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MisterE
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 20, 2014 - 09:08pm PT
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This should be bumped every Thursday, forever.
Give us the goods from BITD.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 20, 2014 - 09:09pm PT
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You mean like Daguerreotypes?
OK, here'a a real keeper. Steve Barnett, inventor of the most heinous
self-belay system this side of Torquemada, starting Yellowbird (Midnight
Rock) with a mondo rack!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 20, 2014 - 09:23pm PT
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Hey Erik- everyday is throwback Thursday on supertopo!
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Edge
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Mar 20, 2014 - 10:25pm PT
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, this was Edge on the Cathedral Ledge A3 route "The British are Coming".
Notice the ridiculous aviator style glasses and the 70's "pr0n star" moustache. Ladies, where were you all???
Further, it's entirely possible that the leather bag in the photo was emptied of all "paraphernalia" to protect the rope from running over a sharp edge. "Paraphernalia" of course meaning religious artifacts.
Yes, of course that's what it means...
A walking fashion disaster.
Mentoring my young rope gun.
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Mar 20, 2014 - 11:14pm PT
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Mar 20, 2014 - 11:29pm PT
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Mar 20, 2014 - 11:31pm PT
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Good thread E,
top rope laps on Memos From Loyd 1985
on sight lead of Crack a Go Go 1984
Spontanious free solo of Peruvian Flake while dosing.....en route to the Devils Bathtubs for a afternoon of Sunshine 1985
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froodish
Social climber
Portland, Oregon
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Mar 21, 2014 - 12:39am PT
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(my penance for dabbling in politco threads)
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Mar 21, 2014 - 12:51am PT
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That tree on Flower is pretty small. It was much bigger when I climbed it in the early 90's
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froodish
Social climber
Portland, Oregon
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Mar 21, 2014 - 12:52am PT
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Ha! ^^ That's an awesome shot.
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speelyei
Trad climber
Mohave County Arizona
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Mar 21, 2014 - 12:55am PT
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Another 1990s Smith pic.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 21, 2014 - 01:54am PT
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When I was still in knickers.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 27, 2014 - 02:00pm PT
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Mar 27, 2014 - 02:18pm PT
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Super Slab Direct, Comeback Crack, and some cool 5.8/5.9 in Pusan Korea - all in early to mid 70's
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richross
Trad climber
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Mar 27, 2014 - 02:20pm PT
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A Dare by the Sea, 1985.
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MH2
climber
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Mar 27, 2014 - 03:16pm PT
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Back to 1970.
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ncrockclimber
climber
The Desert Oven
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Mar 27, 2014 - 03:21pm PT
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1992, first time in Jtree on Double Cross.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Mar 27, 2014 - 03:35pm PT
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Name the four characters in the above pic for a prize.
and dammit i really need to get to scanning some slides. i canned the last two about 12 years ago.
Happy Thursday!
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Mar 27, 2014 - 03:36pm PT
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Mar 27, 2014 - 03:45pm PT
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richross
Trad climber
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Mar 27, 2014 - 03:48pm PT
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Mar 27, 2014 - 03:50pm PT
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my first photo on the taco
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Mar 27, 2014 - 03:50pm PT
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@ nature,
left to right....Brian from utah, Chris T, maybe Erik Rasm or phil and definitely tim N (the prez)
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Mar 27, 2014 - 03:52pm PT
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Totally off-route on our approach to Mount Mendel (the first time), we ended up Frenching it up Lamarck Couloir on Mt. Lamarck. Only on topping-out, did we realize that we sucked at reading topos. …turns out we did the second ascent, missing the first by no more that a few days. Twenty-something pitches. Richard Harrison, Robs Muir, Terry Goodykoontz (?), circa 1973-ish.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Mar 27, 2014 - 04:03pm PT
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~peace
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Knave
Trad climber
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Mar 27, 2014 - 04:14pm PT
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Flatus 1982
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Mar 27, 2014 - 04:22pm PT
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East Coast Hippie Chick.
Susan
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Mar 27, 2014 - 04:24pm PT
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Winter 98/99, back when I still had plenty of hair.
Sometime mid/late 90s, back when you could go to the Supercrack Buttress and not see another soul. Didn't own many cams, and wasn't very good at crack climbing, which made for some exciting runnouts:
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Mar 27, 2014 - 04:40pm PT
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snakefoot - it's not Erik. I think his name is Chris. otherwise....
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Mar 27, 2014 - 04:45pm PT
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Mar 27, 2014 - 04:51pm PT
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Nature...
Chris Purnell? RIP.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mar 27, 2014 - 04:52pm PT
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Awesome photos folks. Thanks for sharing.
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richross
Trad climber
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Mar 27, 2014 - 05:02pm PT
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Foops, 1976.
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MisterE
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2014 - 05:49pm PT
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Great shots everyone.
Proud of my wood-pile, 1971:
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Mar 27, 2014 - 05:53pm PT
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1980
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 27, 2014 - 05:53pm PT
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Mr.E
Your middle name's not Damien is it? ;-)
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Mar 27, 2014 - 06:21pm PT
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Mar 27, 2014 - 06:24pm PT
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base, that looks like mescalito
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Mar 27, 2014 - 06:30pm PT
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snakefoot - yeah... I just recalled his name was chris. i don't remember his last name. he drove the rig with the trunk open next to the prez. i can ask ham slice to be sure
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 27, 2014 - 06:54pm PT
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BITD when men actually did cool sh!t ......
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 27, 2014 - 06:56pm PT
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Good one Mr. E
Comp Climbing.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 27, 2014 - 07:03pm PT
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richross
Trad climber
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Mar 27, 2014 - 07:49pm PT
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Dacks in 1974
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mar 27, 2014 - 08:13pm PT
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StahlBro!! Those shoes are great! Is that you leading? How old were you?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Mar 27, 2014 - 08:17pm PT
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Sh#t, Do I have to show you clowns again?
This is what real climbers dressed like back in the throw-back day.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 27, 2014 - 08:21pm PT
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Hey Fritz,
Early Van's tennies. 14 I think. Sierra peak with my brother Dave. The water made it fun ;-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 27, 2014 - 08:29pm PT
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This is what real climbers dressed like back in the throw-back day.
Uh, noooo, this is.....
And, yesm, I regretted that indiscretion muchly that night and for a number of days.
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lars johansen
Trad climber
West Marin, CA
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Mar 27, 2014 - 08:43pm PT
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Early '80's in front of Earl Redfern's house.
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Mar 27, 2014 - 09:28pm PT
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High Exposure, Gunks, 1968. Climbing in hiking boots, extra socks jammed behind my heels for fit, hammer in pocket: totally equipped! One or zero fixed pins clipped, hands frozen numb to the wrist and not very happy but somebody had to get the rope up, since the photographer wasn't helping out much.
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MisterE
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2014 - 10:34pm PT
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BITD when men actually did cool sh!t ......
Werner, there is so much awesomeness in that picture, I don't know where to begin...
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MH2
climber
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Mar 27, 2014 - 11:06pm PT
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What a classic situation, mongrel. Remember the time of year? Looks like there is snow.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 27, 2014 - 11:10pm PT
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Love the picture of High E
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Mar 27, 2014 - 11:56pm PT
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It's not snow, but the photo was poorly exposed and to see any detail in the climber, it was lightened up a lot in printing. It was November, I think pretty late November, and like 34 degrees and blowing hard. It was anything but the casual but fun High E we know and love, definitely full value, old style.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Mar 28, 2014 - 01:15am PT
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Winter ascent of Junior. Gunks late sixties.
Ropeless on High E. Gunks early seventies.
Kevin Bein on Matinee. Gunks late sixties.
Wind Rivers (Haystack). Early seventies.
Mount Moran, Tetons. Mid sixties.
Black Face Lower Exum Ridge. Mid sixties
Fountainbleau. Early seventies.
Devil's Lake, Wisconsin. Early sixties.
Jenny Lake Campground. Mid sixties.
South Buttress Mount Moran. Mid sixties.
Roger's Roof Devil's Lake. Mid sixties.
Devil's Lake, Wisconsin. Early sixties.
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MH2
climber
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Mar 28, 2014 - 11:05am PT
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Thanks, rgold. Those bring it back.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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wool underwear plastic boots and pecks
oh and a military do.
it was a post-break up decision.
i was desperate for adoration and snacth
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Crestone Needle 1995
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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mid-90's
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Yvergenhauf
Trad climber
Portland, OR
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My image quality isn't great, but the photos take me back.
Never sent the gnar, but got after it with enthusiasm.
Above photo is from Hell Roaring Canyon just north of Canyonlands.
It was rated 5.7, A3, but these days it is 5.11+.
Couple of dirtbags on the summit of Castleton.
Sans style points for outerwear.
Tetons, 1989
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Yvergenhauf
Trad climber
Portland, OR
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Forgot to post the summit shot.
To approach the Witch, we camped on the rim of the canyon and fixed three ropes into the canyon below. My wife stayed behind at camp and took some photos for us, hence the perspective of the climb.
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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nature, is that Chris Johnson? used to live in Frisco with Little Brian.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Bungwater Hollow, Ida-ho
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Forrest ice tools, upstate New York water ice, and a skateboard helmet, all in one shot.
Dachsteins and an army surplus balaclava
Dana glacier when it was actually a glacier
The Gendarme, Seneca Rocks (skateboard helmet, redux)
215 cm skis, Chounaird Puttees, an Ensolite foam pad, and a tuque
Good beer for breakfast
Where's LEB?
Da Brim
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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One old friend, two new ones, and a bottle of wine at Bandana Central, the first pitch ledge on Lunar Leap, Lembert Dome 1977
Same ledge the next year, but sober
I've got history with that ledge. One time I was just pulling over onto it when I found my nose inches from the rancid urine filled solution pocket on the edge, as my belayer called out "You're out of rope".
And since this thread is about vintage sartorial splendor, I'll throw in a picture of some damn hippy at the parking lot below Lembert.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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My mom leading @ Big Rock early '70's
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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One of the best "new" threads I've seen in awhile. Thanks everyone!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Actually, the traverse to the arete on the unrepeated Ulf's Arete, Mt Constance.
I guess that with the road now closed my legacy is safe from exposure.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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I've always enjoyed looking at this photo and thinking about my stress-level while crawling across a log in the Cascades, early Jan. 1980 or 81.
The log was glazed with ice and my pack was heavy.
We made it up to Colchuck Lake and climbed the NE Face of Colchuck the next day.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Apr 10, 2014 - 01:12pm PT
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Early 90s Granite Mtn
Proto selfie with disposable camera.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Apr 10, 2014 - 01:20pm PT
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Rollover
climber
Gross Vegas
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Apr 10, 2014 - 02:53pm PT
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MisterE
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 10, 2014 - 03:33pm PT
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Great shots!
With friends at our weekly house potluck in Juneau, AK 1999
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Apr 10, 2014 - 03:40pm PT
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Murzerker
climber
Away from Walhalla
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Apr 10, 2014 - 03:43pm PT
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The Larry, Portland in 98', whoa time warp. Makes me want to head down to the Bagdad for a few pints. Is that dark haired dude Mark Farra?
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Apr 10, 2014 - 03:43pm PT
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Manure Pile Buttress summer 1969:
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Apr 10, 2014 - 04:28pm PT
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Apr 10, 2014 - 04:45pm PT
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Sport Climbing .... 1988 or so
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Apr 10, 2014 - 04:47pm PT
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Holy Mother Whore!!
What I would give to have that bod back.....
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Apr 10, 2014 - 06:03pm PT
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Nice bowler Randy. Almost Clockwork Orange ;-) Swept Away?
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Apr 10, 2014 - 06:25pm PT
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Apr 10, 2014 - 06:38pm PT
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Another Tele Sauvage photo from BITD....
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Apr 10, 2014 - 06:49pm PT
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Late 70's on Pyramid Peak with Ramer bindings and Super Guides.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz CA
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Apr 10, 2014 - 09:11pm PT
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Probably my first year skiing. 1956...wearing the same knickers and jacket my Dad learned to ski in. My brother in front.
Susan
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Apr 10, 2014 - 09:22pm PT
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First year skiing, 1956. My brother in front.
Long boards.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Apr 10, 2014 - 10:02pm PT
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I am in the back coiling the rope. jud Thurston with the Chiounard Rugby shirt and his dads WW11 10th mtn ice ax
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MH2
climber
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Apr 10, 2014 - 10:52pm PT
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Early 80s Smith Rock
Steve Risse starting Zebra
mid-way on Zebra
upper Zebra
Rob Houston below Steve
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Apr 10, 2014 - 11:29pm PT
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Truck and Drive, sometime in the 80s. Note all the biners are ovals.
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brodracula
Trad climber
hawaii
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Apr 11, 2014 - 04:06am PT
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Apr 12, 2014 - 12:47pm PT
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Ha! Randisi, my mom got me a couple pairs of those things in '81. She was heavy into running and thought that I'd like them for climbing. Little did she know...
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Apr 12, 2014 - 02:38pm PT
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Seattle boys. Camp 4. Mid 70's. Trouble.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Apr 17, 2014 - 04:32pm PT
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Hey, it's Thursday slackers.
Last post on this page
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Apr 17, 2014 - 04:34pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 05:04pm PT
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"Yeah, it's hip belay, just shut up and climb. And I don't need no stinkin' anchor neither."
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BirdDog44
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 05:15pm PT
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A couple of me way back when...
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 05:29pm PT
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I don't have much at all from "back in the day". But I have scrounged up two, one by complete chance.
I came by the first two Christmas' ago. Myself, spouse, and 2 kids went to the mountains of central Arizona to spend Christmas with my parents. My dad and I were out on the deck admiring the view of the Mogollon Rim, when my 2 kids (17 and 20) came out asking what the story is behind this photo grandma showed them of me looking like Jesus. I had no idea what they were talking about until they whipped this out on me.
In 1976, I purchased my first custom stick for $125, with color gloss and polish, cut laps, the whole deal. It was a 7'6" Rick James from San Clemente. Not the black base player btw. Note my old del Cannon blue tint behind on the fence in the background. I suppose I should put this in the hottest you ever looked thread too, because, well ...that was it for me. All down hill from there....
Next is early '80's looking down "Wall Street" on Picacho del Diablo (or La Encantada) in Baja California Norte. Was down there mapping some geology.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Apr 17, 2014 - 05:42pm PT
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RJ still shaping in SC
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 05:45pm PT
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I know he was working for Stewart (got my first thruster from him 1980). He has (had?) a place out on the Ortega Hwy with a barn. Watched him shape a longboard for my brother in law while sharing beers with us in 30 min. Finished. Thing rides nice too. Takes me an hour on a goooood day.
Great shaper btw, even missing the thumb.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Apr 17, 2014 - 05:53pm PT
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White pants, EBs and a swami belt ... who needs protection?
Lament (5.10 R, I don't think it's popular nowadays) on Lamb Dome, Tuolumne Meadows, 1976.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 06:02pm PT
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El Camino Real, Tahquitz circa 1978
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 06:20pm PT
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Same pitch, same day. John McManus fiddling with the stoppers on the lead. He was so stylish, sporting that custom leather upper addition on his EB's.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Apr 17, 2014 - 06:31pm PT
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I returned from Oregon to my old haunt Tahquitz in 1974, sporting new PA's which I always thought were someone's idea on how to increase hospitalization, those shoes were like roller skates!!!
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 07:14pm PT
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Off White. Great shots of El Camino Real.
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MisterE
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2014 - 09:01pm PT
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Manic in Van Zandt, Washington - 1975
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 09:28pm PT
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These are such great old photos!
Jefe is that YOU with the dreadlocks?!?
Here's my contribution for the day:
This is me leading something (I think the start of the 3rd pitch on the Free Blast, the thin traverse under the roof),
note the REI webbing harness (no padding at all - but it was a great improvement over the previous webbing tied around the waist), lack of helmet (horrors!), and Fires...
Phyl
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Apr 17, 2014 - 10:57pm PT
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MisterE
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 18, 2014 - 01:14am PT
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That shot is gold, Guido!
At the top of Clean Break, north cascades mid 90's:
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John Ely
Trad climber
DC
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Apr 18, 2014 - 10:05am PT
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Teenagers clamberin' in '77-'78
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Apr 18, 2014 - 10:13am PT
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Living at the beach, when Tahquitz was just too far away…
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Apr 18, 2014 - 01:26pm PT
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Boy rmuir, that's a tough life - Corona del Mar!!! (not). Great photo with the long hair.
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richross
Trad climber
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Apr 24, 2014 - 02:34pm PT
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Marco and me (attentive belayer), 1985.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Apr 24, 2014 - 02:45pm PT
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richross
Trad climber
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Apr 24, 2014 - 03:44pm PT
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Marco and Rich (not me), 1985.
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Apr 24, 2014 - 04:06pm PT
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Mid eighties Fish Products sponsored expedition to Red Rocks.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Apr 24, 2014 - 04:12pm PT
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Training, for the big comp!!
Apes Wall, 1989ish
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thebravecowboy
climber
in the face of the fury of the funk
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Apr 24, 2014 - 05:23pm PT
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Cool old gear Tad!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 24, 2014 - 05:23pm PT
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Is winter over?
Millar mitts-check
Joe Brown Bone Dome-check
wooly knickers-check (yeah, all yous Brits can giggle)
Terrordactyl-check
Warthog-check
shiteferbrains-check
Hey, I didn't want to dull my Terro on the rock, mkay?
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz CA
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Apr 24, 2014 - 05:38pm PT
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Soccer Diva before I was a soccer Mom. I retired from soccer at age 58 from the team "Wheezers and Geezers" Started out with Field Hockey, switched to soccer at age 14.
Here at about 30 years old.
Susan
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Apr 24, 2014 - 05:53pm PT
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Here's a real throwback: the same Black Velvet Canyon shot everyone else takes, except in this photo not a single route has been climbed yet. By the end of the day there was one.
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curt wohlgemuth
Social climber
Bay Area, California
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Apr 24, 2014 - 06:15pm PT
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OMG, that shot of BV Wall is great. Which route went in that day Chiloe? The pre-cursor to Epinephrine??
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MisterE
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 24, 2014 - 09:48pm PT
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Real gems from Walleye and Chiloe - thanks for the share.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Apr 24, 2014 - 10:00pm PT
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One of Robinson's weddings, Buttermilk.......
Hennek, Guido,Trish the Dish, Galen and Mort
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OR
Trad climber
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Apr 24, 2014 - 10:16pm PT
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This thread rules…
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MH2
climber
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Apr 24, 2014 - 10:25pm PT
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Gunks 1970 give or take a couple. Maybe Moonlight. Climber is Tom Deal.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Apr 24, 2014 - 10:30pm PT
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BITD... 1980 in Yosemite....
~peace
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Apr 24, 2014 - 10:45pm PT
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Apr 24, 2014 - 11:10pm PT
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Apr 24, 2014 - 11:14pm PT
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Way back.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 24, 2014 - 11:33pm PT
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Moderating a panel at the Banff Mountain Film & Book Festival, about 20 years ago
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Apr 25, 2014 - 10:36am PT
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OMG, that shot of BV Wall is great. Which route went in that day Chiloe? The pre-cursor to Epinephrine??
Triassic Sands was the first route in the canyon, which we finished that day in 1972. At the time this place had been named Velvet Canyon, not Black Velvet Canyon, by Betsy & Joe.
The precursor to Epinephire was the bold Velvet Wall route, put up in 1973 by Joe Herbst and Tom Kaufman. It followed the modern Epinephrine line through the pitch above Black Tower -- very runout as they placed no protection bolts on that face (there are 2 bolts on it now), or in the chimneys as far as I know. Joe & Tom finished Velvet Wall by connecting with the big diagonal ramp instead of the steep bolted corners that now are upper Epinephrine.
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Oldfattradguy2
Trad climber
Here and there
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Apr 25, 2014 - 11:28am PT
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Hey Rich: Speaking of Marco:
The Frog:
Wild and crazy guy:
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Tieing in, bouldering, 1st grade xmas present, from my first Beatles single
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Keith Leaman
Trad climber
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Paul Gleason broke his wrist in the early '80s rapping off the Grand Canyon's Zoroaster Tower in the dark. Still, wearing the cast & Fires, here he is on the vertical crimps of Mt Pacifico's 5.10 face.
RIP tough guy.
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Magic Ed
Trad climber
Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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Corduroy knickers and RD's and no bolts.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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~peace
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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JT 73....
2 of three gone, but not forgotten.
RIP bros.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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I love that photo, Stahlbro. Actually I love all these photos, so nostalgic!
Here's my contribution for the day, from Joshua Tree. The slide was labelled "near Ryan". It's that bolted route (5.6 or 5.8, I'm too lazy to look it up).
White painters pants, fires, web harness...
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Thanks phylp. Your shot of Headstone is great too. I remember the "pull top" bolt that used to be there.
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Tan Slacks
climber
Joshua Tree
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This is my first throwback Thursday.
John Wolfe and I over on Saddle rocks JT ... best guess would be 76?
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richross
Trad climber
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Geoff on Amazon, Gunks 1980.
Me on Amazon.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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This foto is on the wall of a B&B in El Chalten. The owner's dad was one
of the Lecco Spiders in the '74 attempt on Cerro Torre. This is them
ferrying gear across the river below the glacier.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Not My Cross To Bear '95
(Actually it's called Lovesnake. Lots of stemming corners in Penitente.)
My Beans to Cook
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Really really great hair.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Hair gone!
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Hair gone!
(no comment!) Great photos, Jefe.
Throw Back to when I had blonde hair (for some reason):
~peace
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Hair gone, too, eh, Carlos? It happens to the best of 'em.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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What a fashion maven.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Age of Aquarius
We all had hair.... T. Hocking- I remember you now that I think about it.
You were one of the "Weepin Wall Regulars"
E-kat just as I recall.
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richross
Trad climber
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Bruce on The V, Skytop mid 80's.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Talk about bad hair! Check this out:
That Fracture photo is for Guido, who like my stemming photo from last week.
edited to say, not sure of the year this was taken. I put 80s on the photo but 90s was more likely...
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Another good stemming photo featuring a friend of a friend on Grand Illusion. Take a little while after The Fracture photo above.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Glad I could get the hair topic started...
lets leave that, and the coked up photo of Philo, on the previous page!
(...sorry Philo)
edit: DOH! Thought this would be the first post on the next page!
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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May 15, 2014 - 12:18pm PT
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~Peace!
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 15, 2014 - 01:56pm PT
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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May 15, 2014 - 01:57pm PT
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~peace
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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May 15, 2014 - 06:29pm PT
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Sears boulders, Prescott Az.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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May 15, 2014 - 06:44pm PT
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Goldline, hiking boots and a rack of 4 pitons, a few biners and tied slings. Lower Cathedral Spire, 1968.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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May 15, 2014 - 06:49pm PT
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Chiloe.... that's awesome.
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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May 15, 2014 - 06:54pm PT
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Kojak explains how it all works.
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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May 15, 2014 - 06:58pm PT
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Not climbing.. But old
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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May 15, 2014 - 10:31pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 15, 2014 - 10:48pm PT
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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May 16, 2014 - 08:07am PT
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Talk about screwing the 2nd... that looks Terrifying:)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 16, 2014 - 10:28am PT
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I was not on this climb with Jimmy. It might have been Tony Bird leading. I believe it is on The Traitor Horn Route (must have your sh#t together to lead this--it is the quintessence of exposure).
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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May 16, 2014 - 11:26am PT
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Tradmanclimbs, That photo makes Frogland look desperate! LOL! Good photo...
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MisterE
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 16, 2014 - 03:25pm PT
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Phylp, Nitro Petro?
Great shot! And thanks for all the great contributions!
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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May 16, 2014 - 05:08pm PT
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I'd like to play?
I haven't been hanging out at the 'Taco Stand' much lately.
Just stumbled across this thread only now.
OK so it's Friday ~
But then... I usually am a 'day late and a dollar short".
For me 'vintage' is early/mid 70's.
So I'm apparently I am lot younger than a lot of these 'ole crones...
Yet my teens were already well behind me by the early 90's.
This first pic is Bradley Achorn, my first climbing partner.
We were hitch hiking to North Conway in in a warm, light rain.
It was late spring/early summer 76' (?)
I couldn't help but use up one of the valuable 24 frames available on my 110 'instamatic'
Standing at the beginning of the 'Pilgrims Highway',
Rt #16 after getting off the I-95N at the old Portsmouth traffic rotary.
This was my attempt at a 'satirical photographic composition'.
It was early spring and our journey north up 'The Pilgrims Highway'
we past the Venerable gate way to the 'Whites'.
We went straight to Cathedral Ledge and started right into almost killing ourselves,
on a successful seige of 'Fun House' (5.7) on Cathedral Ledge,
we went and spent a day or two on the North end slabs top roping.
It rained for a couple of days so we bivi'd under the Cathedral Roof.
By the end of the week it was time to hitch hike home again,
so we went and bagged our Trophy climb.
We thought it was pretty good day for a couple of self taught 15 year olds,
when we motor'd 'Sliding Board' on Whitehorse.
We did a lot of hitch hiking that summer.
One of our forays was a very long day to 'Crow Hill'.
I never returned but that is not the crag's fault.
The ill taste was more a product of the 8 hr hitch there...
and double that to get home including a forced urban bivy.
There was no such thing as the internet. But there was magazines like 'On Belay'.
Heck there was even mega stoke to be found surfacing in main stream media:
That first season in North Conway we had a small, white, paper back guide book.
But the next season the 'Dream Machine' expanded,
when we discovered I.M.E and the new Ross/Elms guide book
To be continued in the summer of 77'
See yah next Thursd.... I mean Friday...
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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May 18, 2014 - 09:57pm PT
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Good photos, Trundlebum.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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May 22, 2014 - 12:36pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 22, 2014 - 01:03pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 22, 2014 - 01:05pm PT
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Damn, Randisi, that pic should be entitled "Escape From Camp Anorexia."
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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May 22, 2014 - 01:06pm PT
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~peace
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 22, 2014 - 01:09pm PT
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I dig the work boots!
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FTOR
Sport climber
CA
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May 22, 2014 - 01:26pm PT
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probably A4 given the state of those bolts..
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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May 22, 2014 - 02:15pm PT
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Stahl bro..... nice one of Humber Park, those boys sure got buff playing hackey....
Some Desert Rats.... 1975 ish... Bedford and Kevitt
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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May 22, 2014 - 02:56pm PT
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First 5.11 finger crack 1982
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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May 22, 2014 - 03:04pm PT
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KP, is that Rocklin?
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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May 22, 2014 - 03:45pm PT
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Yessir
I went to "college" in that Quarry.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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May 22, 2014 - 05:49pm PT
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Anybody else have one of these? 11mm Chouinard Fantasia rope, brand new in 1970.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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May 22, 2014 - 06:35pm PT
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Actually Chiloe I do have an 11mm Chouinard rope.
Doubt it is a 'Fantasia' judging by those colours.
I retired it for (lead) climbing a long time ago but I still use it as a work rope when rigging and for tree work.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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May 22, 2014 - 06:40pm PT
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East Buttress of Middle fall 78'
Photo by 'Base' Paul Boissenault
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I loved that shirt !
It was a wool shirt marketed by 'Joe Brown'.
The weave and colours looked like a climbing rope.
The hat was knit for me by a dear friend. The yarn was from Peru.
I later lost it in the winter. I was descending down Raymond's cataract,
after soloing 'Odell's in Huntington's ravine on Mt. Washtub.
Like a fool I was over heating and put it in the pocket of my Woolrich knickers :(
Later that season...
bouldering the first moves of 'Leave it to Beaver' in...
the "Monument"
(same photo credit)
In desperate need of a shower
My hair was actually pretty sun bleached at that point
but you'd never know it from the picture
(very ripe at that point)
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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May 22, 2014 - 08:01pm PT
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Stahl Bros.
The CandyColoredStreamLinedBaby shot is classic. That is you in EBs, eh?
The Hackey shot is mega classic and I don't think we have ever completely and correctly named all the participants.
Yo.
Tad, nice.
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yedi
Trad climber
Stanwood,wa
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May 22, 2014 - 08:03pm PT
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[photoid=359176]
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yedi
Trad climber
Stanwood,wa
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May 22, 2014 - 08:03pm PT
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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May 22, 2014 - 08:47pm PT
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Mouse and others. Yes it is Traitor Horn on Tahquitz, classic 5.8. The dangling hex doesn't increase the dicey-ness or grip factor for the follower for the move to the horn or after. The rope lays nicely over the top and is in line for the follower on both moves. It may be possible to place one (for the leader) from the horn but probably not important.
Done it 25 times.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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May 22, 2014 - 09:27pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 22, 2014 - 09:48pm PT
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Love that picture Guido!
Dee ee, you are correct sir. And a full roster of the hacky circle is still to be had:
Moi
Roback
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Raker
Watusi
Dr "Guns" F
Dave Stahl
? Female
Dee
Tarbusier may know the full accounting
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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May 22, 2014 - 10:16pm PT
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MisterE
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 23, 2014 - 12:11am PT
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WBITD - thanks for the bowl-cut, Mom...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 29, 2014 - 07:28pm PT
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richross
Trad climber
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May 29, 2014 - 07:46pm PT
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Mark and Jimmy testing the gear, Gunks 80's.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 29, 2014 - 07:50pm PT
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Knave
Trad climber
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May 29, 2014 - 09:17pm PT
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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May 29, 2014 - 09:29pm PT
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Hey Mr E, I know that book!
Glen Denny photo
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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May 29, 2014 - 09:55pm PT
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Badass!
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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This one cracks me up! Back in my bright red hair days, hummmm, maybe I'll go back to that sometime. Clint dragged the two of us (MM in the middle) up a few routes on Phobos and Deimos Cliff that day.
I don't recall what possessed me to wear a lace top to go climbing!?!
Phyl
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Near Zermatt, 1968.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Mid 90's in da ditch.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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You were such a cute Tyke, Larry....
I second that Killer Fonz!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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From up on Kuna Crest, I believe.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jun 12, 2014 - 02:25pm PT
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Ho HoMannnn ......
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 12, 2014 - 03:59pm PT
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Good times on the Eastside.Obsidian Flat campground.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jun 12, 2014 - 04:28pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 12, 2014 - 05:10pm PT
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Have you ever been up Mount Tam?
Well, I have.
I just can't sing it like Jimi; but it's a lot warmer than that gully.
Looks like a Pleasant Experience, Plaidman.
You can keep it, brrrr-other!
I'm with el Jefe...nicely ex-posed!
"Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful."
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Jun 12, 2014 - 05:15pm PT
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MH2
climber
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Jun 12, 2014 - 05:19pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jun 19, 2014 - 01:16pm PT
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jun 19, 2014 - 06:27pm PT
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From a few days in the Valley, April 86
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 20, 2014 - 04:26am PT
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MisterE
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 20, 2014 - 05:28am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 20, 2014 - 05:25pm PT
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OK, so it isn't Thursday but I'll forget by next Thursday.
Anybody want some free bindings? I thought retro was the rage?
Sweet, huh?
Anybody need a gear sling? Like maybe a museum?
I'm gonna hang onto the gear sling for a while but the Markers are goin' to
the big orthopedic ward in the sky.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Jun 20, 2014 - 08:52pm PT
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Mouse, cute picture of Kathy Thompson....(-;
Picture edit for Mouse.., We worked together several years in Tuolumne Meadows..I have put this picture up before, of the Tuolumne crew in the kitchen.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 20, 2014 - 09:17pm PT
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thank you for that lifesaver, nita
i'd plum forgotten her name!
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richross
Trad climber
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Jun 26, 2014 - 07:22pm PT
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jun 26, 2014 - 07:30pm PT
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Selfie in the Sawtooth back in the 1970s
Sierra Ledge Rat in Yosemite in the 1970s
B.I.T.D. before Gortex
Hawaiian shirts in the 1980s
Who can guess what peak I'm climbing? (Clue: look in the upper left-hand corner)
Starting out on a 10-day ski traverse of the Sierra Nevada in Dec 1983-Jan 1984 (Mono Lake > Bloody Canyon > Mono Pass > Tuolomne Meadows > Sunrise > Little Yosemite > Yosemite). This is Gerry and Fred at our first camp above Mono lake, heading towards Tuolomne Meadows.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Jun 26, 2014 - 07:56pm PT
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Great photos, S.L.R.
I especially love the photo of you in the meadow.
~peace
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richross
Trad climber
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Jun 26, 2014 - 08:09pm PT
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jun 26, 2014 - 08:26pm PT
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Denny & Sacherer-Dana Glacier 1960 ish.......
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jun 26, 2014 - 08:47pm PT
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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A freshly minted PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania comes west to teach at the upstart UC Santa Cruz. She comes with her beloved Irish Setter that she had from the time she was 15. She soon discovers (reverse) ageism, sexism (what??? at the uber hip and liberal UCSC??? oh how it flew under the radar.) Best of all discovers Yosemite and the Sierras! Life was good, still is.
Susan
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Hanging at Quartz Mountain in Oklahoma circa 1981. Check out the insanely huge Walkman...a technological triumph..
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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^^^ Mt. Abbott?
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Good eyes SLR!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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On time long ago, a climbing comp took place, on the side of a building that is no longer there.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Opposing stoppers, leather-reinforced EBs, going for it (1974).
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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GREAT photos, everyone. The clothes and gear are always so fun to see.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Chan starting the Void, Cookie Cliff.
WHY am I standing directly underneath a 190 pound guy!?!
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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The Rotten Log on a spur-of-the-moment ascent of the Aches in 1974. Our resolve to go on to North Dome melted with the heat.
John
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Two shots my dad made in Idaho, I think, in the seventies.Cheers, Fritz and Heidi!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jul 17, 2014 - 06:35am PT
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Bump
Stahlbro- love that summit pic with the dog.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jul 17, 2014 - 09:17am PT
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Preskitt
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jul 17, 2014 - 10:33am PT
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Thanks Jefe! That was Fritz, the backcountry schnauzer. He actually bagged a few peaks (with a little help)
Way to rock those dreads dude!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 17, 2014 - 10:52am PT
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Tad, were you TRYING to piss people off by wearing that, that...thing on your back?
'You are better than that.' :0)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 21, 2014 - 10:51am PT
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All from the eighties.
And I know it's not Thursday, but WTF, I'm not getting any younger...
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jul 24, 2014 - 12:14pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jul 24, 2014 - 01:52pm PT
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
Typewriters and Ledges
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Jul 24, 2014 - 02:01pm PT
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jul 25, 2014 - 09:39pm PT
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Here's one my brother posted on a similar thread on Facebook last week;
Frank, The Colonel, Sanders with beard and glasses, myself, no shirt-no glasses, then wife Michele - short red hair, Seldom seen little brother, Barrybro; Yosemite lodge parking 1985, " the colonel holding court"
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 31, 2014 - 01:36am PT
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Contact made with an old Flame today.Another "Big" guy.
PJ, glad you could make it to the party. And welcome to Mrs. PJ, Mary Ellen.
I'll shut up.
But thanks for contacting me, man!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jul 31, 2014 - 07:18am PT
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K. Solem climbing Seam Stress 12b, Courtwright Res, early 90's
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jul 31, 2014 - 11:33am PT
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Jul 31, 2014 - 04:36pm PT
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So circa 1980 thinking about getting better at climbing.
Wow, this was insightful.
And the interesting thing was nearly all the photo illustrations were of women climbers.
Susan
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 31, 2014 - 04:51pm PT
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That is Amyjo on the cover.
Stylin'!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 31, 2014 - 04:54pm PT
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Definitely worth re-posting here.Vernon Clevenger and William Nickel, BSA.
TimidTightrope's post; originally on The Flames thread.
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richross
Trad climber
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Jul 31, 2014 - 07:38pm PT
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Vern C on Mellow Yellow, Gunks 1980 or 81.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jul 31, 2014 - 09:45pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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All psychedelicized and sh!t.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Rich Ross, that route looks killer!!!
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MisterE
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 7, 2014 - 07:53pm PT
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Nice freakin' hair, Kalimon!
Throw-back afro win!
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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It must have been the granite . . .
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Aug 14, 2014 - 07:23am PT
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La Escuela, 1970. I'm the blob on top. Mike Caldwell (Tommy's father) beginning to clean. We used 150-foot ropes, and the Red Roper guide said the first part of the climb was 100 feet. Having complete faith in the guide, I discovered that I should have stopped at the ledge, hence the sling belay.
Enlarging pin scars on Serenity Crack. Me cleaning the second pitch (note rack and halibut hat), 1970. Less than two years later, we returned without hammers or pins, and discovered how scary the first 30 feet can be. Ironically, Dan found a CMI hammer on the way down.
John
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Aug 14, 2014 - 09:56am PT
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Kris leading the standard warm up at Josh. way back, 1990ish
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Keith Leaman
Trad climber
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Aug 14, 2014 - 10:14am PT
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Pete Nichols on Navajo Peak, Shoshoni behind. Indian Peaks, CO 1979
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Aug 14, 2014 - 09:00pm PT
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Aug 14, 2014 - 09:11pm PT
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My first new route. Circa 1978. Taffs Well, Near Cardiff, South Wales, UK. An old limestone quarry, situated next to a busy road and railway. On this attempt, I eventually stalled out. The gear was non-existent, rock poor. I untied one rope and my belayer ran round to the top (he likely had to rappel first to reach the bottom) and then threw one end of the rope down to me, just as my calf muscles were about to explode. Returned a week later with a more determined attitude. Rated this HVS (5.9). Clueless. Now it gets E3 (5.10R/X)
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Aug 21, 2014 - 01:33pm PT
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Me myself and I
like mid 76...
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Aug 21, 2014 - 01:52pm PT
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Aug 21, 2014 - 02:31pm PT
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Hennek and McLean packin it up for the Valley on a fri afternoon run, circa 1970.
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richross
Trad climber
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Aug 21, 2014 - 03:41pm PT
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Rich (not me) on Rhumba Mama, 1979.
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richross
Trad climber
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Aug 21, 2014 - 06:18pm PT
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Fred on The V, Skytop mid 80's.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Aug 21, 2014 - 06:27pm PT
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Early '90's throw back. Still have those Fires.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Aug 21, 2014 - 06:30pm PT
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Aug 21, 2014 - 07:57pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 21, 2014 - 08:54pm PT
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Phil DeBircheff, Unidentified Female Obsidian Flat Sistah, Millis, the Rev, Stubbs, & Mouse.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Aug 21, 2014 - 09:48pm PT
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*
The Men of my youth...(-;
Or should i say...I
Miss Susan, Love the picture of you with circe..cute hair-do.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Aug 21, 2014 - 11:59pm PT
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Jack the Sack enjoys a rest day in Chamonix, 1959.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Aug 22, 2014 - 01:15am PT
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Found a bunch of old photos this summer. This thread seems like a good excuse to show a couple.
Nita...I have a great one of you and TT on your wedding day...maybe next Thursday:-)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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2003.Is that McLean next to Yager and Lauria?Is that Bill St. Jean on the left?Obsidian Flats (RIP) reunion. Photo by Stubbs.
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Radish
Trad climber
SeKi, California
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Big deal at the time, the Moro Rock cleanup in SEKI....Sequoia, Kings. 1998 Climbers and Rangers working for one goal, to get all the trash from the base of Moro Rock. We ended up getting close to a ton of stuff and it got picked off by a Helicopter. Of special interest, a guys head! and a pretty cool golf club........... Photo left to rt...Scott Wannack, Rene' Ardesch, Dave Hickey, Micheal Daly, Eric Gabriel, Unknown
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Soooo.... you going to talk a little more about the head you found, Radish?
I know I lost mine around Moro Rock in 1977.....
Nick, 1980
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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No houses!
Looking west at the undeveloped Rockies from the Tiger Balm Arete, Eldorado Springs, fall 1970.
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paul roehl
Boulder climber
california
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1975 or so. I wonder if anybody recognizes the start of this climb? Hint: the one next to it no longer exists.
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paul roehl
Boulder climber
california
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Mt. Clark with the best climbing partner. Some time around 1980.
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paul roehl
Boulder climber
california
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Muir Trail 1970. I'm in bad need of a haircut. Terrible photo quality but fun to look back on these.
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MisterE
climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 4, 2014 - 04:47pm PT
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warming up the scanner for the wife - here's a good one of wee Skippy (justthemaid):
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BillO
Trad climber
Yachats, OR
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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Lower Cathedral Spire, 75'
SE Face Clyde Minaret 79'
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Not climbing but the Andes are within spitting distance from where I'm standing with my older brother.
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MisterE
climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 4, 2014 - 09:41pm PT
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Whole lot of sockage going on here...
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sep 11, 2014 - 06:42pm PT
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Well its Friday here...butt thursday there, and since Ca really IS the center of the universe we'll go with that:-)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 11, 2014 - 11:28pm PT
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BillO
Trad climber
Yachats, OR
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Sep 18, 2014 - 02:03pm PT
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More tube socks and Rubidoux.
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Sep 18, 2014 - 02:22pm PT
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This was in the rugby shirt thread but fits here too, I suppose.
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Sep 18, 2014 - 02:29pm PT
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Top of the Index Town Wall, 1973
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 18, 2014 - 02:43pm PT
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Masta, Heller is lookin' at you like you just cut a real nasty one.
Nice shot.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Sep 18, 2014 - 02:59pm PT
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richross
Trad climber
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Sep 18, 2014 - 03:00pm PT
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Jim on Cosmic Strut, late 80's.
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Sep 18, 2014 - 03:27pm PT
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TY
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 18, 2014 - 03:37pm PT
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Tony, I don't remember shoes like that in the Pleistocene!
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richross
Trad climber
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Sep 18, 2014 - 03:40pm PT
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Proof I used to have abs, 1976.
I think EB's are more Pleistocene correct.
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Oldfattradguy2
Trad climber
Here and there
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Sep 18, 2014 - 03:43pm PT
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Hey Rich, Chuck Boyd a bit down the road from Cosmic Strut. Chuck's wife would monitor my park radio while we climbed. Almost got busted on Cosmic Strut while Tr'ing on duty. One of the other rangers drove by and luckily did not notice the slings.....
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Oldfattradguy2
Trad climber
Here and there
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Sep 18, 2014 - 04:00pm PT
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Across the "ravine" from Cosmic Strut, near the nose....before I was old or fat.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Sep 18, 2014 - 06:50pm PT
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Throw-back Thrusday!
The Rat BITD....
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 18, 2014 - 09:16pm PT
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I'm with you Tad!
More wee Skippy pics, cuz I ran out of mine and she has tons right now:
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Sep 18, 2014 - 09:54pm PT
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I love this thread...the clothes, the hair, the sockage - all so fun to see!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Sep 18, 2014 - 10:08pm PT
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Sep 18, 2014 - 11:12pm PT
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Yers truly on right. +/-40 years ago
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BillO
Trad climber
Yachats, OR
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Sep 25, 2014 - 01:13pm PT
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Swept Away 80's with Rob Mulligan.
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Sep 25, 2014 - 01:18pm PT
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Not that long ago, but the subject is a throwback.
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Sep 25, 2014 - 01:34pm PT
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Anyone else want to jump in on the tat? Anyone? Powell?
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Sep 25, 2014 - 01:44pm PT
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As I see it, THE definitive climbing bromance of the 70's and 80's. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Sep 25, 2014 - 01:46pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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This should be bumped every Thursday, forever.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Waiting for Cliff Hudson to fly in and take us home after 3 weeks in Alaska's Hayes Range in 1976.
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Lulz
Ice climber
North East
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Fritz, good choice of a bush pilot - Cliff was Da Man!
A great pilot and a sterling human being. RIP
ps
You knew he was all business cause he didn't believe in weighing his
planes down with paint!
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BillO
Trad climber
Yachats, OR
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Enchanted Stairway, Disneyland Dome in Joshua Trees Wonderland mid 80's.
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BillO
Trad climber
Yachats, OR
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Bruce Diffenbaugh aka Dogtown on the Ski Tracks Tahquitz Rock 81or 82.
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Lassitude 33
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Bill, I really like all the early Josh pictures.
Looks like DEE kicking back and belaying at first anchor (note the butt bag), while I pound in the last bolt above on the FA. February 1975 -- almost 40 years ago, Yikes!
Some other party on Comic Book to the right.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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EBGB's. More excellent sockage.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 9, 2014 - 05:54pm PT
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^^ I miss the days when fashion trumped safety...
;)
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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Woodson 70's
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Thanks to all for posting significant images. They are all awesome!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Oct 16, 2014 - 10:53am PT
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Two old friends....
Bonus points for the first to ID the venu...
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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Oct 16, 2014 - 10:59am PT
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^ Great Falls Basin near my favorite Ca. town, Trona CA.?
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BillO
Trad climber
Yachats, OR
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Oct 16, 2014 - 11:31am PT
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Leading the roof on Moosedog Tower, Joshua Tree around 1982. And being belayed by Doug Robinson on The Nutcracker, Yosemite around the same year.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Oct 16, 2014 - 12:00pm PT
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2nd ascent Soft Shoe Ballet, or as we called it Zortex Thrux.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Oct 16, 2014 - 12:05pm PT
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August 1971 on top of Gannett Peak Wyoming. Fritz at lower left. We went up the East Face on a route not in the guidebook that was pretty easy. Ran into 3 Texans that had climbed the regular route and smoked dope with them on the summit.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 16, 2014 - 12:10pm PT
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^^ Nice, Bruce! Looked at that thing many times!
Err...I thought the first pitch of Zortex Thrust was now "The Big R", and that Soft Shoe Ballet's first pitch is "Snack Crack"? My memory may be fading...
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Oct 16, 2014 - 12:23pm PT
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Thanks E! Yes, I'd say memory is flexible and mistaken at times. HA!
During the first ascent, which I was also on, but only up to the bivy "hole", Scott Davis and I definitely tried to talk Bob McGowan into the name Zortex Thrux, which he didn't buy, but we preferred.
Therefore, the exact line of Soft Shoe, including the difficult and dangerous seam directly above the death flake, will always be Zortex Thrux to us others that were there.
Scott put up a very difficult couple pitches to the right, which he called Bat Chain Puller. I think it turned into some 5.13 route.
The other names are not familiar to me.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Oct 16, 2014 - 12:34pm PT
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photo by J Yablonski !
'80's the Valley
Right to left, Standing; Sandra McNutt,
sitting; with the red bandana Mark Lyman...
The sister, Joanna McNutt,
Fearless leader in tie-dye
in yellow a nonclimbing putz
next to the rock is Bryan Kay
please if you know, or are any of these, sweet people post up......Thanks C B Box for the names.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Oct 16, 2014 - 01:21pm PT
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Donut.... you win, you win, wait you win, oh heck that was easy.
So you know Trona?
a bunch of new climbing going on around that place. it will one day regain its status as California Climbing Mecca.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Oct 16, 2014 - 01:59pm PT
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Trona, a mecca?
heh
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ninjakait
Trad climber
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Oct 16, 2014 - 03:32pm PT
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This picture of my Dad is hilarious. Seriously, wish I had that sweater... and those shoes...
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WyoRockMan
climber
Flank of the Big Horns
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Oct 16, 2014 - 03:58pm PT
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Fremont Canyon, 1990
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Oct 16, 2014 - 04:13pm PT
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This was not at all an awkward period in my life...
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Oct 16, 2014 - 04:33pm PT
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36 years ago, Josh
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 16, 2014 - 09:21pm PT
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Bruce, our times were very different. I checked the new guide and apparently things have changed. Awesome picture and ascent.
Very proud - that first bit is seriously X. Big props.
James: great BITD shots!
So you know Trona?
a bunch of new climbing going on around that place. it will one day regain its status as California Climbing Mecca.
Haha! See you up there soon, Guyman - we are living closer now.
Send you a message coming November...
E
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 17, 2014 - 06:27am PT
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Notice, no Conger line, no conga line, just two young studs.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Oct 23, 2014 - 03:17pm PT
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Oct 23, 2014 - 04:01pm PT
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Here's a slideshow of old climbing shots I put together in 2009 for a CascadeClimbers.com sausagefest party at Shultzy's Sausages in Seattle. As fitting for the era, the soundtrack is all Hendrix.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Oct 23, 2014 - 05:15pm PT
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Off-White... you have raised the bar.
I need to go dig in the rafters for that lost box of slides--- I know its there.
Thanks for pointing out Guy Andrews. Us Guy's always stick together, I do remember him from the "WEEPING WALL HANG" that went on every Sunday.
EDIT: Gome is that you?? L or R???
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Oct 23, 2014 - 05:17pm PT
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Sky top '82 ?? The Base of...? can you call it
(I know,)post the names and the climbs ...
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BillO
Trad climber
Yachats, OR
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Oct 23, 2014 - 07:34pm PT
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Smith Rocks mid 80's. On Wedding Day.
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Oct 24, 2014 - 07:16am PT
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GREAT video Off White!! You've led a long and colorful climbing life.
People that are trying to eek out a living from climbing by impressing sponsors and getting their names in print as much as possible could take a page out on your 70's and 80's lifestyle. Make money from climbing? Good luck. Dirtbaggery was the norm.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 29, 2014 - 11:23pm PT
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Homework in Van Zandt, Washington
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Oct 29, 2014 - 11:36pm PT
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Only a couple years old, but this is me climbing on knots in Germany
And me trying to emulate BITD wall attire
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 30, 2014 - 02:54pm PT
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Great video, Off - just watched it.
BillO, is that Wedding Day?
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lars johansen
Trad climber
West Marin, CA
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Oct 30, 2014 - 03:20pm PT
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early 80's Marine Lab, Santa Cruz
lars
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Oct 30, 2014 - 03:31pm PT
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Costa Rica '97
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BillO
Trad climber
Yachats, OR
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Oct 30, 2014 - 04:56pm PT
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Yes it is MisterE
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Oct 30, 2014 - 05:09pm PT
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Wife and kids at the power plant... Courtright.
this was a long time ago
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richross
Trad climber
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Oct 30, 2014 - 05:40pm PT
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richross
Trad climber
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Oct 30, 2014 - 06:14pm PT
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Oct 30, 2014 - 07:12pm PT
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Oct 30, 2014 - 07:48pm PT
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Fritz on Goat's Perch, Sawtooths, Idaho about 1975.
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sempervirens
climber
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Oct 30, 2014 - 08:44pm PT
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Delhi dog, I think yer photo is backwards. My mind cannot handle that incongruity and I am experiencing a resultant inner conflict.
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richross
Trad climber
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Sandy on Foops, 1976.
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The Wolf
Trad climber
Martinez, CA
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Tuolumne circa 1979
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Eastern Sierra early 60's, my brothers and I killing rattlesnakes and skinning them.....just your normal family outing.
Thanks dad, you did a great job....we had such fun times.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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First time up Castleton, 1984, in the fashionable gym shorts and headband motif...
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Tahoe Truckee High School Baseball. My fifteen minutes don't ya know..
One year before I got hooked on that rock climbing stuff. When I started going up those hills, it was all down hill.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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GUNKS Hard WomenBeverly Keith 1985/6?
can not ID the route If any one Knows please say so
Let Her know as I hope she is well.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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The good old daze. no campfires now.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jesus Marty you look like a friggin kid!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Oldfattradguy2
is it long ago and far away enough?Do we have any need to hear that chapter of a gifted geniuss' story.
He could have been helped to achieve more, maybe greatness,
if that community had been less dick-centric.
I know some of the story that your Question speaks to. (and have forgotten a lot)
That his climbing feats still go unreported is unforgivable. That is the way it is, for many though.
(He along with D Lahnman & J Stern sent V10? in the late '80's)
Lets try and speak to his art or climbing,not that sad chapter.
Although it is decades ago many who can never know the whole story,
will judge the man on that bad information.
Your first ascents should also be recognized!!
Did you keep any notes or pictures ?
The picture of Bev in her prime is that anywhere that you recognize?
Cheers, man.
and I hope that you and yours are well.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 13, 2014 - 08:18am PT
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Summit Magazine, May 1958 cover shot of dad (Mike Borghoff):
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Nov 13, 2014 - 09:23am PT
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I have a few butt shots, One of me on The Moisturizer
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Nov 13, 2014 - 09:27am PT
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Nov 13, 2014 - 10:28am PT
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A Gunks sand bag in the Near Traps! what is the right grade 5.9 or 5,10?? 5 .9 in the old book
tall; it is crunch time
short; it is the next move
REEEACH right and up
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Oldfattradguy2
Trad climber
Here and there
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Nov 13, 2014 - 11:18am PT
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Hera ya Go GOTD
Rockgraber...Before he became a hardman ('78 or so)
DL, Back when it was still Cybernetic......
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richross
Trad climber
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Nov 13, 2014 - 11:34am PT
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Inverted Layback in 1975.
Back then it was rated only 5.8. ;-)
Edit... I think the Robbins boots made it 5.9.
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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Nov 13, 2014 - 02:30pm PT
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Love that Chouinard pic. Here's another one.....
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Nov 13, 2014 - 02:51pm PT
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Thats Right here it is in the '72 book but see what it says a knownSandbag!!
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Nov 13, 2014 - 06:25pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 13, 2014 - 08:09pm PT
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 13, 2014 - 08:29pm PT
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1996 with the other staff members at The Gesundheit Institute in West Virginia. Patch Adams, Clown Extraordinaire on the right:
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Nov 13, 2014 - 08:37pm PT
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Nov 13, 2014 - 09:28pm PT
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Harry & Dave, Bugaboos, late Sept. 1972.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 13, 2014 - 09:47pm PT
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Fritzi, we went there in Sept in '74 IIRC and had the whole place to ourselves.
It was total magic!
The stylish early 70's Bugaboo alpinist ('75?)...
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Nov 13, 2014 - 09:58pm PT
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BITD I climbed in clothing that was too worn out to wear to work anymore.
Oh wait, I still do that, only now that I'm retired I mostly climb in clothes that are too worn out to wear to the gym anymore.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 19, 2014 - 12:40pm PT
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Merced Mouse: Going back to your September entry, That's not Russ McLean and, no, that's not Bill St. Jean.
Just browsing through.
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Nov 20, 2014 - 06:54am PT
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Meat Grinder 1973 or so.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Nov 20, 2014 - 08:58am PT
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Gary Hall on Super Slab Direct - 5.11c (1974?) FA Art Higby/Larry Marquardt 1973
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MH2
climber
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Nov 20, 2014 - 09:35am PT
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Denny Merritt as the centerfold of Mountain 21 in 1972
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Nov 20, 2014 - 08:30pm PT
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Nov 20, 2014 - 08:55pm PT
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A Decker Flat Climbing & Frisbee Club post-climb meeting. Sawtooth Range Idaho, August 1971. Left to right: Fritz, Geo, Chris, Stein.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Nov 21, 2014 - 03:12am PT
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pins and a hammer
The confidence that the ring of a well placed piton would give you.
The clip and the move after, installing a pin; stowing the tools checking things to make sure you were
'free' to climb on.
an actual fleeting memory I think we actually used to call out, climbing again, Free to climb...
Here is the way to find the gold for today../www.mammutathleteteam.com/.../there-are-no-cracks-in-gunks.html..I know it comes up to a dead end.....
Go to archive and scroll down to November 2008 ...11/13/08... Sweet, Pure gold.Both write ups !!((how can I pot those two Gems here??))
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Paradise...[Click to View YouTube Video] ..Old school.. [Click to View YouTube Video].The Full show.[Click to View YouTube Video]..the long, whole show, is from uncle Willys in kingston NY.....
there were two other clips, that were shorter, but scroll through to what you like....[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Nov 25, 2014 - 03:10am PT
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go to there are no cracks in the gunks November 2008 in the mammut team archive
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Nov 25, 2014 - 11:16am PT
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TY
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Nov 25, 2014 - 01:35pm PT
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MH2
climber
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Nov 27, 2014 - 07:28pm PT
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24 years ago (and 42 years ago)
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Nov 27, 2014 - 07:38pm PT
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Last Thanksgiving
Susan
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Nov 28, 2014 - 03:18am PT
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StahlBro was that Shakey Flakes?
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Nov 28, 2014 - 07:35am PT
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SLR,
Yep, that was Shakey Flakes. Good route that did not seem to get much attention.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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"Don't need no stinkin' runners when yer nuts are bangin' yer calves, do ya?"
OK, maybe the one for the odd horn.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 4, 2014 - 03:48pm PT
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Mushroom Boulder at Hueco Tanks, about 20 years ago:
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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FRITZ.... upthread, you posted a pic with some young men, Cris and Stein holding little round cans. Were they full of ashes?
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Ahhhh, climbing content.
I love it.
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the museum
climber
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Dec 12, 2014 - 05:59pm PT
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Hey this didn't get bumped!
the museum
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 13, 2014 - 04:58am PT
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MH2 can I call out ??the oldest young climber in the yellow banana Asolo's on the start of
Laughing Man or is it welcome to the Gunks?
Why is it 24 and 42??
your not Peter are you?.
That man up thread in red posted on November 27??
Is a Wiley guy could play the sides and the middle He was self assured and made it his way
Proud to call him friend,way back when. He was the first of us to reach 50<\;+D...Many years ago!!
Not Wavy Gravey's pal. He is in red as well... Heynow!!! gotta say Heynow to a card carrying blitzo toting ... old and golden famlee member deadhead
prankster you GNO ME no not Karl Munzel or Bryan Schly or Pasternack, but gud stock!!
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Dec 13, 2014 - 07:56am PT
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Thanks for asking, Gnome.
I was recruited by Jim Kolocotronis for the FA of Welcome to the Gunks.
I thought it was in '72 but the guide says '73, so make that 24(a guess) and 41 years ago. The photo is either from the years we lived in Toronto, '87-'91, or a time I drove up from Long Island on a visit to my wife's family.
I do not know who the climber in the photo is.
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Tan Slacks
climber
Joshua Tree
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Dec 13, 2014 - 08:32am PT
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Mark Stevenson and I on the summit of Mount Toubkal, Morocco.
So much fun!!!
Winter ascent Jan 1st 1982
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 13, 2014 - 08:43am PT
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Ho man MH2
That is Peter Darmi!,
He was the oldest climber in the crew in the late '80s and '90s.when he turned fifty!
A big # to those just arriving at the big three zero. From the shoes I would say it must have been the Mid '80s not later than '87?!
((the shoes were sticky but delaminated, came unglued in the car ect.))
He is a NYC/Hollywood recording engineer and did very well for himself.
That said he had some quirks like all of us and lost a great wife for not growing up, and not for, as he told it,for climbing to much.((She later married a Waugh, Mike ? I think it was))
Edit;
The man would know what he was climbing! so it is Welcome To The Gunks!!
Not Laughing Man. ( that is the flake /roof behind him back past the small corner.)
The picture shows the start and first two cruxes of the still spicey
Welcome To The Gunks!
(proud for you to have been on the FA of that one!), If you led the critical cruxes it is your route lets protest....... the authors got all sorts of stuff wrong!
good on you the wroof is tuff stuff!!
(He hated the nickname)
so I will not use it, Jim K. was a hero to me. I was and still am, a hook on my harness fan!
(sshhh don't tell any one!)
If J Kolocotronis is still kicking it around here that would be fun as I was always chasing routes that he had done first.
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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Dec 13, 2014 - 05:01pm PT
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So. Face El Gran Trono Blanco 85'
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Dec 13, 2014 - 05:13pm PT
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^^^ You look quite dapper! Good hair.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Dec 13, 2014 - 06:33pm PT
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Many thanks, Gnome. When I asked the man in red he told me it was Welcome to the Gunks. I could not be sure from looking, having been away from the area for too long. If I had climbed it that day I could have ID'd the roof, though. It was me who led that on the FA with Jim belaying, but it is his route.
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Dec 18, 2014 - 07:51pm PT
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Slack Center, '74 or so.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Dec 18, 2014 - 08:14pm PT
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Nutcracker, Bridwell start. Maybe 1975 so we did it with nuts. Bill Frey on lead.
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harryhotdog
Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 18, 2014 - 10:33pm PT
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Cutthroat peak, North cascades 1983
Bugaboos 1984
Hanging out at the Beetham hut with Mt Cook in the background 1984
Climbing in the Darrans, NZ 1984
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 19, 2014 - 07:09am PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 25, 2014 - 08:51am PT
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richross
Trad climber
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Jan 15, 2015 - 06:32pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 15, 2015 - 06:51pm PT
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richross
Trad climber
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Jan 15, 2015 - 07:16pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 16, 2015 - 09:08pm PT
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"It was during the twelve-year drought, lads...I was there. They called it the third largest, yep."
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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It's Thursday in the East Coast and Central TZs.
Face lift 2013.
Lynne is NOT taking a toke, she's blowing on her mouth harp...
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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LOL Thanks for the clarification, Mousie! Harp way better than the ganja imho.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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To heck with the crag, what sort of knot is that? ;-)
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john bald
climber
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Now illegal in all climbing gyms, the bowline with tail passed up thru the loop.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Now illegal in all climbing gyms, the bowline
HaHaHaHa! A whole lotta sailors would disagree with that. The bowline is,
without a doubt, the BKE. That's the Best Knot Ever to you lubbers.
Anybody who gets in trouble with the bowline deserves to be removed from
the gene pool.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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That is old school. Perfect for this thread.
Cheers!
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Feb 26, 2015 - 11:56am PT
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Feb 26, 2015 - 12:27pm PT
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The bolt on the right was placed in early 1946 by Anton 'Ax' Nelson on Kasparek's Delight at the Pinnacles National Monument a few months before he did the first ascent of the Lost Arrow Tip.
The bolt on the left has the blade of a soft iron piton as a hanger. Very early 'ghetto' climbing hardware.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Feb 26, 2015 - 01:51pm PT
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bhiden... those are getting rare. I am always disappointed when I learn about one of those bolts getting replaced by a new 3/8.... like on Castle Rock Spire... those are historic relics and should be left in place, just so you can look and marvel at the daring deeds of our forefathers.
Kris S. about 20 years ago....
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 26, 2015 - 06:04pm PT
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Whoa, check out that crag, new routes!
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 26, 2015 - 07:36pm PT
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Feb 26, 2015 - 07:58pm PT
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Feb 26, 2015 - 10:35pm PT
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Guyman wrote:
bhiden... those are getting rare. I am always disappointed when I learn about one of those bolts getting replaced by a new 3/8.... like on Castle Rock Spire... those are historic relics and should be left in place, just so you can look and marvel at the daring deeds of our forefathers.
For those of us who do lot of rebolting this is a common situation. The reason I remove the old hardware is because it seems like when I don't do that and just put two nice Stainless Steel bolts both with rap rings next to it, I come back and somebody has put a nylon sling, or two, between all three bolts!
In the Pinnacles we are trying really hard to put rappel hardware on all the anchors for two important reasons. First off, the sun is so brutal at the Pinnacles late spring to early fall that nylon slings just disintegrate. Secondly, with the release of the California Condors, which scavenge for food, they pick at the brightly colored slings.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Feb 27, 2015 - 03:50am PT
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Bowline is a great knott. Possibly even the BKE for aplications where it is under load. Bowline is a terrible knott for situations where it is almost never under load and is subjected to constant wiggleing.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Feb 27, 2015 - 03:57am PT
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for the ones who don't know, Bhilden , tell the story of all STAR driven Boltzs
That is not only important for new climbers but also to ones who think they are romantic,
Keep nostalgia for relics in comfy chairs , replace old bolt at will, please!
Also drilled pins!!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Feb 27, 2015 - 07:17am PT
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Thank you all for replacing bolts.....
to be more specific... Some are historical, e.g. The bolt placed by Ax Nelson way up on Castle Rock spire... Its not really needed now because a #3 cam may be placed next to it. (they didn't have 3 inch pins BITD) That bolt has the bent aluminum hanger.... and AX placed it with his own hands... grab it, feel it and your touching AX's handi work..... At the Needles, first pitch of Spook Book, there was a bolt Kamps placed... in a hurry... it was 1/2 way in, bent over like a poorly pounded nail with a spinning hanger. We used it for like 25 years. Now in its place is a bomber 3/8 one... solid and functional, but the old one had character. That bolt should have been left in place with the new one adjacent to it... just so modern cragsters could get a glimpse of the "old style".
At places that are heavily used, go ahead and replace and add more if need be to make good anchors, im down with that. And get rid of all webbing rap stations, thats a good thing to do.
Just call me a hopeless romantic.
The three amigos
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 27, 2015 - 07:34am PT
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^^Nice!
Posing down at Smith Rock Rockfest, Late 90's:
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Feb 27, 2015 - 10:17am PT
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Guyman,
we try to do the best we can with respect to the historical nature of the bolts. For example, on the Shaft, at Pinnacles National Park the 5.10 route is an old 1/4" bolt ladder with 10 bolts. The 8th bolt is a bolted piton(hole drilled in the blade for the stud, you clip the eye). Since there were seven good, closely-spaced bolts, below it I left it in place.
On the Northeast corner of the Monolith, the only protection on the whole pitch was Mark Powell's bolted piton. We had to replace that for safety sake. If we had just put a new bolt next to it, someone would have mistaken it for a belay.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 27, 2015 - 11:21am PT
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That JT crew looks like they belong on the Yellow Bricks with Dotty and Toto.
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Feb 27, 2015 - 03:43pm PT
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Guy, those are three of the UGLIEST girls I have ever seen.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 12, 2015 - 03:31pm PT
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Mar 12, 2015 - 03:49pm PT
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Broke out the scanner this week for the first time in years, so I don't think these have been seen before.
Fuzzy shot (hey, it was cold!) of Steve Larson starting into the crux on Black Dike in 1979. Whillans harness, Dachstein mitts, Lowe hummingbird & Chouinard alpine hammer. The hammer broke when he was halfway up the lead, leaving Steve in a precarious position.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Mar 12, 2015 - 03:53pm PT
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Another shot of Steve running it out on the scary part of Black Dike. The ice was so thin I followed this pitch by letting my wool mitts freeze to the rock, just for balance.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Mar 12, 2015 - 05:02pm PT
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First weeks in Yosemite April 1978. Myself and Steve Sereda, Cathedral Peak.
I'm the poser, Steve was the climber. I put all the gear on to send a pic to home. Still Rainin', Still Dreamin'
Steve Sereda
Myself
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Mar 12, 2015 - 05:56pm PT
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1974
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Mar 12, 2015 - 06:23pm PT
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Chiloe-Most Excellent Pix of the Black Dike! What a line! (my own ascent was kinda late, '81 or maybe '82.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Mar 13, 2015 - 07:04am PT
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What a line! (my own ascent was kinda late, '81 or maybe '82.
Not too late to recall Chouinard's wonderful 1971 description of this route,
"A black, filthy, horrendous icicle 600 feet high. Unclimbed."
Or John Bouchard's solo first ascent -- in that same year!
The route had some charisma in those days.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Apr 30, 2015 - 02:30pm PT
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Happy Thursday....
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philo
Trad climber
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel or a tr
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Apr 30, 2015 - 02:39pm PT
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Apr 30, 2015 - 04:47pm PT
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rbolton
Guy, those are three of the UGLIEST girls I have ever seen.
My thoughts exactly! Good gawd, what were they thinking?
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Apr 30, 2015 - 04:57pm PT
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More ugly GF's .... It was the style BITD
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Apr 30, 2015 - 06:00pm PT
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What's the icy bivouac, Philo?
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philo
Trad climber
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel or a tr
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Apr 30, 2015 - 06:01pm PT
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From a winter attempt on the Nose of Chasm View from BITD.
From right before the blizzard and freeze nearly killed us.
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richross
Trad climber
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Apr 30, 2015 - 06:38pm PT
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Apr 30, 2015 - 06:57pm PT
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Chiloe. great shots of the Dike! its still a special climb if you can get on it without a crowd. a few weeks ago
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philo
Trad climber
Is that the light at the end of the tunnel or a tr
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Apr 30, 2015 - 07:03pm PT
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Tradman that is a stellar pic.
Chiloe Black Dike in 79 was prideful. Not to mention scary with the gear of the day.
But you guys were stylin big.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 18, 2015 - 06:28pm PT
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Bump!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Dec 31, 2016 - 12:11pm PT
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Muditating at Pinnacles
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 31, 2016 - 04:51pm PT
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I think I've posted this before, but hereI am climbing fifty years ago (1966), and already getting into the Wyde...
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 31, 2016 - 04:57pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 29, 2017 - 02:17pm PT
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Bump.
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Jun 29, 2017 - 08:47pm PT
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Jun 30, 2017 - 07:41am PT
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Cragging with Bev Johnson first woman to Solo El Cap.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 30, 2017 - 10:38am PT
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Steve Bartlett, sweet young thing.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 14, 2017 - 04:23pm PT
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Thinking about my mom today.
Miss you.
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Ahwahnee Bartender
Big Wall climber
Fog Town
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Dec 15, 2017 - 07:59am PT
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Standing on the Diving Board after refusing to wait at the super long conga line at Snake Dyke. Snowed that night too and yes it was the middle of the summer, 1976
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Camp4-1972
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Risk
Mountain climber
Formerly TMJesse
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Summit of Mt. Brewer, early 70's
Summit block of Cathedral Peak? Early 60's
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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I hear what your saying regarding ancient relics of the day. When Munge and I did CRS in 2010, Ax's bolt was still there. There's also some pretty cool relics placed by George Session on Moro Rock's East Face Direct route.....bent down machine 1/4" studs. Lord....I remember cinchin' an small RP around three consecutive stud and holding my breath and praying those things wouldn't crack. I wish I had the photo I took of the bolt hangers on P2......paper thin!! Geeeez!
Speaking of which, hey LimpingCrab......did you guys find Salathe's piton on the east face of CRS when you guys finally sent that rig?
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Moldy oldies. Gawd we were young - I was 35, Dennis was 22
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frank wyman
Mountain climber
montana
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That picture of half dome at the top of this page is mine. Ahwahnee bartender (Theo) ripped me off.What a shitty trip that was. We took are girlfreinds with us and were supposed to meet us on top. I had loaned a couple of packs and tents because they had none. Telling them to make sure they hung them up on the bear wires when they left little yosemite valley. Instead they "hid" the food inside my sleeping bag and put it inside my tent where the "bears could not find it", I returned to find all my stuff and all the food trashed. I hiked alone up to the top of half dome to tell them we bailed, only to find out they had "cut" a switchback and I missed them. bask at camp I was just pissed, slept in my tattered tent that night and lashed what I could salvage to my ruined pack and stormed back to the valley the next day. Those were some good times back then in 1976....
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Steve A, first glance at the folks sitting at table in C4 & I thought, "Phil Gleason."
That's about as long as Dill's hair ever got, too, seems to me.
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snakefoot
climber
Nor Cal
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and that my friends, is the rest of the story... ouch!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Practicing for the Arrow Tip Tyrolean
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Don Lauria -- Thanks so much. Amazing. That's why I still hang around here, for content like that.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Tube socks and botanicals
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Hobnails and Hemp Rope
Nice effort, but the zeitgeist can never be recaptured. Foolish endeavor, IMO.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Apr 25, 2018 - 08:07am PT
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It's thursday here-bump
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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May 28, 2019 - 11:07pm PT
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Some ST gold in this thread!
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