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Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 18, 2017 - 11:46am PT
Breedlove, you asked for it ... let's see how many contributions we get.

Meanwhile, how many can you identify?

Joe McKeown

Galen Rowell

Joe Faint

Roger Derryberry

Steve Roper

Jim Harper

Malinda Pennoyer Chouinard

Christopher A.G. Jones

TM Herbert
Lots more to follow.

TomKimbrough

Social climber
Salt Lake City
Sep 18, 2017 - 12:24pm PT
1. Little Joe 2. Rowell 3. ? 4. ? 5. Roper 6. ? 7. ? 8. Jones 9. T.M.
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Sep 18, 2017 - 12:31pm PT
Last one...a very young TM

Just noticed that Tom got that one.

Is the beautiful lady Bev Johnson...not sure.
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 18, 2017 - 12:37pm PT
The beauty is now Malinda Chouinard - Pennoyer then.

I'll wait for more responses before naming the mystery climbers.
Nick Danger

Ice climber
Arvada, CO
Sep 18, 2017 - 12:38pm PT
L to R Jimmie Newberry, me, John Pearson, Scotty Gilbert (RIP)
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Sep 18, 2017 - 12:40pm PT
John Bragg 1975

Martin Boysen 1974

Me 1975
GLee

Social climber
Montucky
Sep 18, 2017 - 01:09pm PT
3. Russ McLean
4. Ed Cooper?
6. Joe Faint?
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Sep 18, 2017 - 01:14pm PT
Nice shot Nick....I just did Newberry's Delight in the Black Canyon on Saturday.
john hansen

climber
Sep 18, 2017 - 01:22pm PT
I think # 4 could be Ken Boche..

AKA Boodawg
Nick Danger

Ice climber
Arvada, CO
Sep 18, 2017 - 01:28pm PT
Jim, you have always shown impeccable taste in routes and partners. Plus the Black always delivers.
Vlad Pricker

Mountain climber
The cliffs of insanity, inconceivable
Sep 18, 2017 - 01:38pm PT
Doesn't Roger Breedlove and Chris Jones look like brothers? I never climbed with either but have had the privilege to meet both of them.
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 18, 2017 - 01:45pm PT
GLee, all wrong!

John Hansen, wrong!

Let's give more people a chance. The correct identities will be revealed only after Breedlove comments.
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 18, 2017 - 02:32pm PT
del, you got it. That'd ole Hairy Berry.
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 18, 2017 - 03:46pm PT
Here's another batch.









Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 18, 2017 - 04:01pm PT
Walleye, right on.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Sep 18, 2017 - 04:05pm PT
Bridwell, I'd know anywhere.

Is Birthday Boy a very young Clevenger?

I'm guessing the hand belongs to Galen Rowell.

Is that Mary Lou in the last one?

edit: Are we having fun yet?
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Sep 18, 2017 - 06:20pm PT
#3 Bugs?
Rollover

climber
Gross Vegas
Sep 18, 2017 - 06:55pm PT
Last one Beryl Knauth
Roger Breedlove

climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Sep 18, 2017 - 06:58pm PT
A flash of instant recognition laying along side complete blanks with hazy recollections floating past. The worst of losing your memory is being aware of it. For all of my life, "I don't know," brought on no doubts or judgments; now it is all risk.

In the first batch, all seem obvious except 3, 4, 6. "You know, the guy with the beard." I think that 6 looks like Boche.

In the second batch, I don't recognize as many. The first looks like Ken.
The middle guy in the second picture looks very familiar, but I am drawing a blank on his name. I think he was a school teacher and visited Toulumne in the early seventies, but no longer climbed. Is that Michael Cohen with Jim in picture 3? It looks like you with Roper in picture 4. I thought of Vern as birthday boy and Galen behind the hand, as did Brian.
Rollover

climber
Gross Vegas
Sep 18, 2017 - 07:16pm PT
Thought Bridwell in the Bud sweater.
But too short.. Rowell?

Hand look like Jim's.
Sort of.
Nowadays it's craggier and more gnarled.

TomKimbrough

Social climber
Salt Lake City
Sep 18, 2017 - 07:25pm PT
It's Valery Mendenhall / Cohn in #2 of the second batch. I'm not sure that the guy is Michel though.
Dennis Hennek

climber
Sep 18, 2017 - 07:54pm PT
^ ^ ^ Michael and Valerie Cohen, with Michael Covington in the middle.

v v v Lauria, at least I got Valerie right, 1 for 3 ain't bad.
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Sep 18, 2017 - 08:03pm PT
Yeah, okay, this is SuperCaliTopo, but, hard as it may be for some of you to believe it, there really was climbing outside of Yosemite in the old days...






hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Sep 18, 2017 - 08:06pm PT
bill price?
Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Sep 18, 2017 - 08:08pm PT
Ghost: Well, the rock is obviously Lembert Dome, but who's the climber?
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Sep 18, 2017 - 08:12pm PT
Ghost....hardly anyone on ST thinks there is any climbing outside of Yosemite today.
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Sep 18, 2017 - 08:14pm PT
F*#kin 'ell Hooblie, how'd you get that? Yes it's Bill Price. But what's he climbing?
Rollover

climber
Gross Vegas
Sep 18, 2017 - 09:23pm PT
Holy Sh#t

Finally

Supertopo is worthwhile again



Seriously
Thanks Don for the swift kick in the ass
REAL content REAL history

Teaching us all
As natural-born teachers do

Don (with Royal Robbins)witnessed the crux of the everlasting debate firsthand
I respect him
Probably a prick like me
Swing first kinda guy
I like that




Where's weeg


Closet lurkers unite.
Tony Puppo

climber
Bishop
Sep 18, 2017 - 09:33pm PT
Looks like Brian Gregory next to red sweater guy
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 18, 2017 - 10:07pm PT
Mouse, Yes, yes, and no: BD boy, hand , and see Rollover below.

Guido, #3 in which batch? Either way, no!

Rollover, Yep, it's Beryl.

Breedlove, try gain. You must offer a name on #3, #4, and #6.
In 2nd batch: #1 is Ken, you're still owing on #2, #3 not Cohen with Jim, #4 right on, #5 think sewing machines, #6 is the Vern, #7 who's with Rowell, #8 you didn't name her.

Rollover, yes it's Rowell behind the hand.

Tom, yes Valerie in one, and Michael with George Sessions.

Hennek, You're kidding, of course.

Puppo: Come on Tony his mom has a home in Desiderata ... you're not even close.

It's late and keeping track of group #1 versus group #2 is confusing. If you think I've erred, let me know. Meanwhile let's go decimal and identify photos by groups, e.g., 1.4 #4 in group 1, 2.6 #6 in group 2.

I can hear Guido whining already ... hey, I'm an fccking engineer, what did you expect?


Everything posted by Ghost is his responsibility.
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 18, 2017 - 10:35pm PT
Ghost,
That's a Breedlove no, no!
Rollover

climber
Gross Vegas
Sep 18, 2017 - 10:51pm PT
Rubbing elbows with the likes of billionaires



A priori



Wasn't me first (gracias)
Mouse and Roger called Rowell before I
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Sep 19, 2017 - 02:07am PT
Per Galen 2.7, his camera strap and the hair gave him up to me!

Tony Puppo

climber
Bishop
Sep 19, 2017 - 07:10am PT
Well I took a guess between Graber and Brian, Michael Graber it is.
The hair was the same for both of them
ydpl8s

Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
Sep 19, 2017 - 08:32am PT
Jimmy Newberry trying out his new Shoenards at Hartman's Rocks (1973?)


Super Slab Direct - 5.11c (1974?) Climber is Gary Hall, one of the forgotten young guns from that period.

Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2017 - 09:35am PT
1.1: Joe McKeown
1.2: Galen Rowell
1.3: Joe Faint
1.4: Roger Derryberry
1.5: Steve Roper
1.6: Jim Harper
1.7: Malinda Pennoyer Chouinard
1.8: Christopher A.G. Jones
1.9: TM Herbert

I'll post 2.1 through 2.8 later, but first on to the third batch.
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2017 - 10:01am PT
Third Batch









Roger Breedlove

climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Sep 19, 2017 - 10:17am PT
3.1 Dennis Hennik
3.2a Doug Robinson 3.2b ?
3.3a Glen Denny
3.4 ?
3.5 Jeff Dozier
3.6a Yvon Chouinard 3.3b ?
3.7a Russ McLean 3.4b Michael Cohen (?)
3.8a b ?
3.9a b ?





TomKimbrough

Social climber
Salt Lake City
Sep 19, 2017 - 10:18am PT
1. Hennik 2. Robinson # Foote 4. ? 5. Dozier 6. Chounard 7. ? & Cohen and Little Jessie that's probably Valery in the shadow
8. Covington 9. T.M.
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2017 - 10:49am PT
Breedlove,

3.1: Hennek, not Hennik
3.2: Yes, but I can't remember which wife it is.
3.3: Yes, don't know her name, but wanted to.
3.4: This is a photo of a female. You must have skipped over 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
So I'll assume we're working on 3.7 - no, it ain't McLean, but it is
Cohen.
Geezus, Roger, this decimal system is meant to simplify things!

Tom,

3.8: No Covington in it.
3.9: TM and his first and last GF after his divorce
3.4: Still remains unidentified.
hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Sep 19, 2017 - 11:08am PT
#4.OOOH! = anita514 's mom
Nick Danger

Ice climber
Arvada, CO
Sep 19, 2017 - 11:18am PT
More Jimmy Newberry pre-1976

Jimmy was the finest kind of partner and remains the very finest kind of friend. Max respect and affection, Jimmy.
TomKimbrough

Social climber
Salt Lake City
Sep 19, 2017 - 11:31am PT
Well, #4 wasn't one of my girlfriends I'm sure but she certainly is cute.
Roger Breedlove

climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Sep 19, 2017 - 12:28pm PT
Don, regarding the rating system and the unidentified pretty girl, 3.4 should be 3.4R.

Also, I am not sure what to make of the picture of TM: long hair; a bit more weight, post-Jan. How would I have known given the disguise. That is nearly as insidious as putting beards on people from long-ago.
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2017 - 06:51pm PT
Roger,

Took TM out on my sailboat with that only girl friend ever. She got seasick, a squall came up and I had to give TM hasty instructions on reefing the mainsail and dropping the "headsail". Sorry, Guido, it's been 36 years. She got sicker.

Needless to say, that was their second to last date. It took one more for her make it clear, "It's over!."
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2017 - 06:54pm PT
Roger, "R" for run out?

Coincidentally, she's still with a "Roger".
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2017 - 11:16pm PT
Tomorrow, another batch of photos from the past - prior to 1976.
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2017 - 11:56am PT
Batch 4








Working on next batch.

mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Sep 20, 2017 - 12:02pm PT
4.7 / Bill Dolt.
Off White

climber
Tenino, WA
Sep 20, 2017 - 03:50pm PT

Joshua Tree 1973. there's two climbers of note and me, along with some Sierra Club RCS climbers as well.
guyman

Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
Sep 20, 2017 - 05:29pm PT
#4.4 Mark Powell.

#4.7 Dolt


this is great Don.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Sep 20, 2017 - 05:45pm PT
4.4 Don Wilson and Joe Fitschen with Powell.
Tom Patterson

Trad climber
Seattle
Sep 20, 2017 - 07:09pm PT
Is that Off White, just right of center?
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Sep 20, 2017 - 08:06pm PT
TomKimbrough

Social climber
Salt Lake City
Sep 20, 2017 - 08:18pm PT
Foote and Amborn with the fingers!
Juan Maderita

Trad climber
"OBcean" San Diego, CA
Sep 20, 2017 - 09:32pm PT
OffWhite,
Bob "BVB", standing with a can in his hand, RIP.
Pete Nelson standing, mustache and hat, Sierra Club member.
Next to him, you are hiding (a bong?) behind the old man's shoulder.
A very young Alan Nelson, seated second row, hat and Rx glasses, RIP.

I don't recognize any San Diego RCS members or even peripheral RCS hangers-on from that time period. Surprise me. A couple weeks ago, I happened upon an RCS roster from the early 1970s while sorting old papers.
Thanks for posting!
Podunk Climber

Trad climber
Sep 21, 2017 - 06:46am PT
Mouse

4.4: Mark Powell, Don Wilson and Bill Feuerer the Dolt!
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2017 - 07:02am PT
Here's the answers to batch #3

3.1: Dennis Hennek
3.2: Doug Robinson, wife #?
3.3: Jeff Foote
3.4: Mary Lou Long (ML)
3.5: Jeff Dozier
3.6: Yvon Chouinard, blond (wanted to know her)
3.7: George Sessions, Michael Cohen with Jesse
3.8: Jim Collins (CHP), George Sessions
3.9: Seasick GF, TM Herbert (hippie version)
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Sep 21, 2017 - 09:48am PT
Right on Tom! The boys giving me sh#t while they are free and on the road and I'm stuck in friggin high school..........
Off White

climber
Tenino, WA
Sep 21, 2017 - 11:53am PT
Juan, left of Pete is Mike Weegee, he was an RCS guy. I think the couples on either end were too, but I don't remember the names, though BVB had a few down, but everyone except the wee children went climbing that Thanksgiving weekend 1973, my first real time out climbing, I think it was Alan's too. Pete's wife (Eileen?) in front, Alan's older sister Karen and younger sister Katie next to him. I think I was climbing in Lowa Scouts, goldline tied with a bowline on a coil. The Sierra Club Rock Climbing Section was a great intro, some good folks. I took a belay class with them that was quite challenging and confidence building, taught me to trust my hip belay.
Juan Maderita

Trad climber
"OBcean" San Diego, CA
Sep 21, 2017 - 12:20pm PT
Off White, I wonder if maybe some of those guys were in the Mountaineering Section rather than RCS? There was overlap between the sections, and also with the SD Mountain Rescue Team. I recall Mike W. had an untimely death, maybe just a year or two after this photo; heart attack, iirc. His wife Jolene(?) climbed some with the RCS. That might be her seated in braids. I recall her dark hair always braided like that.

So you caught the concrete block hurtling out of the pine tree at Guymon Lodge? A rite of passage!
ontheedgeandscaredtodeath

Social climber
Wilds of New Mexico
Sep 21, 2017 - 12:55pm PT
Great shots! Keep them coming!
guyman

Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
Sep 21, 2017 - 02:14pm PT
OK....


who?


who and who?


I reckon all photos must be taken after 1970 and before 1980.



Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2017 - 02:19pm PT
Thread title: Prior to 1976
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Sep 21, 2017 - 02:34pm PT
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2017 - 02:41pm PT
Powell and Roper, on Half Dome? Canned tuna and Coke - what a feast!
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Sep 21, 2017 - 02:43pm PT
Bingo!
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2017 - 02:45pm PT
Love Powell's Kronhofers? Maybe not. Too early? Roper's look like Pivettas.
guyman

Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
Sep 21, 2017 - 03:29pm PT
Thread title: Prior to 1976

OK, Don understand.... the two I posted above still stand...

The boys in red .... were big time customers at Westridge.
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Sep 21, 2017 - 06:40pm PT
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2017 - 12:28am PT
Even though top person resembles McLean, not really sure. Name these guys.

McLean just came by and verified that they are, indeed, McLean and Bugs
Fuzzywuzzy

climber
suspendedhappynation
Sep 22, 2017 - 10:31am PT
Russel and Bugs
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Sep 22, 2017 - 10:34am PT
Bingo Tommy lad!
G_Gnome

Trad climber
Cali
Sep 22, 2017 - 10:52am PT
Guy, the top photo is Michael Jaffe and is after 76.

Don't know the boys in red but that looks early enough.
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2017 - 03:20pm PT
Identities of batch #4 (as best I can remember). Corrections and additions are welcome.

4.1: TM Herbert, Jan Herbert (Condon), yellow unknown, Dennis Hennek, my son
Don, Russ McLean in Speedo with unknown girl over his shoulder

4.2: Gary Hemming, can't remember, Layton Kor, Ken Boche, Yvon Chouinard,
unknown

4.3: TM Herbert, Doug Scott, Dennis Hennek - the BHOS Dome crew

4.4: Mark Powell, Don Wilson, Bill Feuerer (Dolt)

4.5: Jeff Dozier, Dennis Hennek, Valerie Cohen, Russ McLean, Joe McKeown,
unknown over the elbow

4.6: Chris Jones(?), Michael Cohen, Valerie Mendenhall Cohen, John Ahern's
sister, John Mendenhall, unknown over Vulgarian's shoulder, Name the
Vulgarian, unknown, Mrs & Mr Frank Sarnquist

4.7: Dolt
Yeti

Trad climber
Ketchum, Idaho
Oct 3, 2017 - 03:57pm PT
Roger: That's me with Bridwell in the 2nd batch
WBraun

climber
Oct 3, 2017 - 04:22pm PT
Bridwell and Yeti the two guys who really taught me how to ski, especially Yeti.


Looks like Rik Reider in the background there too
F10

Trad climber
Bishop
Oct 3, 2017 - 06:02pm PT
Juan,

"So you caught the concrete block hurtling out of the pine tree at Guymon Lodge? A rite of passage!"

I remember doing this the Fall of 1971 with the Post. You may have there as well. What an experience.
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Oct 3, 2017 - 06:10pm PT
BooDawg

Social climber
Butterfly Town
Oct 4, 2017 - 05:44pm PT
3.6: to the right of mystery blonde in white hat is Doug Thomkins.
4.1 far right are Susan Hoffman and Russ McLean
4.2 3rd f/ Left: Lauria; 4th f/ L: Boodawg; Far Right: Loyd Price
4.3 3rd f/ L: Hennek;
4.4 L > R: Powell, Wilson, Dolt
4.5 L . R: ?, Hennek, Trish (blue scarf); Russ, Cohen, ?
4.6 Cohen-Mendenhall wedding, 1968
4.7 Dolt
Yeti = D. Dorworth
BooDawg

Social climber
Butterfly Town
Oct 4, 2017 - 06:27pm PT
My Turn: 1960's:











Many are easy; others, not so much! Have fun!
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Oct 4, 2017 - 06:41pm PT
Tom Gerughty in #2 & #5.
Millis showing his modest 'rack' in #6.
Mike Farrell in the left corner of #10 and maybe Tim Auger in front right.
BooDawg

Social climber
Butterfly Town
Oct 4, 2017 - 06:59pm PT
Yes, to all, Mouse!
throwpie

Trad climber
Berkeley
Oct 4, 2017 - 07:37pm PT
Mathis and me
Jan

Mountain climber
Colorado & Nepal
Oct 4, 2017 - 07:39pm PT
Hennek on the outside left and Chouinard on the inside right of the pickup on 1

Chris Jones with umbrella on 2

Chris Jones and Tom Gerugty in 5.

A very young Liz Robbins in 7 ???

Chouinard in the middle in 8.
Chris Jones

Social climber
Glen Ellen, CA
Oct 4, 2017 - 09:50pm PT
If that is indeed Doug Tompkins white hat in 3.6 (as suggested by Boo Dawg), then this helps identify the stunning blonde woman, whose delightful derriere we see: Leila Kessler. She used to hang with Tompkins and Chouinard. Set many a heart racing ...
Don't believe that is myself at far left in 4.6 at the Cohen wedding. I did, however, own a coat and tie so that is helpful.
hamie

Social climber
Thekoots
Oct 4, 2017 - 11:21pm PT
I thought that this thread was originally billed as 'Prior to 1967'....... More interesting times!

No prizes for identifying JB in this shot. (Prior to 1967 of course.)

Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 5, 2017 - 12:27am PT
Boo's photos (question marks are just wild guesses or total losses):

#1: Hennek, Jones, Hempel(?), McLean, Yvon(?), ?
................... ?

#2: ?, Gerughty, Dozier(?), Jones
........ Valerie & Michael Cohen

#3: McLean, Boo, Bridwell, ?

#4: Hennek

#5: Jones, Gerughty

#6: Millis, Porter(?)

#7: Liz(?)

#8: Hennek, Yvon, Malinda

#9: Gail Wilts

#10: Ferrell, ?, Boo, Hennek, ?, Waterbury(?)
........... McLean,........ ?
rockermike

Trad climber
Berkeley
Oct 5, 2017 - 04:55am PT
'76ish

Portland State University spring break in Yosemite.
Joron far right. Me second from right.
Fossil climber

Trad climber
Atlin, B. C.
Oct 5, 2017 - 10:52am PT
[photoid=512354]
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Oct 5, 2017 - 11:02am PT
512354Here you go, Wayne.
BooDawg

Social climber
Butterfly Town
Oct 5, 2017 - 11:08am PT
Jan: All OK except #7

Chris: That's not my pic, and I was in Europe that summer, so I did not attend.

Don: Pic 1: Not Jones, nor Hemple, yes to McLean and Yvon... More guesses?
Pic 3: yes to all that you guessed; who is on right? We all know him!
Pics 4, 5, 6, 8, 9: Yes
Pic 8: No

Pic 10: yes, to all but Waterbury. More guesses? Hint: This was just before the FA of Mass Assault on N. Dome.


Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 5, 2017 - 11:08am PT
Apparently the only climbers in the 60's were in Yosemite. ;-)
Jan

Mountain climber
Colorado & Nepal
Oct 5, 2017 - 11:26am PT
Is that Layton standing on the right of the pickup's cab?
Fossil climber

Trad climber
Atlin, B. C.
Oct 5, 2017 - 12:34pm PT
Chris Jones

Social climber
Glen Ellen, CA
Oct 5, 2017 - 01:02pm PT
Is that Kim Schmitz on far right of Boche's photo #3?
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 5, 2017 - 01:43pm PT
Chris,

Yeah, sure has the right haircut - could be Schmitz.

I think the guy with his back against the tailgate is Gerughty - again, the haircut.

Hard to tell if the standing lean-in is Kor.
jgill

Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
Oct 5, 2017 - 03:39pm PT
"Apparently the only climbers in the 60's were in Yosemite"


(1) It's a California-based website.

(2) California climbers have the biggest rocks.


;>)
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 5, 2017 - 04:04pm PT
"Apparently the only climbers in the 60's were in Yosemite. ;-)"

Come on, Reilly, that ;-) won't get through to all STers. They might think you're serious.
BooDawg

Social climber
Butterfly Town
Oct 5, 2017 - 07:00pm PT
Correct on Schmitz in Pic 3.

Pic 1: Not the back of Gerughty's head. This truck was headed for L.A. one late Sunday afternoon. I don't know who it was, but I think it was another Scottish climber. Give away hint: The guy talking to Yvon is older than and has more FA's than Kor and is still alive.

Guido knows #7.
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 6, 2017 - 09:37am PT
Fred Beckey
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Oct 6, 2017 - 09:48am PT
Come on Reilly....you know that the sun rises in Death Valley and sets just beyond the Channel Islands.
BooDawg

Social climber
Butterfly Town
Oct 7, 2017 - 02:42pm PT
Becky is right, Don!

Hint: #7 grew up in the Valley and was daughter of the federal magistrate during the 60s and early 70s.
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Oct 7, 2017 - 02:55pm PT
Any ideas who this kid is ?My family is not sure; I was sure that we as a family 1st went in'72 and then every other year on and off till '80









YES
mouse is right.
the rock that jstan is crimpin' up?
Susie-A-block,
The Toad Swine book says : FA,Roddey Miller, Jim Andress,1958
FFA, Ants Leemets cica 1965 . . .then, 5.8?, now 5.11
maybe i should see if it's in the blue book,
or one of the red ones?

V V V V
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Oct 7, 2017 - 03:08pm PT
#7, then, must be Carol Ottonello.

Who is this climber?
BooDawg

Social climber
Butterfly Town
Oct 7, 2017 - 03:29pm PT
Yes, it is Carol.

Your pic: Robbins?
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Oct 7, 2017 - 03:31pm PT
Jstan! the Man!
LIFE mag.
Unable to ID the photographer.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Oct 8, 2017 - 07:34pm PT
Found on the beach while surfing--
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1296149
Don Lauria

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 9, 2017 - 12:10am PT
Gnome Ofthe Diabase,

The kid is my son Don James Lauria
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Oct 9, 2017 - 01:21am PT
Your son,
HA!(of course) Thank you sir.

A great looking kid. To me,it look as if he could be my brother.

8/72
bootysatva

Trad climber
Idyllwild / Joshua Tree Ca.
Oct 11, 2017 - 06:51am PT
Carl Zeek and me.
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Oct 11, 2017 - 07:21am PT
Mike Covington?
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Oct 11, 2017 - 07:22am PT
Definetly not Covington.
Todd Eastman

Social climber
Putney, VT
Oct 11, 2017 - 10:30am PT
DR...
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 11, 2017 - 10:43am PT
hamie

Social climber
Thekoots
Oct 11, 2017 - 11:55am PT
1965

Climb?

Climber?

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Oct 11, 2017 - 12:02pm PT
Damn Hamie ^^^
That just oozes personality.

Wild out of the ballpark guess: Tom Patey on a rare trip to the North American continent?
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Oct 11, 2017 - 12:21pm PT
^^^
I'm switching my guess to copycat Sewellymon's!
Gotta be ...
hamie

Social climber
Thekoots
Oct 11, 2017 - 04:32pm PT
Yes, it's in Yos. No, it's not Lloyd Price.

Hint #1: He has a younger brother, who also climbs/climbed.

Tami. Wish I had been at the slide show, and at the memorial as well.

Good times.
the goat

climber
north central WA
Oct 11, 2017 - 09:35pm PT
Tumwater canyon. Jim Sinclair.

Oh, that's right, he never left Psych Ledge.
hamie

Social climber
Thekoots
Oct 12, 2017 - 10:58am PT
^^^^^^Answers^^^^^^

It's Dave Bircheff on Higher Spire. P1

For some strange reason, which now eludes me, Dave and JB were wearing the same shirt. Perhaps it was a two for one, or maybe they boosted them on a dare.

Here's JB on P2.


Later that day, as we were walking back along the road to C4 with ropes slung across our shoulders, an approaching car slowed to a crawl, as the occupants checked us out. Chouinard's face loomed large in the passenger window. We could almost hear him saying "Who the f*ck are those guys?" He and Herbert had finished the FA of the Muir that morning, and were heading for the fleshpots. Deservedly so! We stared back in awe.

The torch was beginning to pass.........
hamie

Social climber
Thekoots
Oct 13, 2017 - 08:09pm PT
It looks like I am flogging a dead horse here. Ah well. Apologies are due to to the OP for hi-jacking his thread. Sorry 'bout that Don!

^^^^^ "Hint #1: He has a younger brother....." ^^^^^

Dave's younger brother is of course Phil Bircheff. The two of them subsequently teamed up with the late Jim Pettigrew for the FA of Lurking Fear.

This is Phil (you'll have to trust me here :))on the top of Phantom Pinnacle, an excellent 5.9 route. Phil was only 15 or 16 at the time, and he easily led the 5.9 pitch. According to the Red Roper there were then about 35 5.9 routes in the Valley, and only one 5.10, the Crack of Doom. Phil must have been one of the youngest, if not THE youngest to lead 5.9 in the Valley, and very likely on the continent as well. Most impressive.


Here's Phil starting the first rap off Phantom Pinnacle, a very exciting experience. We used the long sling around the waist and between the legs, with 6 biners method. It was all free, and you landed in the branches of a tree. Very exciting!!

Phantom Pinnacle is an excellent climb, but the approach will likely deter many of today's climbers.


Good times.
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Oct 28, 2017 - 04:21pm PT
"Phantom Pinnacle is an excellent climb, but the approach will likely deter many of today's climbers."
hamie

Social climber
Thekoots
Oct 28, 2017 - 05:54pm PT
Thanks, Ed. I just saved your photo.

I think that the route goes more or less up the centre of the sunny face.
Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Oct 29, 2017 - 05:16am PT
Tamara Robbins

climber
not a climber, just related...
Jul 4, 2018 - 10:17pm PT
Ken, I'm thinking maybe TM's head to back of us in truck?

No. 7 def not mom. Janie Dean?
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jul 5, 2018 - 07:52am PT
As bad as thaey come:

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