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Jon Taylor
Trad climber
Gardnerville
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Apr 26, 2011 - 06:43pm PT
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Jon Taylor
Trad climber
Gardnerville
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Apr 26, 2011 - 06:48pm PT
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adikted
Trad climber
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Apr 26, 2011 - 07:00pm PT
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^^^^^...I love the TP....gets you psyched for Tahoe climbnig season...
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TruckeeTom
Mountain climber
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May 18, 2011 - 05:31pm PT
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Does anyone know the whereabouts or status of Bob Sutton (an author mentioned above). A friend has a pamphlet he published titled "17 Spring Ski Tours of Truckee". (1993, A Broken Arrow publication).
In the pamphlet it mentions that Bob is a 1970 graduate of Truckee High, and that he "works at the Sierra Mountaineer and attends the University of Nevada"
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james Colborn
Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
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May 18, 2011 - 08:47pm PT
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Truckeetom
Bobs' family owns a paving co. in town. Try contacting them. Sutton Paving. Last I knew he was working for them.
I worked with Bob when I first moved to town at Sierra Mountaineer. Not sure what's he's up tonow.
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Texplorer
Trad climber
Sacramento
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Jun 16, 2011 - 09:01pm PT
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Seriously . . .
I went to Iron Butte once last year. For all the hype there wasn't much there that looked solid besides what was shown in the pic above and even that only maybe 30 feet of climbing.
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jun 23, 2011 - 12:17am PT
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what ever happened to greg dexter? His name is on lots of interesting stuff in tahoe. Lot of heavily vegetated stuff too.
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Jun 24, 2011 - 03:27pm PT
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crack of the 80's. worked that thing to death but never got the send..
solo of sanitation crack, part of kenny and i solo circuit in the early 80's @ donner..
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Jun 24, 2011 - 03:51pm PT
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Badass Kurt! I never soloed that thing but I did climb up aways and back down after gripping out one afternoon. Great shot man.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Jun 24, 2011 - 04:08pm PT
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Here's some late 70's shots of Jon Bowlin and I on Eyores Enigma.....I got the easy pitch:
Jon heading up into the squeeze armed with hex's:
Memoriable day a long time ago, he was a great friend and fun guy, we all miss him:
OK here's Jon and someone else you might recognize from the late 70's around Tahoe:
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Jun 24, 2011 - 05:13pm PT
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post up some donner action Kenny..
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Jun 24, 2011 - 10:55pm PT
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Ron,
Here's a character you might recognize, Tim Heydorf. He was a buddy of Ron Mitchell who I think still lives in the Carson Valley, also a friend of TM Herbert's. Tim lived up in Tahoe from the late 60's until the late 70's. I grew up in LA with Tim who knew Ron and TM through Tom Condon's daughter Sue. I'll see Tim in a few weeks down in LA for my 60th! OMG where did the time go?!?
Your's truly from as they say BITD:
Cheer's to the great people we've known as climber's!
Berg Heil,
Charlie D.
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
The land of Fruits & Nuts!
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Jun 24, 2011 - 11:23pm PT
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This is a great thread Ron. I wasn't even born until much of the history in this thread was rapping up (79). It sure is fun to read about what was going on and who was doing what on alot of the routes I've grown to love.
What about probably the biggest force in the Tahoe region BITD. The "been there done that man" Jay Smith?
Keep the stores coming. Dig deep, tell me about routes, F.A. stories... obscurities!
Good things are still happening in the area. We're not all a bunch of over protecting slouches. Woodfords guys are getting it done, and most of it in good style. A bunch of "less than traveled" cliffs are seeing some good action from a growing number of dedicated souls. More and more obscure routes are starting to see regular traffic. Hell, I'm on a mission to climb every route at the leap... EVERY ROUTE! I've bagged just under 70% by my count and most of the ones I've missed are on the central wall.
Some of the best routes in Tahoe NEVER get climbed.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Jun 25, 2011 - 08:18am PT
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No doubt about it, Jay Smith set the bar in Tahoe for many years. Here's a contemporary of the day, Paul Crawford (as in the Smith-Crawford) another Tahoe force and climbing hard to this day:
BTW when I say Paul is climbing hard it's on rock as well as in trees!!! Climb on Paul!
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Jun 25, 2011 - 08:22am PT
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jay smith and paul crawford were power house climbers during that era.
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Jun 25, 2011 - 03:00pm PT
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More Donner in the 1980's
Kurt, remember you and I along with Dave H. and Charlie Headley training the 5.10a center Phantom slab route on solo? I recall you having to talk Charlie through the moves as he started wigging out near the top. Talk about young punks on dope lol.....
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climbbjj
Social climber
Tahoe
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Jun 25, 2011 - 05:37pm PT
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undercling thing in that last pic, i do believe.
i consider myself very fortunate to have been living in tahoe when i took u climbing. The highly diverse crags (plus the easy access to yosemit and the east side) really helped the well rounding process.
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Jun 25, 2011 - 07:02pm PT
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Who there?? Bruce?
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Ghoulwe
Trad climber
Spokane, WA
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Nice pic Ron. I went through many of Victor Marcus' chalk bags. They were the standard for years!
Eric Barrett
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Speaking of the man, here he is on Tioga Pass over Memorial Day 2011 weekend enjoying some powder with his friends:
Back in camp with the Great Stein:
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