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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 5, 2013 - 06:26pm PT
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In a nutshell here's the choices one had in 1974:
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steve shea
climber
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Yup, that's about right. We could get RD's in CO. also
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JayMark
Social climber
Oxnard, CA
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What brand is that shoe on the top of the stack there?
JEM
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Kronhofer's possibly.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Sure look like Kronhofers. Here they are on Rock 2 at Stonet Point.
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jabbas
Trad climber
phx AZ
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That is one cool shot of all the toe - destroyers of the era. My EB's got to become Asolo Skywalkers( resoled 4 times and my all time favorite for comfy) and then Fire Cats (POS) Thanks for the share !!!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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What's on the bottom?
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Don I had them all and may have bought a pair or two from you, those PA's were dangerously like roller skates! EB's saved the day and kept me from reverting back to my beginnings, the klutteshoe or however you spell it..
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storer
Trad climber
Golden, Colorado
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Why no Zillertals? Maybe earlier, however. Maybe I can dig up a picture.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Don...Were you ever inside Imelda Marcos closet....? RJ
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Rolfr
Social climber
North Vancouver BC
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EB's , Man that was the sh#t. I still think climbing the dime edges on White Lightning in Squish was easier in EB's.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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This is what I see in Lauria's photo:
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Cosmiccccc..........But monsieur, that is the great Coonyard!
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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I bought my first pair of EB's from England in 75. I was living in Germany and they hadn't heard of them there yet. There was an ad in Mountain magazine from a shop who if you traced an outline of your foot on a piece of paper and sent it to them with 20 bucks, they'd ship you a pair they thought was right for your foot. I think the only time those shoes ever felt good was at the end of their life when they were completely blown out.
Edit: Twistedcrank, I got them a week or so before taking this shot.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Those EBs look quite fresh.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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RD's at work, winter, Gunks, mid-sixties.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Don, Isn't that a Larry Reynolds photo that became a WestRidge ad with the caption something like, "Kronhofers-Still on top!"
By then, Zillertals were not sold much tho some lads still had them around. Where's that pic of Russ' old pair? I still have a pair of both Zillertals and Kronhofers which would be suitable for wearing to this day.
Klettershue is the German translation of "climbing shoes" and both Zillertals and Kronhofers were made in Austria, so the word in English became "klettershoe."
Seems like RR preferred Cortina Spiders for many years tho he may (or may not) have switched to his own brand after their appearance. The classic pic of RR by Glen Denny shows RR wearing his RR shoes. What did he wear on the FA of Tis-sa-ak in 1969?
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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RR is wearing Robbins Boots (so comfortable you can wear them to work)
in that photo, Boo.
There is a shot of him wearing Spiders in Basic Rockcraft, the picture
demonstrating the heel-toe jam. The Spiders had thicker midsoles than
Cortinas, as well as extra leather at the heel cup.
In most pictures it would probably be hard to tell the difference between
Cortinas and Zillertals.
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