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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 2, 2011 - 12:31pm PT
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Yes, this is a blatant "copy cat" thread, but in spite of that, these are CLIMBING RELATED, and not polititard threads!
Mine was a late 1960 ascent of "Redguard," using the "Variation to the Lower Meadow." When Bob Culp suggested we do the climb in an amazingly warm period of November/December, I was a bit hesitant due to a sprained ankle from a spill downhill skiing. I dug out my clunky Kronhofer mountaineering boots and off we went. As a still "rookie' climber at the time, i was very happy to climb what was then considered "a most excellent adventure."
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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First and only sadly: Calypso.
I had to pick an easy route because I was taking a pudgy, non-climbing friend from grad school with me. He totally walked up the thing. A natural.
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Prod
Trad climber
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I think it may have been the Yellow Spur with Tarbuster? Not sure though. Tar you lurking? Do you know what we first climbed together in Eldo?
Prod.
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treeman
climber
mule city
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yellow spur 1985 with some random dude named john
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Wind Ridge, 1972, topped out by grabbing and pulling up on Ivy Baldwin's cable (before it was taken down). It was freaky looking across that thing stretched over to the Bastille (my 3rd climb after Calypso) and imagining Ivy out there playing around.
Did climbs with Chuck Tolton, I lead the 2nd pitch on Calypso.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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The Bomb in 1984, with some random kid I found in the parking lot.
Next day, climbed in Boulder Canyon, and, caught a huge whipper a different new partner took, probably a 50 footer. Busted up, I had to half carry him back to the road (foot and ribs). He couldn't walk, and, was in a lot of pain, but, asked if I was around the next day and maybe we could climb again...
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Ruper.
I climbed it with Carl Siegel, with whom I worked. Carl died not that long after on Longs Peak. (RIP).
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Bastielle Crack
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Mine was Redguard with Layton Kor and Larry Dalke in 1963.
Wore Kluttershues and tied directly into the rope with a bowline.
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Bastille in 84. We were at the second belay and Rossiter soloed past. Welcome.
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Gooney
Trad climber
Longmont, CO
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The Bomb and then Breezy on Wind Tower, 1971. Goldline, 1" swami, pins, and mostly steel biners.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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bastille crack
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skywalker
climber
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Calypso after work. T-storm moved in. We hunkered down in a cave mid way up the 3rd pitch. It got dark and still crazy storming. We had no headlamps. Managed to get to the top. Spent an hour looking for the rap anchors in said storm. Made it back to the car at midnight. I still laugh about that 15 years later.
Cheers!!!
S...
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TwistedCrank
climber
Ideeho-dee-do-dah-day boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom
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Never made it there. I didn't own any white painters pants. NTTAWWI
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salad
climber
Escondido
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calypso. i remember being quite intimidated too.
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hossjulia
Social climber
Eastside
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first climb in Eldo was my first roped climb ever, Whale's Tail left. Next was Whale's Tail, right, where I broke off a hold and made the climb a grade harder, hahaha, that was me! Graduated to Calypso right away. Climbed that thing so many times I was soloing it after a year. The Bastille Crack felt like a whole 'nuther ball game.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Calypso to the top of Wind Tower. No Reggae that time.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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I like Jan's response.
1977: Calypso, Wind Ridge then the Bastille Crack. BC is still one of my favorite climbs.
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Bowser
Trad climber
Red River NM
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Calypso
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BrianH
Trad climber
santa fe
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I had just started climbing when I was sent to Boulder for a work conference. Somebody at the Dept. of Commerce labs had heard that I started climbing and offered to take me after work. We climbed Calypso. It was also one of my first multi-pitch climbs.
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