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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 22, 2017 - 10:18am PT
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Some folks might enjoy this... Mining & Scientific Press, January 4, 1868
"Gigantic Juniper Tree at Yo-semite Falls"
If the natives couldn't be bothered do it, this is probably the first ascent of Liberty Cap.
Here's the link to the original.
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 26, 2017 - 01:31pm PT
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This long article discusses the first ascent of Long's Peak, by "Prof. Powell,"(John Wesley Powell) and talks about his upcoming exploration of the Colorado River:
The mountain had "heretofore defied all the efforts of explorers and mountaineers to reach its top."
"They had a terribly hard climb of it."
"The Powell Colorado Exploring Expedition," Mining & Scientific Press, November 28, 1868.
"New knowledge and wide honors await."
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 26, 2017 - 07:44pm PT
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First ascent of Elburz, the highest in the Caucasus mountains, in The Mining & Scientific Press, February 6, 1869.
The Highest Mountain in Europe.
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hacky47
Trad climber
goldhill
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Jun 27, 2017 - 08:26am PT
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Powell's expedition was not the first to climb Longs peak.
John goss and Robert Woodward....1865 june 16th
also, in 1860 a Mr Cromer [in a letter to the Golden newspaper] claimed to have summited.
Arapahoe Indians are my guess though!
Dougald MacDonald's book Longs Peak is my source.
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 27, 2017 - 08:38am PT
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I'm sure Dougald is correct, but his dudes didn't get credit for it in The Mining & Scientific Press.
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hacky47
Trad climber
goldhill
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Jun 27, 2017 - 08:55am PT
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True....carry on
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Mar 14, 2019 - 06:19pm PT
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John, Greg; if that was an 1860s revolver it would have a loading lever under the barrel.
Smith and Wesson had already produced a cartridge revolver in 1857, but it was only in .22 and .32 rimfire and had a shorter barrel.
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