Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 5, 2013 - 03:26pm 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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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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owned 3 of those myself.. PAs great jamming, EBS were of course the "sticky" ones,, and the RRs were like a dream edging and aiding.
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T Hocking
Trad climber
Redding, Ca
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RD's weren't available 74?
I climbed in PA's, EB's, RD's, RR's, BITD
Tad
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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I remember RDs being around in 76.fer sure..Brown Suede stiffies...
edit: I see my K-Marche work boots didnt make the cut...
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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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Cosmiccragsman
Trad climber
AKA Dwain, from Apple Valley, Ca. and Vegas!
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I like your shoe collection, Imelda, er, I mean, Guido.
:)
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T Hocking
Trad climber
Redding, Ca
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That is one cool shot of all the toe - destroyers of the era.
Toe Destroyers, thats for sure!
I remember we would buy them a size or 2 smaller than our regular shoe size.
At one point I was wearing my tight EB's so much that I developed a nasty and painful in grown toe nail (big toe).
It became infected so I had to go to the Dr., first thing he said when he saw it was "are your shoes too tight?"LOL
I told him about all the time I spent in climbing shoes, he cut away some tissue and nail, bandaged it up and told me to avoid tight shoes and I did for about a month until it healed up.
Anybody else have this happen to them?
Tad
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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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