4000 year old climbing gear

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originalpmac

Mountain climber
Timbers of Fennario
Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 6, 2017 - 11:25am PT
https://www.yahoo.com/news/4-000-old-climbing-gear-110904287.html

Short article lacking in details and pictures, but interesting nonetheless
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 6, 2017 - 11:31am PT
among the items were a box of roughly ground flour, fragments of bows, three flint arrowheads, a container made out of cow’s horn, and some small pieces of leather.

Hmmm, sounds like they were planning on laying seige to some route.
ec

climber
ca
Oct 6, 2017 - 12:04pm PT
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/48212
Oplopanax

Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
Oct 6, 2017 - 12:14pm PT
the original dirtbags
fear

Ice climber
hartford, ct
Oct 6, 2017 - 12:36pm PT
I wondered if they argued about using the cow's horn as being ethical.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Oct 6, 2017 - 02:00pm PT
"three flint arrowheads"

Huge rack for them times, prolly.
Stewart Johnson

Mountain climber
lake forest
Oct 6, 2017 - 04:28pm PT
Layback
AP

Trad climber
Calgary
Oct 7, 2017 - 07:06am PT
4000 year old climbing gear? Maybe someone should ask Donini what he used BITD
clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Oct 7, 2017 - 07:39am PT

I wonder if they bought the gear new or used?
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 7, 2017 - 09:28am PT
^^^ Thogslist
originalpmac

Mountain climber
Timbers of Fennario
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 7, 2017 - 11:36am PT
Thoglist... that's good stuff there. Thought about cross posting this to the Historical and Outstanding Mountaineering Rucksacks thread.
"Birchbark Backpacks: Who Remembers Using Them?"
Spiny Norman

Social climber
Boring, Oregon
Oct 7, 2017 - 12:59pm PT
Beckey was there first.
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Oct 7, 2017 - 05:57pm PT
I wonder if the Arrowheads were regular ones or aid length shorties?
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