Hey Vitaley, I've got your Halloween costume!

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phylp

Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 24, 2013 - 02:23pm PT
We were cleaning out the attic the other day and look what we found!



phylp

Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 24, 2013 - 02:25pm PT
Seriously does anybody use stuff like this anymore? If you live in the SF Bay area and want it, I can leave it out on my porch for you to pick up.
le_bruce

climber
Oakland, CA
Oct 24, 2013 - 03:07pm PT
I would love to make those threads my climbing uniform. Proud.

I wouldn't love it enough to drive to Millbrae... but still, the "classy and timeless" look would boost my climbing abilities I'm sure of it.
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Oct 24, 2013 - 03:17pm PT

I don't Phyl, but I used to wear all of them!
(still have some of the long knicker sox, and still
have the millar mitts)!
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Oct 24, 2013 - 04:07pm PT
Nobody wears the balaclava any longer?

Beg to differ.
thebravecowboy

Social climber
Colorado Plateau
Oct 24, 2013 - 05:28pm PT
Ron that rock looks wild! Where is that?
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Oct 24, 2013 - 05:37pm PT
28-30 waist hahahahahhha I WISH!
phylp

Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 24, 2013 - 05:41pm PT
^^^ Vitaley, you look pretty slim in your photos, I thought that size would be just right.

But Hey someone reached out to me by PM that they want these items. I'm so glad.

Phyl
k-man

Gym climber
SCruz
Oct 24, 2013 - 05:43pm PT
Those knickers are The Bomb! I'd make a special drive to SF to pick 'em up, but it's gonna be another few years before I fit a sz 30 waist...
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 24, 2013 - 07:25pm PT
No thanks, phylp, I'm still stylin' the couture...

HighTraverse

Trad climber
Bay Area
Oct 24, 2013 - 07:26pm PT
Wool knickers, wool knee socks, fingerless wool gloves, wool balaclava, rag wool sweater.
Done many miles on foot, ski and thousands of feet on rope in that bullet-proof costume.
Definitely Rad Trad!
phylp

Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 24, 2013 - 07:43pm PT
Ekaterina, I'd love to see that photo!
Charlie D.

Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
Oct 24, 2013 - 07:59pm PT

Wish I still had my snow flake socks, they were rad!!!
phylp

Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 24, 2013 - 07:59pm PT
This is the other stuff we found:




mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Oct 24, 2013 - 08:06pm PT
La vieille école, comme Gaston Rubberfoot.

There is also one of me on Moby Dickless left taken by Saint Galen, which shows me in the same cord knickers my sister donated to keep me looking stylish on xc skis, but they were equally cool for climbing.

Wish I knew where they went.
Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Oct 24, 2013 - 09:06pm PT
Ah----sigh! The climbing gear of my well-spent youth.

Most of that clothing was sold by Royal Robbins through his Mountain Paraphernalia import/distribution business and of course the fingerless gloves are Millar-mitts.

The original Chouinard crampons are a twin to my pair that I used and abused until the front-points were filed down so much that they barely protruded beyond the front of my Galibier Double boots.

I had Hivernales and I think yours are Makalus?
SCseagoat

Trad climber
Santa Cruz
Oct 24, 2013 - 09:38pm PT
My first ski "outfit"....wool knickers, with matching jacket and fur collar.
It was the same "outfit" my Dad learned to ski in in the 30s.
My Dad is now 91 and I'm sure it is still in his house somewhere.
I love knickers!

Susan
10b4me

Ice climber
Bishop/Flagstaff
Oct 24, 2013 - 09:44pm PT
I used to wear that very costume. I wore full fingered gloves though.
I also wore Galibier boots. A great boot, imo.
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Oct 25, 2013 - 12:57am PT

Phyl
You must be followin' me around--those look like my
crampons and boots too!!!!
(I sold the crampons for the Royfest down at Todd Gordonville, and sent the boots to Pakistan after the earthquake in 2004)?
phylp

Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 25, 2013 - 01:45am PT
I'm cracking up that you guys have confused me with the owner and user of this equipment! Moi - the one who whines when the temps go below 60? The one who needs a 28 foot RV as a bivy?

All this gear belongs to my beloved, who wore them ice climbing and alpine climbing in NH, CO, WY, and Alaska. He's the one made of of the tuff stuff, not me.
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