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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2013 - 10:32pm PT
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I have to agree with Erb on this, although in many ways RR could paint a pretty picture.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Feb 11, 2013 - 10:36pm PT
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so cross-pollination between Colorado and California? Dunno
Make that Georgia and California ;>)
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Feb 11, 2013 - 10:47pm PT
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Boodawg....splendid series of pics. Much appreciated. lynnie
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Chris Jones
Social climber
Glen Ellen, CA
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Feb 12, 2013 - 12:50am PT
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While it is true that Joe Brown, Don Whillans and their group wore flat hats, other equally prominent Brits, e.g. Chris Bonington, Martin Boysen etc. did not. It would have been an affectation for Bonington to have done so - flat hats were not worn by university or professional types. The weather in the British hills is either cold, snow likely; cool, rain likely, or warm, rain possible. Many times therefore you will see pictures of Brown and others wearing a wool Balaclava hat, an itchy damn thing, but warm. For the most part in Britain during the late 50s and early 60s we did not use hats of any stripe
The issue in California was keeping the sun out of one's eyes, not staying warm. Arriving in the Valley in 1966, it was immediately apparent that my Edelrid hard hat was simply not on; too hot, and more important, wimpy looking. It seems to me that Eric Beck pointed me to a store on Berkeley's San Pablo Avenue as a source of painter's hats. I usually bought cotton pants at thrift stores; they were cheaper than actual painter's pants. Wonderful thread Guido.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Feb 12, 2013 - 12:53am PT
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Nice bit of history, Chris Jones. :D lynne
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Steve Hickman
climber
Norwood, CO
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Feb 12, 2013 - 11:17am PT
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Didn't I have one of those on when we did Snakedike back in 1901?
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2013 - 12:51pm PT
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Snake Dike circa 1965. This is "Ranger" Hickman.
Thanks to Haan for restoring these old slides!
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Feb 21, 2013 - 03:24pm PT
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^^^^^
I want that shirt! I have those knees:-)
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Feb 21, 2013 - 10:30pm PT
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ydpl8s...No I want that shirt. :D Knife, paper, sissors yo for it.
Paisley, oh how I love the paisley. So hard to find. Tried many places. Mr. Graham sent me a nice paisley shirt couple years ago, but I've worn it out. It would be awesome if someone out there would manufacture a bitd paisley long sleeve out of today's awesome fabrics.
Closest I can come to the god ....wow I didn't realize good old days spelled god..... Hmmmmmm, anyway I found a great pair of tie dyed climbing pants. At Nordstroms of all fricking places. Cheers, lynnie
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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It dawned on me today that my friend here is wearing a halibut hat. It's Scott Hamel bouldering at Big Four Ice Caves in the 80s. We were comparing old tools with the newer recurved tools.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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One well-hung AND well-appointed young sportsman!
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MisterE
Social climber
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Sorry to keep interspersing this history thread with new pictures, but I love my hat...
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thekidcormier
Gym climber
squamish, b.c.
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What gives??
From what I gather climbing in a nice hat just feels right.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 23, 2013 - 10:02pm PT
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The Royal Halibut at work...
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Mar 24, 2013 - 11:29am PT
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 24, 2013 - 01:26pm PT
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Wild shot!
I don't think Royal ever got quite that burly...LOL
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Mar 24, 2013 - 01:45pm PT
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Oh what a very fun thread! I'm not sure how it escaped my notice for two months but it's great that it bubbled up to the surface again.
Funny thing is, my teenage nephew was just visiting me a couple of weeks ago and we happened to walk by a great hat store, Goorin Bros., in North Beach. He picked out a hat very much like the ones profiled here for himself.
Thanks for the history lesson, Guido!
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