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Fuzzywuzzy

climber

suspendedhappynation

Jul 12, 2010 - 01:10am PT

The grottos below the huge chockstones are so cool!

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climber

Jul 12, 2010 - 03:37am PT

" ... Saw a bunch of really old pins on it that I imagine have been there since it originally went up ... "

booty call - estimated net worth of $300 on ebay .

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Jul 12, 2010 - 11:57am PT

They have more value left in place, really.

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Jul 12, 2010 - 12:18pm PT

Did it in the early 70's and remember that it seemed more like climbing in the Teton's than Yosemite.

M. Volland

Trad climber

Grand Canyon

Feb 1, 2011 - 11:26am PT

Wasn't Mark Powell overweight when he first showed up in the Valley? Slimming down over a diet of Yosemite climbing to eventually put up some of the truly great climbs of his time?

The AA was the first Powell route I did in Yosemite. The impact it had on me, and the interest I had in Yosemite climbing history at the time, inspired me to climb as many Powell routes as I could. At the time I was new to climbing and he was the first climber who's routes I focused on. I think the summit of the AA is the most spectacular in all of the Valley. The East of Lower is my favorite of his, though I never did give Bridalveil East a try.

Is he a professor of geography now? If so, where?

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Feb 1, 2011 - 11:46am PT

He is well into retirement. He taught at a community college in LA.

M. Volland

Trad climber

Grand Canyon

Feb 1, 2011 - 11:57am PT

Thanks Steve. Sort of a dumb question now that I think of the timeline. Its already 2011!

Does anyone have a present day photo of him.

JEleazarian

Trad climber

Fresno CA

Feb 1, 2011 - 01:43pm PT

AA is a great climb. To me, it has all the attributes of a true classic --neat climbing, great location, tremendous historical signficance. As Largo stated, it also was very much off the beaten path in the 1970's, so you were certain to have the sort of isolation that is increasingly rare these days in the Valley. It's hard for me to believe that this October will be the 55th aniversary of its first ascent.

Powell was one of my heroes for two reasons. First, it was clear that the climbers of the late 1950's and early 1960's (or, as I called them then, the old-timers) greatly admired him. More importantly for me, he got himself stationed in Fresno when he was in the service, so he could be closer to the rocks. It takes a special sort of person to come willingly to my little town. During that time, he did a route called "Balch Camp Flake" at the far east end of Patterson Bluff. Climbing there remains adventurous today.

John