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Fritz

Trad climber

Choss Creek, ID

Nov 28, 2014 - 05:42pm PT

Mr. E! Re your mention above:

These old climber guys are sharp as tacks!

Indeed!

And they know how sharp you are.

guido

Trad climber

Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific

Nov 28, 2014 - 06:04pm PT

Sucker Punched by two Oldies but Goldies there Mr E! Now that would have been fun to overhear.

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Nov 28, 2014 - 06:09pm PT

Ha, ha, ha....now Eric, I climbed with your dad too, and.....what happened in the 70's stays in the 70's.

kaholatingtong

Trad climber

Nevada City

Nov 28, 2014 - 06:10pm PT

hahaha!

MisterE

Gym climber

Bishop, CA

Nov 28, 2014 - 06:20pm PT

My lips are sealed, Jim! Too funny.

I mean, really?

The last place I expected to run into old-school trad-daddy climbers was an hour hike into a bouldering area! LOL!

I for sure got the smack-down today.

Humbling, really.

Here's a picture I took just before I had contact:

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Nov 28, 2014 - 06:28pm PT

Old trad daddys often hike that far to boulder. You were fooled because they didn't have pads. They probably had instep crampons for slippery areas, once they get to a boulder they turn them spiky side up to make the landing zone real.

Fritz

Trad climber

Choss Creek, ID

Nov 28, 2014 - 06:36pm PT

for donini remark.

RyanD

climber

Squamish

Nov 28, 2014 - 06:38pm PT

Haha! Real life trolling is the best.

Nice story TFPU.

Everyone knows you can't touch metal to the Druid stone tho or YGD for sure.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Nov 28, 2014 - 06:53pm PT

If only Maidy had been there!

Funny tale, E. Thanks.

Beck famously had trolled touron chicks with the story of the vines on Half Dome one day, but only after he'd convinced them that climbers rub their hands across the rock to get them to grip better.