Bob Spenger

sander · Post by **sander** » February 2nd, 2017, 2:40 am

http://www.sierrawave.net/robert-spenger-1924-2017/

He was a well known person at this Forum. I saw Anne Bourlioux posting the link above on Facebook and just wanted to share it here as well. Amazing person.

bisqeet · Post by **bisqeet** » February 2nd, 2017, 2:52 am

Row in peace, Bob!
One of the people here who posted and I listened.
Led a great life.
His experience and above on the scene will be missed.

hjs · Post by **hjs** » February 2nd, 2017, 3:30 am

Very sorry to hear, up untill very recently Bob was posting here.

he has been around for years and was very active. Erged as long as he could, pulling wr for his age not that long ego.

Rip Bob forever at ease

Citroen · Post by **Citroen** » February 2nd, 2017, 4:57 am

Dear old Bob's sound advice from decades of rowing will be missed.

bisqeet · Post by **bisqeet** » February 2nd, 2017, 5:25 am

i do hope that a commemorative annual row is organised in Memory of the great guy..

jackarabit · Post by **jackarabit** » February 2nd, 2017, 5:37 am

For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And love itself have rest.

joe80 · Post by **joe80** » February 2nd, 2017, 6:03 am

Very sad news. Bob was a man who lived his life to the full.

Cyclist2 · Post by **Cyclist2** » February 2nd, 2017, 12:58 pm

I was hoping to meet him at CRASH-B but I wasn't fast enough. I hope his posts are archived somewhere - they are inspiring.

DavidA · Post by **DavidA** » February 2nd, 2017, 2:23 pm

Very sorry to hear that.

Bob was very active here for a long time, and in rowing for far longer.
He often had good input from his long experience with rowing, and other knowledge.
He had quite a list of erging records.
He will definitely be missed.

Carl Watts · Post by **Carl Watts** » February 2nd, 2017, 4:51 pm

Thanks for that link, I'm not on Facebook at that was worth a read.

Amazing long life, he really got the most out of it.

left coaster · Post by **left coaster** » February 2nd, 2017, 5:14 pm

Bob was a very interesting and insightful contributor to this forum. I genuinely liked and appreciated his comments and will miss his presence.

Thank you for sharing the article about him -- it would seem he was even more interesting in person! An amazing man who has likely been an inspiration for many!

T_M · Post by **T_M** » February 3rd, 2017, 3:47 pm

RIP Bob

He was the first person to welcome me to this forum. We shared a couple of friendly PMs as fellow alumni of UC Berkeley and now I learn that he was teaching at Cal State Fullerton when I was there during grad school...wish I could have met him back then, but glad I at least got to meet him here. Great guy.

Steve W · Post by **Steve W** » February 3rd, 2017, 8:33 pm

Stunned at this very sad loss

. Bob was incredibly intelligent, insightful and a must-read for me whenever he would post. Will truly miss his unique perspective and commentary & wish I'd have had the opportunity to meet him. Sincere condolences to his family and many friends...

Anth_F · Post by **Anth_F** » February 3rd, 2017, 9:14 pm

Not sure i was around when Bob was active on here!!! What was his forum user name?

I had a read of that writeup about him and he certainly lived an eventful active life.

My deepest condolences.

jackarabit · Post by **jackarabit** » February 4th, 2017, 12:44 am

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