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laurendelaunay
climber
Yosemite, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 19, 2019 - 05:44pm PT
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Hi all! I'm working on a collection of stories from female climbers in Yosemite. Whose words would you like to see included? What under-the-radar women led the way for generations of female badasses?
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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May 19, 2019 - 06:32pm PT
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Who is on your list already?
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Highlife
Trad climber
California
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May 19, 2019 - 06:53pm PT
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Josie f*#king McKee!
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Under the Webmasters Thumb
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May 19, 2019 - 07:41pm PT
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Didn't you get the memo - this site is the Titanic of Climbing and will hit the iceberg on June 1, 2019 - so to answer your question - who gives a sh#t.
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overwatch
climber
Arizona
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May 19, 2019 - 09:03pm PT
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I am kind of interested in what Josie is doing to Mckee
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado & Nepal
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May 19, 2019 - 09:23pm PT
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Check out the Chick History thread
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Inner City
Trad climber
Portland, OR
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May 19, 2019 - 09:45pm PT
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Lynn Hill, Steph Davis, Beth Rodden,
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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May 19, 2019 - 09:55pm PT
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this is a good question - get it in while the forum is live(ish)
Lynn, Steph, Beth were not under the radar.
Jobee, Karine, who are some of the other women who were climbing hard?
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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May 19, 2019 - 10:05pm PT
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During the Golden Age of Climbing in Yosemite
-Liz Robbins
-Bev Johnson
-Sybille Hechtel
-Ellie Hawkins
-Molly Higgins
-Julie Brugger
-Carla Firey
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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May 19, 2019 - 10:59pm PT
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Hey OP
It's hard to say who is "under the radar" if you won't tell us who is "on the radar". Names please.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 20, 2019 - 07:03am PT
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Bruce...those women you mention, and you forgot Diana Hunter, were from the decade after the so called “golden age” of climbing in Yosemite. Any women around Camp 4 in the 60’s were almost certainly camp followers.
I have always had problems with the “golden age” tag. It was a very important era but I think it should be referred to as the “pioneering age.”
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TomKimbrough
Social climber
Salt Lake City
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May 20, 2019 - 07:55am PT
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Don't forget Barb Eastman
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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May 20, 2019 - 08:00am PT
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Merry Braun!!
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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May 20, 2019 - 10:08am PT
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Jim,
I always considered that there were two Golden Ages in Yosemite. The Golden Age of Big Walls was in the 1960's and the Golden Age of Free Climbing was in the 1970's. The women I mentioned, except for Liz Robbins were in the 1970's.
I didn't put Diana Hunter or Barb Devine on the list because they were more influential climbers in areas other than Yosemite. Diane in Colorado and Barb in the Gunks. If Molly Higgins is on the list then Barb Eastman should probably be there as well. YMMV.
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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May 21, 2019 - 10:53am PT
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Jo Whitford ought to be on this list too.
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