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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 8, 2013 - 12:53am PT
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For me it was the late 80's and the most beautiful climbing woman I had ever seen.
Completely taken.
Who was/is yours?
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Michelle
Social climber
Toshi's Station, picking up power converters.
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Good topic! Ive always been taken with that pic of Rikke Ishoy, and I'm straight! As far as the dudes, I'm not sayin'.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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My husband, Dan. He was an intelligent, gifted athlete and grew into a wonderful husband and father. Cheers to you Danboy.
Need to find a pic of the "glory days". :D lynnie
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2013 - 01:04am PT
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Find it! This thread is useless without pictures!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Do mancrushes count? If so then I guess Lionel Terray was my man.
Yeah, I'm old, but you knew that.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Oh Man,
Portland State University
Outdoor Program trip to Smith Rocks
1975 maybe.
I was young (not in school yet - but hanging out with the official students) and a little green about the ways of the world.
But I had a tent, and "she" didn't.
Spent the day climbing with this beautiful and well endowed girl who insisted on climbing topless. Don't remember her name.
All I remember is I got so f*#king drunk that night around the campfire I missed out on what may have been my first time. lol
Or maybe only in my imagination.
I do remember climbing something dangerous and high, late at night in the dark with some other dozen people. Then puking my brains out from the top. Don't remember anything after that. ha
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Swiss Arete was my first climbing crush!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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oh please don't answer that question, please please please please please
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Lidija Crush is right - look at that bicep.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Isabel....sigh.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Mother Thumb and her four daughters.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The great state of advaita
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Janine Turner in Cliffhanger! Totally unrealistic, but what is realistic about most crushes? :-)
Well, this crush really started with Northern Exposure (the granddaddy of the current TV golden age, IMHO).
Eric
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Wow, what a fashion statement Isabelle P. was making in that shot up above! The only thing missing is a little tyrolean cap with a feather.
Talk about the past coming back to haunt you!
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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My wife. I met her freshman week at college, and she had already done Robson with her dad and brothers.
I suppose prior to her, there was the daughter of my dad's climbing partner; we did some mountaineering with our dads. But she was slightly older than me and I didn't think I had much of a shot at getting to know her better. She also had a tendency to stop a little short of the summit, which I didn't understand.
I climbed with some french guys in the Valley for a week in the late 80s. One of them said "Isa" was his ex-girlfriend.
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Stefan Jacobsen
Trad climber
Danmark
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Can't remember her name, but I climbed her and we had a good time.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
the tip of god's middle finger
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my devotion to and adoration of this
pastime ignited when i sent
mr. natural in yosemite.
i took a long fall at the crux,
the longest fall i'd yet taken (like 25')
then i got back on and sent it
with new knowledge of sequence.
it was the first route
that i had over-aimed my ambition,
and subsequently crushed it.
i've stumbled along the stone paths happily,
ever sense.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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I had the hots for a gorgeous chick with curly brown hair and blue eyes who worked at Western Mountaineering in San Jose. I think her name was Carol English.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2013 - 09:32am PT
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Totally unrealistic, but what is realistic about most crushes? :-)
Exactly!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Catherine Destiville.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Gotta agree with that one, Randisi.
Curvy=yummy
Edit:
Yeah, that's often been my experience, too, SLR.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Maybe times have changed... but back when I still had a full head of hair, most of the climber chicks were complete psycho nut cases.
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Blakey
Trad climber
Sierra Vista
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For the Destiville fans
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Snowmassguy
Trad climber
Calirado
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Got to be Lynn for me. However, the gal in this photo is my new infatuation .
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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I lost my cherry on my first climbing crush.
Lost up in the pines behind Muir Tree Campground.
It was one of those YV fairy tales come true. Give me chills. I thought about sending a letter to Penthouse Forums about it.
Both her and the campground are long gone.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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but what is realistic about most crushes? They are very real.
Definition of crush: a brief but intense infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable.
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LuckyNeck
Trad climber
the basement of Lou's Tavern
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Nicky Dyal. Mmmmmm. And a close runner up, Katie Brown.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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The girl that worked at Teton Mountaineering when I was 16, I still have the hex I saved up for and bought from her... Then Isabelle P.
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throwpie
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Peggy Lou, of course.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Diana Hunter.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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REally, Philo, Diana Hunter was a wonderful woman.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Before there was Isabella and before there was Lynn there was Diana.
My crush abides.
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sandstone conglomerate
climber
sharon conglomerate central
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The Climbing Chica...nothing boosts the self-confidence like that partnership/crush of an opposite sex climbing partner. And nothing breaks the heart like when that patrnership/crush is done.
edit: fuking shoulder injury plus chica's new non-climbing, lead singer of Poison look-a-like mofo= big fukin frowny face.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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I met my first gf, Donna, at Stoney Pt. She was a Bruin Mountaineer; I was attending Pierce J.C. She was learning with the club; I was bouldering with Hennek, McLean, Higgins, Roger Newell, maybe Lauria, etc. After a while of me not noticing her, she came up to me and said, "You are the most beautiful man I have ever seen. Would you like to go to a sorority dinner-dance with me?" I said that I would, so that began a year and a half of seeing her and going on trips together tho she was not really a climber. She liked the outdoor life tho. This is the only digital pic of her that I have, taken in Havasu Canyon.
The only real climbing gf or crush I've had was Mary Bomba. We met on a flight to Europe, and she came on some Bruin Mountaineer trips and learned to climb with me and was very good, and I trusted her implicitly to belay me on some good FAs.
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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I can't remember her name. I think of her as the Lovely Assistant.
I still try to move like her.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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This girl. It was good while it lasted. 25 years of mighty interesting times.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Don't know her name. French chick I think, based on the armpit bush. She hung around the old Body Shop in Salt Lake. When I was 15 she was teaching me and a couple friends how to climb in the cave. She told us to "grad that big donkey dong like you own it."
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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First climbing crush; Kronhofers
Hey, is that Firewalk at Squamish? That's pretty run-out (punn intended)
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Are you firewalkers?
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Isa did Fire walk a day or so before she sent that climb. I have not Firewalked.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2013 - 10:26pm PT
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Tradman, I totally was holding my breath as I examined your first picture, assuming it was THE Isabella in my first post.
I was ready to be jealous even after 20 years - imagine my relief...
Love those pictures.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Cool. Do ya think the topic would make a good thread? Got pics?
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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I did not go to the firewalk so no photos...
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Crackslayer
Trad climber
Eldo
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Amanda Tarr (now Forest)
Her parents picked me up one time when our jeep broke down on engineer pass. They had an RV and were out for the day. Got to sit shotgun and talk about Amanda for the whole ride back down. Really great people! I'm pretty sure she was 19 when she soloed H wall.
My personal crush was beth rodden.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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I do gots more photos of Isabella though
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richross
Trad climber
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My old girlfriend Cathleen who I introduced to climbing.
Gunks 1980.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
WA, & NC & Idaho
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Great Topic, great pics, thanks y'all!
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Jack Roberts. Our first "date" was a climbing day. Next date was dinner...that lasted until the next morning, at least. Thank goodness he married me, as my mother would have been SOOO shocked at the events of our first date! What an after-date time....25 years of the best times ever. I miss him so much! Still, not dead yet (me, that is)....wonder what the next 3rd of my life will bring............
Good thread, by the way!
Pam
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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well there was this certain girl
what's her name?
i can't tell ya
ooh
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2013 - 11:28pm PT
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Thanks to the women that responded - I totally didn't mean it as a "creepy male" fixation thing, but I was worried for a while when I didn't see any of the obvious man-hotties pop up...plus, it was like 20 years ago for me.
Help!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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You did ask about "climbing crush", right? Not necessarily about climbing pictures. ......so I've posted the "crush". :D Crush lasted (with a few challenging ups and downs) for 41 years.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Pam. My heartfelt best wishes go out to you....
Nick
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2013 - 11:40pm PT
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Yes, Lynne - this thread was designed for you. :)
Edit: and sorry as well, Pam! :(
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Thanks! :-( Oh, I also have to admit to a small yet life-long crush on Duncan Ferguson..........:-)
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Snowmassguy
Trad climber
Calirado
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Mar 10, 2013 - 12:45am PT
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^^^ I was totally in love with Duncan's composure on ice...and rock. Ice was huge in my life and at the time and he was smooooth.
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 10, 2013 - 01:01am PT
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I have a huge crush on coal to turn it into gold .......
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Mar 10, 2013 - 12:00pm PT
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don't bother Werner
I had the same crush and all I ever got out of it were diamonds
Stupid american coal
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Mar 10, 2013 - 04:10pm PT
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Snowmassguy, I was just thinking about his "style" in general! Always rocked that SoCal surfer style......guess I've always had a thing for guys in Hawaiian shirts!
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The Call Of K2 Lou
climber
Squamish
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Mar 10, 2013 - 05:02pm PT
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Gotta go with Fletcher on the Janine Turner Cliffhanger/NorthernExposureHott.
Sharma man-crush at 17. (We're the same age; is 17 a boy-crush? Bro-mance either way ;)
Keeping in the spirit of "pics or GTFO":
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Urmas
Social climber
Sierra Eastside
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Mar 10, 2013 - 06:17pm PT
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You guys that think Janine Turner is hot... Do you know she's a republican nut job?
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Mar 10, 2013 - 06:19pm PT
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Ohhhh, That would explain the side arm.
Do me right or else.
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ruppell
climber
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Mar 10, 2013 - 06:21pm PT
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Urmas
Hot has nothing to do with political affiliation. Some women could be the anti-christ and I'd still think they where hot.
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Urmas
Social climber
Sierra Eastside
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Mar 10, 2013 - 11:22pm PT
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Yeah I hear you, ruppell. I guess knowing that about her just knocked her off the pedestal I had put her on since Northern Exposure.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Mar 11, 2013 - 12:51am PT
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Janine T. would rarely have her behind shot or seen on camera--feeling that it was too big (a buddy of mine guided her fly fishing a few times) ...
...I defer and say "bring it on" Janine!!!!1111
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rurprider
Trad climber
Mt. Rubidoux
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Mar 11, 2013 - 01:10am PT
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Mister E....does Skip know about these crushes that you have?
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rurprider
Trad climber
Mt. Rubidoux
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Mar 11, 2013 - 01:12am PT
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Mister E....does Skip know about these crushes that you have? It may be time to let it go!!
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BruceAnderson
Social climber
Los Angeles currently St. Antonin, France
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Mar 11, 2013 - 02:50am PT
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pretty much the original crag hottie though...
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 11, 2013 - 02:56am PT
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Mister E....does Skip know about these crushes that you have?
What part of "20 years ago" is unclear to you? Of course she knows, and it bothers her not one whit.
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Mar 11, 2013 - 11:04am PT
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Steph Davis is my 'climber crush'. For sure.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Mar 11, 2013 - 11:29am PT
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Your first is always special, but who is right now is the real deal!
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Mar 11, 2013 - 01:53pm PT
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When I started climbing back in the late 70s in So Cal, there were so few women around it was kind of hard to find someone to crush on. There were probably only three or four women I can think of: Mari (who was older and was with Mo anyways), Moria (also older), Jan (whose last name I never knew and seemed connected) and Lynn, who was with Largo at the time and so was pretty much off limits. Not a lot there to work with?
Lot of crushes, just none of them on the climbing ladies, though Isabelle Patissier was totally hot. Maybe my wife qualifies, since she climbed before we married? I was 39 when I met her though. Can you still get a crush at age 39?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Mar 11, 2013 - 01:56pm PT
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Can you still get a crush at age 39?
I hope so.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Mar 11, 2013 - 02:05pm PT
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Isabelle Patissier
Yeah, she was hot. See her today?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Mar 11, 2013 - 02:07pm PT
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I had a crush on Diana Hunter, Steve Wunsch's gf. She was tall, willowy, smart, and, boy, could she climb!
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Mar 11, 2013 - 02:08pm PT
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ledge rat, why did you have to do that!! too much motorsports are bad for the skin
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Mar 11, 2013 - 02:15pm PT
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ledge rat, why did you have to do that!! too much motorsports are bad for the skin
Sorry... Just a reminder of our mortality. You should see my before and after photos, comparing 20 yo to 50 yo.....
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Mar 11, 2013 - 02:15pm PT
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I had a crush on a beautiful woman who lived in Seattle. Improbably enough, she had a crush on me too. She climbed hard, ran marathons, and wanted me to go to Yosemite with her and her girlfriends for Thanksgiving.
We climbed, bouldered, talked about how to make the world a better place, and generally had a great time.
After two nights of four women farting in the tent and laughing helplessly about it, I was over it.
But, there was still this beautiful woman. We exchanged letters, visited, climbed, and developed a friendship that lasts to this day.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Mar 11, 2013 - 02:21pm PT
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You should see my before and after photos, comparing 20 yo to 50 yo.....
I know I still don't know who that f*#ker in my mirror is!
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Mar 11, 2013 - 02:27pm PT
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Ron, is that photo of lidija in kernville?
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Mar 11, 2013 - 03:21pm PT
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I guess tastes vary widely. Lidija was cool and all, but a hottie? Hmmm...
Swelly, I don't think Jan was Jan Reynolds. Petit, longer blond wavyish hair. Climbed a lot at the Beach, sometimes with Doug Z.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Mar 11, 2013 - 05:49pm PT
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"Hot" in my book applies to the whole package. Women understand that about men which is damned lucky for the dudes on ST, myself included.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Mar 11, 2013 - 06:18pm PT
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Ron, I get the whole Lidija thing. She was/is a pretty cool chick last time I checked. As anyone with half a brain knows, looks are only one (and sometimes small) part of the package.
I got to know her reasonably well after being a pitch behind her for 3 and a half days on Zodiac BITD. Saw her a little bit after that but then I got sucked into the whole college grad school thing.
Personally, I look around at how women are climbing nowadays and I grow a little envious. I wound up someplace good but back then climbing was almost like being in a monastery.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Mar 11, 2013 - 07:26pm PT
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Olivia de Havilland.
Okay she doesn't climb, but if I was 90, and she was willing...
Climbed with Molly Higgins a couple of times. Nice gal. But no sparks there, just as well.
And then Barbara, from British Columbia. She worked at the Four Seasons and my credit card was okay. She was just a beginner, I took her up Peruvian Flake (Arches area). She couldn't clean the pro, so I free soloed up and got the gear, thought I'd impress her.
No way. Nothing became of it. Must be my breath or body odor. Or my personality.
Then there was Heather, also from BC, but we worked in a pub in Dublin. Spent a night together, in separate beds. I gave her my Shoenards, never got them back. The idea was to climb in Dalkey Quarry. I was 41 she was 21... would have never worked.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Mar 11, 2013 - 07:33pm PT
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My Isabella is still hot but man would I be in big trouble If I let slip her age;)
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slabbo
Trad climber
fort garland, colo
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Mar 11, 2013 - 07:51pm PT
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Maybe when Scarpelli first showed me the then unclimbed SQUAT.. around 82? Guess I was into butts at the time
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osh
climber
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Mar 18, 2013 - 03:35pm PT
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Lynn Hill for sure. From the first time I saw her in the Gunks, preparing for my first 10a toprope and she walks up and asks if I mind if she could go. Are you kidding, I could have watched all day but she soloed it in about 30 seconds.
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Treefrog
Trad climber
Blountstown, FL
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Mar 18, 2013 - 03:39pm PT
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I knew Lidija back in the day when she was living in the Ghetto in Mammoth Lakes. Great gal!
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Mar 18, 2013 - 04:43pm PT
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We had a good run and had a blast. Sill one of my dearest friends - and friends like that are what make a life.
JL
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Steven Amter
climber
Washington, DC
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Mar 18, 2013 - 05:32pm PT
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My first climbing crush was the gunks... and she's still beautiful after all these years.
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Mar 18, 2013 - 05:48pm PT
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Mary Jo from the local shop (Appalation Outdoors). I was the punk kid, she was a goddess. Don't know what ever became of her. I still remember climbing a (then) test-piece that her boyfriend couldn't do. Ah to be young and foolish...
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jnmtmn
climber
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Mar 18, 2013 - 05:55pm PT
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Lynn Hill for sure, still is.
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and partner
Trad climber
Leavenworth, WA
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Mar 19, 2013 - 10:26am PT
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Met her hiking to Willis Wall, while she was on the way to Liberty Ridge with Bruce Carson. 43 years ago. (1970). I guess I used enough space. Talk about a crush? It was a 42 year love story.
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rickroll
Boulder climber
T.H.C
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Mar 20, 2013 - 11:59am PT
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HOLY COW.....
SuperOLDMANtopo.com!!!! LOL.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 20, 2013 - 10:44pm PT
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Great story, andpartner. Thanks for the pictures and congrats on finding early what many of us search our whole lives for. You are a lucky man - it took me a lot longer, but patience has it's rewards when one is less lucky than you.
Me:
Her:
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Mar 20, 2013 - 11:46pm PT
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I had it all, and now it's gone. Hard to know where to go now. This is a great thead though! So cool to see so many "crushes" that have stood the test of time. Aren't we all so lucky???!!
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Mar 21, 2013 - 12:01am PT
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MH2
climber
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Mar 21, 2013 - 01:08am PT
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Ah, the Gunks. Driving through the night in the woods of western Connecticut toward the promise of a bright tomorrow. Those were the days...
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Mar 21, 2013 - 09:16am PT
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My first climber crush, best thing I ever found going on 20+ years.
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