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Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 18, 2019 - 08:42am PT

I have this set of circa 70s climbing shoes. They are in pretty bad shape and were stored around salt water for years. I don't know how one would clean them up. In Seattle, or you pay the mailing, but other than that they're free.

Two pair EBs. One pair Robbins, one each EB and Robbin.

Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jan 18, 2019 - 08:44am PT
I can smell ‘em from here!
Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 18, 2019 - 08:47am PT
Reilly hit the nail on the head. I wondered if someone making one of those dozens of period piece climbing movies from the 70s might want them. ;-)
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jan 18, 2019 - 08:51am PT
I could see Banksy doing sumpin’ with ‘em.
Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 18, 2019 - 10:32am PT
Dave Page doesn't want them. Arg to the garbage it is then.

(funny how quickly really weak threads drop down the page)
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Jan 18, 2019 - 03:41pm PT
Could be garnish on the Tomb of the Unknown Collector...
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Jan 18, 2019 - 03:58pm PT
let’s put the “hard” back into climbing Darwin. Other than the shoes you wouldn’t happen to have a straight shafted 70 cm ice axe...would you?

Edit: Actually EB’s are fine...I did my hardest Yosemite fa’s with them. Think of this....at that time everybody used EB’s. No one could blame their choice of shoes for failure.
johntp

Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
Jan 18, 2019 - 05:22pm PT
Other than the shoes you wouldn’t happen to have a straight shafted 70 cm ice axe...would you?

Really? I'll trade you a 70 cm Forrest axe for a pair of men's size 9 Fires.
Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 18, 2019 - 09:45pm PT
For me too, it was a big jump to EBs from Kronhofers and Cortinas(for rock shoes). The sticky rubber revolution afterwards just didn't seem such a big deal.

As far as straight shafted ice axes: I pretty much gave up anything but hiking in the mountains after using this to get up a blue iced Dana Couloir in late September '69. I know people ski it, probably do it in running shoes and all that, but you also know what people say about conditions (or ability of the climber). No pro. Like I'm going to impress Jim. ;-) Anyone know my partner on that one, Tom Fukuya?

This what you were thinking of Jim?:
Kalimon

Social climber
Ridgway, CO
Jan 19, 2019 - 01:12am PT
Yeah someone must want these for their latest super hard proj braj . . . just toss them in the rubbish bin of time.
Robb

Social climber
Cat Box
Jan 19, 2019 - 07:05am PT
Maybe I missed it, but what size(s)?
Off White

climber
Tenino, WA
Jan 19, 2019 - 10:12am PT

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