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Show Former Mccbite Featured in Ford World Ron Wiggle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orb Wiggle of Moab, was featured in the July issue of Ford World, a house organ of the Ford Motor Company, for a climb he and 2 companions made in June up 275-foot Echo Tower near Moab. Ron, who is an engineer with the Engineering and Research Staff of Ford, was accompanied by two other engineers with the company, Fred Duvall and Walt Rygiel, and all three took climbing lessons from Eric Bjornstad, Moab, an experienced technical tech-nical climber who coached Clint Eastwood and was George Kennedy's stuntman in the cliff-hanger movie, "Eiger Sanction." , They plan this fall to plant a Ford oval atop Castle Rod! . which was made famoo13!. nationally several years ago b - a Chevrolet television cotr1 mercial. Chevy had it easV'--they say. Its advertising agency approached the 4(X ' foot butte by helicopter. "When I told my wife w''. were going to climb Casu-Rock," Casu-Rock," said Ron Wiggle, "sh'-i told me to get my will an'-coinsurance policies in ordei'- Wait till she hears we have on sights set on Grand Teton afte-" that. When it comes " vacations, we aim high." Ron, his wife, Rose, anr '. children, Deanna, 3 and Chad 1 , live in Deerborn, Mich. 7? Orb Wiggle was on hand, a the base of Echo Tower, to f, the climb this spring, ani"!' reported it took 3 days. |