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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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Looks like a sheep sunset...How's the new male escort service going..?
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overwatch
climber
Arizona
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Great story Craig, awesome pictures and nice Daisy Dukes, Stahlbro
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Not many peeps can rock the white daisy dukes. My bother will probably give me a good ration for posting that, but hey, what are brothers for?
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Thanks ekat. I will let him know. I think they ripped when he made the left hand reach ;-)
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Huh. Is that Woodpecker Crack or Tar And Feathers or whatever they call it? Looks familiar but not quite steep enough
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overwatch
climber
Arizona
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Stahlbro
Is that him on the left in your avatar photo? The gams look similar
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Over,
Nope, that is me. Family resemblance I guess.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Buggery bump.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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I guess I could brag more about my ex.
Margy was quite an accomplished mtn. biker as well as climber. She was California State Champion in Downhill in 1984 in the 25-30 age class.
Here she is on the Lower Rock Creek with Scout in hot pursuit.
She cut her teeth riding with "The Rads" on the Sierra singletrack and in Laguna Beach.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Just found this shot of Margy and her then best friend Kelly Carignan on From Bad Traverse (Tahquitz) in 1984. Kelly was part of the buggerer scene for quite awhile after she hooked up with Dave Tapes (Wonderly). Later, after they broke up she disappeared to Colorado with Bobby Rotert.....and worked at.....
This may have been their first time up Tahquitz.
"The definition of cute."
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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She worked at Neptune's, then Trango, where they named a carabiner after her!
Last I spoke to Kelly, she was re-schooling for a "real" job. A capable person, for sure.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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After Waugh and I did Wet Dreams we watched the Troll lead it. He never did fit himself into the slot and had to work way harder than us little guys to do that route. Quite a memorable route.
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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From Bad Traverse
from bad to worse
I never got it until the other thread appeared today
Me and Kelly had boy/girl friend try outs
It never took
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Yes, it is a real route. edit: quick edit Craig!.......
There is a picture of the 3 of us on it in 1984 just up thread. Dude.
We went up there because I needed to check it off. The photo shows us in the act of checking it off.
Oh, thanks Tar, I was trying to remember Trango. I got some of their ice screw clips from Kelly while she was there. After that she went to a female oriented clothing company....named....?
She and I would catch up at "the show" every year.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Maybe Stoneware Designs, acquired by Trango in 2001, originally started by Sari Nichols in 2006?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Roy, I think that is it.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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This thread needs more slander.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 22, 2016 - 03:20pm PT
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Bump for more slander.
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 24, 2016 - 11:52am PT
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In Bolder Days/a climbing poem
In bolder days
When I was a lad
I started climbing
When belays were bad
Two bolts or a stopper
Would make us feel glad
But a rusty old pin
Was sketchy and sad
A rope 'round the back
Was a solid bet
And the Sticht Plate
Was better yet
But the limey's belay
'Round the back of the neck
The first time I saw it
I thought "What the heck!"
Sometimes when I stood
At the base in my boots
Whether a big wall
Or the steep free routes
My stomach in knots
As the butterflies grew
And I feared the worst
Like we sometimes do
And late at night
In the long bivouac
My nerves wouldn't rest
As I turned in the sack
But I steeled myself
Before the dawn
That the light of day
Would help me move on
Some faces were grand
With no words for the view
Others grim you know
And reeked of guano
There were climbs that took
Everything that we had
With our spirits low
When the weather looked bad
And once in awhile
We didn't get very far
Or injured ourselves
Too far from the car
And others times
It was no cigar
As we retreated to
The nearest bar
All the climbing years
Were for better or worse
Adventures that I
Could never rehearse
Like the time cutting loose
'Neath the Molar Traverse
As I spiraled about
With a colorful curse
Once high on the Shield
My partner appeared
Not once but three times
It was rather of absurd
As he fell past the bivouac
With nary a word
And came to a stop
Like a jangling bird
And the topping out
After days on a wall
When gravity left us
Was the strangest of all
As our elation was tempered
By the journey's near end
Though a treacherous descent
Might be 'round the bend
In bolder days
When I was a lad
We often went climbing
When the anchors were bad
When a hex or a stopper
Would make us feel glad
Lest a rusty old pin
Was all that we had
-bushman
07/24/2016
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Jul 24, 2016 - 12:14pm PT
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^^^Pnicest
ha.
seriously tho...
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