skytraclifts.com/?p=1122#comment-91 Your hard work ethic is much appreciated Bill. Honor well deserved! Enjoy retirement!

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]]> By: Gary McGee https://skytraclifts.com/bill-bretts-view-from-the-tower/#comment-90 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 17:46:57 +0000 http://skytraclifts.com/?p=1122#comment-90 Congratulations on your retirement Bill all the best!!

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]]> By: Bill Brett https://skytraclifts.com/bill-bretts-view-from-the-tower/#comment-89 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 21:07:37 +0000 http://skytraclifts.com/?p=1122#comment-89 In reply to artie speicher.

Thanks Artie and all. We did have a lot of fun building and working on that lift. Still enjoy working a few days a week up there. I liked your SAM article regarding lift mtnce training. It isn’t as simple as it used to be, is it!
Cheers

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]]> By: Barbara Haugk https://skytraclifts.com/bill-bretts-view-from-the-tower/#comment-88 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 07:01:37 +0000 http://skytraclifts.com/?p=1122#comment-88 Bill…Thank you for your dedication to the place so many call their second home. Thanks too for carrying on the legacy of those before you. All my best in your retirement

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