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Joron
Trad climber
Hoodland, Oregon
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Apr 27, 2016 - 01:18am PT
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Good stories, Poppi! Yes, please dig out the old slides and post up. Let's meet up at Smith and I hope you retire soon so we can get out for more climbing and skiing!
Looking forward to the TR, Ghost & Survival...
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Apr 27, 2016 - 07:10am PT
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Back in 1973, after a long dismal winter in Seattle, one of our climbing friends, Don Brooks, went on a solo climbing journey in his Ford Falcon station wagon to Oregon. By that time we were all seasoned Yosemite veterans and hadn't heard much about climbing in Oregon.
He came back with pictures of a ghastly brushy tower called Stein's Pillar. He also came back with pictures of a solo nail up climb he did on some tower called the Monkey's Face in a place called Smith Rock. None of us had ever heard of this area and weren't impressed by the crumbly look of the rock. We all laughed and packed up for our annual journey to the sunny granite walls of Yosemite.
Who'd a thunk what Smith Rock would become to climbers??
BTW- Say hi to Neil Olsen for me if anyone sees him...... I remember he was a roofer and he could bend completely over and reach the ground without bending his knees. I guess that helped with pounding shingles.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 27, 2016 - 07:49am PT
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June 1970 we headed for Whitney (from Seattle) via the east side. Stopped at these cliffs
unbeknownst to us just north of Bend. The conversation went thusly:
"It looks pretty cool."
"Yeah, but there aren't any cracks and it looks like it would dissolve in a rain storm."
"Let's roll."
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