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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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I have the Dolt catalog sitting next to me... now if I could just find some time to do some scanning...
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waitsfan
Sport climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 31, 2010 - 10:28am PT
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ok....so I finally took some pictures........
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waitsfan
Sport climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 31, 2010 - 10:29am PT
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waitsfan
Sport climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 31, 2010 - 10:31am PT
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waitsfan
Sport climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 31, 2010 - 10:31am PT
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waitsfan
Sport climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 31, 2010 - 10:39am PT
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last one
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Mar 31, 2010 - 07:18pm PT
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I've bought a number of old and hard to find books on the history of Himalayan climbing from Michael Chessler and was always pleased. I was also in on the deal to get Layton Kor to sign some books. I agree with Michael that Layton didn't do that before out of modesty. In the end, he agreed to sign books not just for the money but to help me get a copy of Beyond the Vertical in a trade which Pat Ament and Michael brokered. Good was done on all sides.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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THE CHIEF: Thank you for the opportunity for me to look at my own Shadow. We all have our Shadows. Many don't want to look at their own Shadows and will distract themselves with others' concerns. Only by looking within can we become aware of who we really are.
To help me on my journey, perhaps you could post my written passages that most remind you of the evil wolf. Many thanks.
BooDawg
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Well, the pics of the old pins almost made me wet my pants. Thanks for sharing dudes!
Liked Chesslers response as well.
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swood
climber
Golden, CO
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These items are great and it is so good to hear how people are collecting and taking care of these significant items.
I also want to remind you that the American Alpine Club and the American Mountaineering Museum are great homes for historically significant climbing items.
There are many ways to donate or loan your items so that they do not get lost throughout the changes in family or time and can still be associated with you and yours at your discretion. This is also a great place where your items will be properly stored and cared for. I'm positive the Yosemite Museum offers something similar.
Donating items to a museum or archive is the best way to ensure your items are preserved for future generations, and is worth more to the community in the long run.
Contact us if you are interested in a donation or come by next time you are through Colorado and check out the museum and Alpine Club Library!
info@mountaineeringmuseum.org
http://www.mountaineeringmuseum.org
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H
Mountain climber
there and back again
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As a climber and a collector I really appreciated the pictures and information. In my early climbing days I had a Dolt pack which I gave to a friend who probably knew the significance; where I was clueless. Since then I have learn more and gone on to collect a bunch of old wooden ice axes and wall hammers with a host of signatures from Hillary to Beckey. The value of which is only significant to the climbing world.
I appreciate what Chessler said and has done. There is a value to the profession of climbing and the value of obscure climbing items. I have given stuff to Ken at YCA but frankly with these times; I think selling them and buying a camper for my truck seems like a more viable option. Collecting is an art as much as it is a passion.
As I see it Dolt not only revolutionized the hardware of climbing but was a pioneer and an innovator of the software as well. I hate to let go of some of my stuff but I may have to. For now I have some stuff I could let go of if anyone is interested. The prize is probably the Lowe cam. [photo[photoid=152020]id=152019]
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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plucked this out of the sandstone a few years ago. looks like it's home made bottle opener for todays use!
it would be nice to know what make this kind is?
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Hmmmmm, Chesler, my old partner sold him an autographed Downward Bound for $100, listed two weeks later at $450, nice mark up. It was signed by Warren to Johnny Carson on the show. I had found the book in a used shop, two blocks from the climbing store I worked at.
You're really buffing yr credentials as a financial genius.
heh
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waitsfan
Sport climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2010 - 11:45am PT
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Well, they probably aren't worth anything...but I need to get them out of my office before they get too rusty (I work right by the ocean)...they are going on ebay in a matter of minutes.
Thanks!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 22, 2010 - 11:55am PT
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Boo- That nut tool holster is the only one that I have ever seen! Very cool collection that you have put together. Are you coming to the Sacherer memorial?
Waitsfan-Check your e-mail!
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Jul 14, 2010 - 12:05am PT
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BooDawg,
Great old gear for sure! Fun stuff! On your many pitons photo center row from top - piton #4, 5, 6, 7. Is there any markings on these blades? It is interesting that the biner hole tops are flat and flat angle to the hammer end.
Can we get a closer photo of these?
Also on the bolt hanger photo - far right side, can we get a closer photo of that Chouinard?/LONGware? rurp (w sling furthest right), and below a closer photo of the Dolt Bashchock (w sling)?
Rock on!
Marty
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Boulder Creek CA
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Jul 14, 2010 - 03:35am PT
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Most of those old European pitons look all too familiar to me from ones that I bought mail order to my parent's Idaho home from Sporthaus Shuster in the years before Yvon started selling his handmade SAE 4130 chromolly pins out of an old steamer trunk in the Tetons. The soft iron pins don't last very long with use. Mine were all worn out and used up by the early 60s along with a bunch of US Army 10th Mountain Corp ring angles and soft iron pins.
I do still have some of the earliest Chouinard pins, RURPs and biners.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 14, 2010 - 07:53am PT
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Swoods: I値l give the AAC museum some consideration, tho the Yosemite museum is where I feel my stuff should go. At some point soon, I値l email Ken and YCA and discuss possibilities for both hardware and my Sheridan original.
Steve G.: Sorry I didn稚 respond about the Sacherer Memorial; your post slipped past me, but I will be in Seattle around Aug 14-15; any chance you値l be there?
By Aug. 20-30, I値l be in the Yosemite-Tuolumne-Eastside area when I hope to see Ken of YCA and new and old friends who are there.
Marty: Thanks for the suggestions on more photos. I値l try to post 粗m up soon. Thanks also for the email; I値l respond soon as well. I actually have quite a few unused Dolt mashies. (I never really liked how their useful lives were so short and how long they could continue to mar the rock.)
Tom: I may be in the Cruz in mid or late Aug. Any chance you値l be in the area or in the Park?
Ken
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jul 14, 2010 - 09:24am PT
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Were some of those pins used to create those nice little finger locks on Serenity Crack?
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