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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Apr 24, 2013 - 12:23pm PT
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Bvb posted; "Of course they climbed. The only question is this: was it just a practical pursuit, for getting from point a to point b quickly? Or was it sometimes done for fun?"
I agree and wonder the same.
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ec
climber
ca
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Apr 30, 2013 - 11:10pm PT
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JerryA,
Years ago, I found an obsidian arrowhead on Sheraton Watkins. My partners thought that I was BSing them. Nonetheless, it made for great imaginary tales of some badass soloing after hammering our Fosters. I figured it had journeyed there via eagle with a Native American's lost dinner.
 ec
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Where the Hoback and the mighty Snake River meet
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Rock wind shelters/hunting blinds all over the high Sierra.
There is an old knapping spot/camp site up Mc Gee canyon I found. Big dead lodgepole there. All around the base and for many feet in all directions, deep deposit of chips.
Mc Gee was used as an entry into the Sierra for summer trading.
It has more berry bushes than any other canyon on the eastside.
Also limber pine growing very low for them, under 9,000'.
Diamondback's too. Brought over from the west side and kept in a pit above the springs low in the canyon. Pit is still there. Seen more than a few decent sized, not sidewinders.
Of course the bored young-uns climbed. We are primates.
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Rolfr
Social climber
North Vancouver BC
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Happiegrrl, you are soo... tuned in!
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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climbing in the Idaho Sawtooths during the 1950s, it was common to find signs they had been there high on the walls
over the years i have formed the opinion that they were doing highly athletic climbing both for fun and competitive advantage
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 1, 2013 - 03:18am PT
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Great to see this conversation re started. Last week I spent a day climbing and bouldering at castle rock state park, mostly barefoot.
Felt like an Indian.
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adatesman
climber
philadelphia, pa
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I don't see why they wouldn't have, given the ones around Seneca Rocks in WV are known to have climbed that formation.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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I bet they did The Gunsight.
That's because naked maidens were going through purity rites in the pools above Bridalveil Falls!!
I don't know how the Gunsight is in daylight, but I can tell you there's some sketchy sh#t in there in the dark!!
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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no, before you came along no one did anything.
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