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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Apr 25, 2012 - 09:28pm PT
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Old skool lads!
Before plumbers had this wanky ABS, PVC, and Pex they got to play with cast iron. One could build up some fine muscles hauling that sh#t around and hoisting some pints in-between.
Repeat some of his classic routes with similar gear or lack thereof, and under similar conditions and you many have a whole new appreciation for the "Tigers of Yesterday."
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Prezwoodz
climber
Anchorage
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Apr 25, 2012 - 09:44pm PT
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Patrick,
I'm not really old school in any way but I still love your stories and history. Especially living up here in Alaska its about the only way I get some history. I hope you keep it up because I read every bit of it!
Kelsey
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cintune
climber
Midvale School for the Gifted
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Apr 25, 2012 - 09:48pm PT
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Apr 25, 2012 - 10:56pm PT
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I want to re-do my Wizards of Rock book
Yes, indeed. Wish the original had been published in the form you wrote it. The community needs you as a historian.
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Apr 29, 2012 - 03:48pm PT
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At a RockCraft session, we were talking about Whillans, and Royal said, "There is no one I would rather be with in a life or death situation than Whillans, unless only one of us were to come out alive."
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Apr 29, 2012 - 05:18pm PT
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It ranks up there as one of the two that I have always remembered.
The other, which I think is original to Royal, has nothing to do with climbing but we will all recognize a climber we know: "He is often right, but he speaks always with the same authority."
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DrDeeg
Mountain climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Apr 29, 2012 - 11:46pm PT
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I did the Enigma w Whillans & Pratt. That's when he shouted up to me, "Jeffrey I'm worried about you. Put in one of them boing boings."
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Apr 30, 2012 - 12:05am PT
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"Yosemite...hot and pot...."
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couchmaster
climber
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Mar 10, 2015 - 08:24am PT
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What a great history thread, thanks for sharing!
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