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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dick Ellsworth, just behind Sockran at the plate. Bobby Ashworth next to himin the rag.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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A man with a hat AND a Bunker...LOL
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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That flat cap that Eric Beck is sporting is the coolest of the cool. That guy has style! Where can you get on of those?
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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these guy's liked em too.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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for me, first 'twas sammy miller as fashion mogul
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Good Times!!
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steve shea
climber
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Looks like a lot of Vuarnets also.
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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Vuarnets are awesome! Skilynx lenses are still the best for climbing, skiing, and whitewater rafting. Got some cateyes a couple of years back for a Grand Canyon trip and I look like I stepped out of a time machine with them on. One of my adult daughters looked at me aghast the first time she saw me with them on and said, "Did you see how far they stick out from your face?"
What could be better: they have the best lenses ever, take me back and make me smile, and drive my kids crazy!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2013 - 09:20pm PT
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Feb 10, 2013 - 08:48pm PT
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Couldn't resist.....Facelift 2011. Cheers to a master, lynnie
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2013 - 11:18pm PT
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I could never decipher why the famdamily vetoed this for our annual Christmas Card? Celebrating the new scoop on the bateau 1999.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Feb 11, 2013 - 02:49am PT
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Not sure that this is what Guido had in mind...
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George R
climber
The Gray Area
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Feb 11, 2013 - 04:44pm PT
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Really cool thread !
I used to wear one back-in-the-day, then I switched to cycling caps when the halibuts became harder to find. I never knew they were called "halibut hats" though; thanks for that bit of info.
G
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Feb 11, 2013 - 05:04pm PT
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The legend I heard was that Royal Robbins used to work in Modesto as a painter, possibly for Liz Robbins' dad, and he adopted his style of dress while painting when he went to Yosemite to rock climb. In other words, Robbins wore white painters' pants and a white painters' hat because that's exactly what he was doing to fund his climbing habit.
But I see that John Gill says he started wearing one of those hats in the 50s. Perhaps, so cross-pollination between Colorado and California? Dunno.
Ask Royal!
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Dick Erb
climber
June Lake, CA
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Feb 11, 2013 - 07:36pm PT
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Royal worked for a while in the paint store owned by his father in law. I don't think he ever worked as a painter, or had anything to do with painters pants becoming popular with climbers. I never saw him wear a pair of them. It was mainly shorts and knickers.
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