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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 22, 2009 - 05:19pm PT
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Okay, not really. I recently came into the possession of the complete volumes of Desert Magazine from 1937 to it's end. There are lots of great articles in here and several from the Mendenhalls and their desert climbing exploits.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 05:36pm PT
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Cool stuff! Please post up some of it, here or on the other Shiprock thread.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 22, 2009 - 05:48pm PT
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I'll find the articles and try and post them up soon.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 22, 2009 - 06:27pm PT
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I dont have a scanner and am stuck with trying to take pictures of these articles from 1937-38.
These are not Ship Rock but simply articles about climbing that appeared in Desert Magazine over a 2 year period.
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I am sorry for the poor quality, even if I had a scanner I dont think I would press the magazine flat for fear of damaging the paper or the binding. These issues are fairly rare and demand a pretty good price.
There are a few good articles in the 1937 binder about Everett Ruess that are pretty cool.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 22, 2009 - 06:48pm PT
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A few more.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Nov 22, 2009 - 06:58pm PT
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You can buy a low end Epson printer for around $100 that will work fine as a scanner for that treasure chest in the closet!!!!!!
The cost of the beer or wine you consume while scanning will far outweigh the initial outlay for the scanner.
So.............no excuses-let the scanning begin.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 22, 2009 - 07:06pm PT
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I'll look into that. If I can pull myself away from flipping through the pages of 50 plus years of this fine magazine.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 22, 2009 - 07:55pm PT
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Crunch, great find!! That will come in handy. I have found some good bouldering and climbing areas from flipping thru Desert Magazine in years past. Thanks
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 08:44pm PT
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Very cool Glen Dawson article on The Great White Throne ascent in 1938! I did a full interview with him along with Doug Robinson recently and didn't see that one in his notebooks!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
Will know soon
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Nov 22, 2009 - 08:50pm PT
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Batrock, Where oh where did you get this incredible gift. Was it given to you by a passing relative or friend ? Freaking Awesome ! Peace, lynnie
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 22, 2009 - 08:59pm PT
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hey there batrock,
thanks for sharing this really special stuff.... :)
and crunch, thanks for the links...
simple special pics from the past are more thought provoking, sure took a lot more time and effort, too...
hope to get read a bit, at the link, but will have to check it out later, as with most of my "finds" here... :)
god bless... :)
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 22, 2009 - 09:04pm PT
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Lynne,
My grandparents were longtime desert rats, loved the desert and traveled deserts by their old jeep all over the southwest and into Mexico and Central America. I remember as a child taking trips with them to Baja and the Gulf of California on several occasions as well as trips into the Mojave. As soon as I was old enough to drive I began exploring the deserts and mountains on my own. I grew up spending time in the Sierra Nevada and loved the mountains but as I grow older I have grown more fond of the desert, their is something about big wide open spaces. For mountains I enjoy above timberline, trees ruin a good view.
Anyway my grandparents gave me the entire edition of Desert Magazine or rather my grandmother, my grandfather died a few years ago and my grandmother gave me the collection last month. A very special gift.
Neebee and Lynne, God bless you.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 22, 2009 - 09:04pm PT
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Nice. Stuff, batman, thanks!
So, there's a technique for climbing rocks! Why am I always the last to know?
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 22, 2009 - 09:23pm PT
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Lynne,
Another inheritance I received was a large filing cabinet filled to the brim with maps, AAA maps from the 1930's through the 1970's as well as USGS topo maps from at least the 1940's maybe earlier. It has been a blast comparing more recent maps with these old maps finding old trails and roads as well as mining claims and other fun things to explore.
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
OR
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Nov 22, 2009 - 09:28pm PT
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vintage bump
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
Will know soon
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Nov 22, 2009 - 10:47pm PT
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Batrock, incredible heritage. Wonderful people to take you on adventures that made you grow and expand as a human. No need to battle fear in these areas as you grew up like so many do.
Your folk taught you to enjoy knowing the unknown.
This is my life now....to discover and enjoy. Peace, Dude and Thanks so much for your Thread !!!!!!! lynnie
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 23, 2009 - 11:30am PT
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Thanks Lynne, I always enjoy your posts and positive outlook as well as your willingness to help others in a time of need. The world would be a much better place if there were more like you.
Kevin
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