MARTY KARABIN'S MESSAGE TO ALL CLIMBERS

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Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Jan 6, 2018 - 12:18am PT

Marty.

Extremely cool to see Chouinard's old workplace and tools. Keep them well. It's a treasure. TFPU!
nutstory

climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Jan 6, 2018 - 12:46am PT
Exceptional Marty, really exceptional!
Thank you for all these posts!
Stéphane
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2018 - 10:44am PT



Marlow - nutstory - Dingus Milktoast: Thanks for the props!

I am a happy spiritual guy who most of the time is running around acting like a giddy teenage girl, but no kidding, at Patagonia corporate almost everybody I shook hands with was just as Giddy as me. It was that noticeable, and it continually felt welcoming! Props to the Patagonia staff!

I redid a bunch of the Chouinard display boards which I will share before the Chouinard display moves to Patagonia.
Fritz

Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
Jan 6, 2018 - 06:23pm PT
Marty! Thanks for taking the time to share your adventure. That Patagonia tour was "the bomb!"
Brian in SLC

Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
Jan 6, 2018 - 06:35pm PT
Great, Marty!!
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Jan 6, 2018 - 09:00pm PT
I could visualize Hennek and the rest of that old crew in the shop, Marty.

Let me say that the one day I worked cutting spooled Chouinard ropes to length for Tom Frost in the old Iron Works was a memory I'll always treasure and your tour of the shed brought it back vividly.

Keep on having great fun, you kook!
--Mouse
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2018 - 06:44am PT
Thanks everybody for your energy!


mouse from merced - While I was at the Patagonia Archives Julio suddenly said to me, "hold on a minute I have to call my Macho Man friend." Once his friend was on the line Julio handed me the phone and it was Dennis Hennek. Dennis verbally gave me props on my Supertopo posts. I am very excited for Val and Terri for the Patagonia/Chouinard history they are preserving, and the many climbing legends that are excited to be a part of it.


karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 25, 2018 - 07:15pm PT



Patagonia schwag..........






candace gossen

Sport climber
Denver, CO
Feb 4, 2018 - 05:01pm PT
Hey Marty! Trying to locate all you dirtbags from the old days in Az. Its Candace from REI, old PRG days! Saw you posted a photo of Jim Waugh, just sent him an email in Thailand, came back. Is he in Phoenix? Greg Varela in your radar? Would love to make a trip down and do some climbing in Az end of Feb. if weather holding! Would love to climb with you all again. Candace
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 4, 2018 - 09:35pm PT


Candace! - Jim Waugh moved back to the USA and works for me at the Phoenix Rock Gym. Greg moved to somewhere in Colorado. Good times!

karabin714(at)gmail.com, on Facebook too


karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 30, 2018 - 08:52pm PT




karabin museum

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phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 30, 2018 - 08:55pm PT


I went back through all of my Holubar pitons and made sure all have the Holubar stamp. This is what I have in the museum. I wired the Holubar pitons to clear plexiglass and put them in the new schwag display at the Phoenix Rock Gym.


karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 30, 2018 - 08:57pm PT


New schwag display at the Phoenix Rock Gym in the Karabin Climbing Museum. The line of Holubar pitons is on the right side.



Fritz

Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
Apr 30, 2018 - 09:19pm PT
Marty!

You get a triple "WOW" for the Holubar piton collection.

Thank you for sharing that collection.
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 19, 2018 - 06:29pm PT






karabin museum

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phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 19, 2018 - 06:43pm PT


xCon - My Wife is friends with all of the high dollar local photographers in town. I keep considering creating a gear calendar someday.

For now its iPhone 8 quality.
Fritz

Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
Aug 19, 2018 - 07:04pm PT
Marty! Those are awsome photos.

I am amazed that you not only have collected all that iron-ware, but you also identify & date it, catalog & display it.

I suspect you have still more pitons than are in the photos.
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 19, 2018 - 08:07pm PT


Fritz - Thanks! - Yes this photo shows only half of the pitons in the museum. The Holubars are in the display at the rock gym and the Chouinard's are in Ventura, plus the pitons in the bolting display at the gym, and a few more boxes in storage. Plus recently Warren Hardings 1970s rack was just donated. Im thinking my next museum display will be pitons.

:)
 I did include one Dolt piton in the photo



karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 22, 2018 - 09:02pm PT



While I was at the American Mountaineering museum in Golden, a few photos were delivered by a unknown person. Sharing celebration photos of Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell on the summit of El Capitan, Yosemite, after making the first ascent of Dawn Wall, aka The Wall of Early Morning Light in November 1970.







karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 23, 2018 - 03:40pm PT



A few days after my return from Colorado, Dief the Phoenix Rock Gym owner handed me a box of gear donated by his friend KC......who just happened to be friends with Warren Harding. In the box was some of Hardings rack from the 1970s. Totally awesome! Big THANKS KC!

Since the letter reflects two owners of the gear, I will keep the overall gear together to show Hardings and KCs friendship.

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