[CowboyIndian]

A freshman dormmate and friend was an excellent rock climber/spelunker, which was an unusual avocation in those days. He used to haunt the attics of the Quad and actually climbed into MemChu one time from the roof. He was also a pretty good musician so he couldn't pass up the chance to play "Chest Fever" at midnight on the mighty Wurlitzer organ. Busted but not punished with anything but a finger wag.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoRq73Hnwrg

Later in his undergraduate career, he also went up to the top of HooTow as a tourist and hid out until dark, when he attached a white silk parachute to the pinnacle and rappelled down to the ground. Picture that, if you will.

He died a few years later climbing Half Dome in Yosemite. RIP, Ernie

[CowboyIndian]

A freshman dormmate and friend was an excellent rock climber/spelunker, which was an unusual avocation in those days. He used to haunt the attics of the Quad and actually climbed into MemChu one time from the roof. He was also a pretty good musician so he couldn't pass up the chance to play "Chest Fever" at midnight on the mighty Wurlitzer organ. Busted but not punished with anything but a finger wag.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoRq73Hnwrg

Later in his undergraduate career, he also went up to the top of HooTow as a tourist and hid out until dark, when he attached a white silk parachute to the pinnacle and rappelled down to the ground. Picture that, if you will.

He died a few years later climbing Half Dome in Yosemite. RIP, Ernie