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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 20, 2012 - 07:08pm PT
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Very touching post gandalf.
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Burr
climber
UT
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Feb 23, 2012 - 11:54am PT
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anyone have a photos of a conn penny?
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Feb 23, 2012 - 01:39pm PT
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Amazing people. I love it when I stumble on a Conn Classic.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 25, 2012 - 01:20pm PT
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The full version of Jam- Crack Joe thanks to Herb and Summit magazine July/August 1958.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2012 - 02:51pm PT
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Here is Herb Conn's superb map (based, of course, on his own surveying) of the Cathedral Spires and Picket Fence. In this form, the map was first produced for Bob Kamps' Needles guide. We took Herb's map from his mimeographed Needles pamphlet and trace-enlarged it by hand with a pantograph. Kay Arnott did most of the drafting work. The fine print is readable if you click on the photo to get the enlarged view.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Feb 26, 2012 - 07:04pm PT
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Rgold, are the other maps in the Piana guide also drawn by Herb? I assume they were. Those maps are amazing and had to be unbelievably hard to make as accurate as they are. I have spent the last two decades using them to try to climb as many of the old routes I feel I have the guts to do. There really has been no substitute to those maps even to this day.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Feb 26, 2012 - 07:12pm PT
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Conn route on the left of this spire.
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em kn0t
Trad climber
isle of wyde
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Feb 27, 2012 - 01:24am PT
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An inspiring couple. Much sympathy to Jan -- may her heart find peace and comfort.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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More Conncraft...
On Stone...
From Summit November 1956.
On Leather...
From Summit November 1957.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 1, 2012 - 09:23pm PT
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Haha, hilarious from the modern perspective to see runners (tied from one-inch tubular nylon yet) proposed as a new and useful piece of gear in 1956. (Of course, the Brits new about these---and named them---many years before that, and their use in the Elbsandsteingebirge probably predated the 20th century.
I started climbing in 1957 and remember using runners made of 1/4" Goldline, so I don't think the idea was totally novel.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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I thought it was funny too.
As Needles climbers I suspect that the runner was king very early on!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 22, 2012 - 11:37am PT
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Save yourself some aggravation and racking carabiners and do it the Conn way!
From Summit February 1959. And it's musical too!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 20, 2012 - 04:50pm PT
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Crafty bump...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 14, 2012 - 01:35pm PT
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Do it yourself bump...
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pneame
Trad climber
Tampa, FL
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Jul 14, 2012 - 04:34pm PT
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Thanks for bumping. I'd always admired the Conns from afar. sad news. But what a life!
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pk_davidson
Trad climber
Albuquerque, NM
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Aug 23, 2012 - 08:06pm PT
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Bump for the one of the originas....
Wonder what kind of blotter they were doing back then?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 23, 2012 - 10:58pm PT
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Desktop variety...I suspect. LOL
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2012 - 09:06pm PT
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I can't edit the page on which I tried to collect references to Herb and Jan, so here separately is a video, Up Not Down, by Josh Galt. It's about about climbing generally, and aimed at a general audience, not climbers. Much of it is in the Needles, and it pays a lot of attention to Herb and Jan and how they thought about climbing.
http://vimeo.com/30503336#
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