Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
Esparza
Trad climber
Westminster, CA
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 05:21pm PT
|
Loved Rec.Climbing back in the day... Met some really good climbing partners/friends on there!
Mike
|
|
Wretchedalan
Social climber
Wisconsin
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 05:23pm PT
|
Lurked there
Lurk here.
Anyone want to share their opinions on Tiblocs
rick
|
|
Splater
climber
Grey Matter
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 05:50pm PT
|
Crawlin' from the wreckage
You'd think by now at least that half my brain would get the message
[Click to View YouTube Video]
|
|
Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 06:17pm PT
|
The only thing missing from usenet IMO was the ability to embed photos inline.
So...you never visited alt.als?
|
|
jbaker
Trad climber
Redwood City, CA
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 06:46pm PT
|
eKat - Yes, Eugene did distilled wisdom for rec.climbing and rec.backcountry, at least. I knew his name from things related to SAIL, the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, from back in the 80's (I remember a reference to him in comments in the LINPACK code from the 70's, but he is doubtful about that) and 90's, but didn't meet him in person until I moved to the Bay Area in the 2000's. It was a relief to see there was an actual human Eugene, and not just the bots that had been speculated. But Eugene definitely looked at the distilled wisdom automated posts as an experiment, so it isn't shocking that some would think it was a bot. In reality, Eugene was a polymath and active in skiing, climbing, hiking, work parties for Sierra Club huts, assisting friends with research projects in Alaska and Antarctica, and much more. One of the most interesting people I've had the pleasure to know.
|
|
steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 07:30pm PT
|
Great to hear, jbaker. He knew I was kidding. If you get to chat with him sometime please give him my kind regards.
Please give him my best wishes as well.
I used to get the occasional Christmas card from the "bot" back in the 90's. :-)
|
|
John Morton
climber
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 07:44pm PT
|
ah yes, rec.climbing
I see my postings starting in 1991, but can't figure out how to search in date order. I was happy to abandon rec.backcountry, which didn't reflect my narrow interest in rock climbing.
That seems so long ago, my first exposure to internet community life. I never noticed anyone from the 60s Berkeley/Yosemite scene. I remember being pissed at the proliferation of handles, as used by truckers with a CB radios. Real names were the thing.
|
|
brett
climber
oregon
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 08:15pm PT
|
I participated in the vote to split rec.climbing off from rec.backcountry
|
|
Bargainhunter
climber
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 08:46pm PT
|
Haha....using some of the links on this thread I was about to see some of my old posts from ~25 years ago! Cool!
|
|
rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 09:22pm PT
|
rec.climbing was cool and all, but I was mostly a lurker there. …spent most my time on alt.sysadmin.recovery.
|
|
Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 11:04pm PT
|
Atavism rools!
|
|
George
Ice climber
Los Alamos, NM
|
|
|
Mar 23, 2018 - 06:56am PT
|
Started there as a lurker back in the late 90s and have continued lurking here and elsewhere. I kind of miss USENET....
|
|
Majid_S
Mountain climber
Karkoekstan, Former USSR
|
|
|
Mar 23, 2018 - 07:50am PT
|
I should go back and restart trolling
|
|
Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
|
|
|
Mar 23, 2018 - 09:27am PT
|
Tradgirl!
Ate dinner with her at Red Rock a couple years ago. Still climbing and gettin' 'er done!
|
|
kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
|
|
|
Mar 23, 2018 - 10:14am PT
|
I was there...
|
|
crøtch
climber
|
|
|
Mar 23, 2018 - 10:28am PT
|
So...you never visited alt.als?
I have a feeling I don't want to look up alt.als at work.
|
|
Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Mill Valley, Ca
|
|
|
Mar 23, 2018 - 11:50am PT
|
In 1995 I discovered the internets at SF public library on 12" monochrome terminals, reading archived USENET posts via Deja News (which became Google Groups after endless name changes). A friend showed me how to open a free account at Vancouver Community Network and how to telnet in to use the Tin newsreader and Pine email - a vastly better experience. Good times!
Hung out and climbed with Inez (Gnar Gnar) a bunch of times, including a trip to J-tree, where I met Robert Fonda (RIP). Also climbed a bunch in the gym with Brutus of Wyde (RIP) and Nurse Ratchet. Joined several getogethers at Ironworks with the all of the above when Brian in SLC was in town on business. Also, had the privilege of climbing and hanging with my rec.climbing idol a couple times, the legendary Lord Slime.
Finally, here's a random blast from the past from former arch-nemesis Rex Pieper:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/258630/Hardmann-Knott-yer-still-a-poseur-Hi-from-ex-rec-climber
|
|
Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
|
|
|
Mar 23, 2018 - 02:14pm PT
|
Hardman! Don't forget we crushed the Snake Dike on Halfdome together. Prior to that, I didn't know what a potato(e) connoiseur was...
Note to self: get a slide scanner.
|
|
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|
Let us know!