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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Apr 18, 2017 - 06:13pm PT
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I've got a Bedayn California carabiner that I would like to sell, along with the 2 old steel biners that were with it, one of which looks to be ancient. Anyone interested?
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 14, 2017 - 09:47pm PT
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you made me look
any guess on who Marked their 'bieners "JTB"?
Sorry for the low quality pics.
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 15, 2017 - 03:01pm PT
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Studly...I'll pass on the bedayn. Currently I have at least 30 of them and have actually sold a few.
But what ancient steel carabiner do you have?
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John Morton
climber
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May 15, 2017 - 03:05pm PT
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I met Raffi in the summer of 1960 or 1961. I and a friend were headed into Desolation Valley (above Echo Summit). He had a connection that got us an overnight stay at a cabin Raffi had on Echo Lake. Raffi was there to dive for some skis that he had abandoned the previous winter when he broke through the ice.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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May 15, 2017 - 10:20pm PT
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Happy:
When I did the 4th ascent of the S. Face of Washington Column, with Michael Cohen in, I think, 1965, I bootied a piece with an "SR" that looks VERY MUCH like the same "SR" that you have. It could only have been from Steve Roper.
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Kent Madin
climber
Bozeman
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May 12, 2018 - 09:43am PT
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All the Bedayan brothers were climbers, Raffi, Torcum, Macius (sp)? even have a minaret in the Sierras named for them. Raffi's son Greg was my best friend in high school (Orinda) and Greg and I would organize the bulk of the Campolindo Footbal team on weekends to dismantle old industrial buildings down near the Bay in Berkeley and then meticulously clean all that lumber for reuse. Raffi pretty much invented the "climbing shop in old industrial building" look.. He was a repurposer before repurposing was cool. And, as one person mentions, his energy level was amazing. I learned a lot about construction just hanging around him, even more about how to think outside the box. All he ever drove was El Caminos and every truck and car in his company and family fleet was yellow. We'd drive in before light from Orinda, stop at the wholesale market for a case of oranges and then head to the job site. Along the way Raffi took delight in coming within millimeters of hippies crossing the Ave, and took equal delight in flinging a free orange to the startled pedestrian. They broke the mold on Raffi.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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May 12, 2018 - 04:42pm PT
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Awesome Kent! Thanks for sharing!
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