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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 28, 2019 - 09:27pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 28, 2019 - 09:35pm PT
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Fry Canyon Lodge is an esoteric one!
Historic Fry Canyon and Fry Canyon Lodge
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Fry Canyon Lodge is isolated, the only building for the entire length of Scenic Byway U95. It is 71 miles southeast of Hanksville, 51 miles west of Blanding, and 24 miles (including the 1˝ miles down Hite Road) from tiny Hite, Utah, which sits on the bank of the Colorado River and Lake Powell (at normal lake levels) inside Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
The infamy of Fry Canyon dates back to the 1950s when the AEC opened an uranium mine in Fry Canyon without telling the miners of the radiation to which they would be exposed and from which they might die (they did). Fry Canyon Lodge opened in 1955 and was a bustling, rowdy business in those days, but closed after the mines shut down, and the lodge fell into decay.
Lodge history after the mining bust is a bit sketchy, but we know it was restored by new owners and open in 2001 from an article titled "The Motel at the End of the Universe" at globeSouthwest Aviator. Restored again in 2005 by new owners, it was open mid-March through October. It was not terribly expensive ($100-125 including dinner and breakfast). The Lodge generated its own utilities, with a satellite phone for emergencies - public utilities including cellular are not available in the area. It sounds like the perfect place to get away from everything.
The Lodge was closed on our trip in September, 2012 (date of this photo), looking as if it had been closed for some time. I do not know if the Lodge was open when I passed by it in 2008 (date of most of the Scenic Byway U95 photos). It must have been open in 2008 - I remember thinking about making a reservation at the Lodge, but did not, electing to spend the night in Blanding before heading west on U95. I do not understand why I must have been in such a hurry when I drove by that I did not notice - I have always been interested in that outpost in the middle of nowhere (perhaps even more remote, now that Upper Lake Powell has dried up and Hite Marina is closed).
Nearby Hite Marina has been open only one season (2012) in the last decade as a result of the continuing drought - 19 years and counting. Perhaps that is a reason the Lodge closed, perhaps the USGS water purifying process of the uranium mine tailings failed? Whatever the cause, a unique and intriguing historical enterprise is out of business. Select Large Photo for a dark, cloudy-day photo of the Fry Canyon Lodge.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Jan 28, 2019 - 10:47pm PT
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Can't forget about Smith.
Surprised this was not posted before.
Does this count as a climbing T?
Historical Note
A while back there was a series of 5 or 6 shirts made in Squamish. On the back of each there was a diagram (too short to be a topo) of one of the more difficult sport routes. I never bought any of these shirts, as I never did any of the harder climbs! :)
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jan 29, 2019 - 07:34pm PT
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Hoarder alert...
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johntp
Trad climber
By decision or indecision we are where we are.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 29, 2019 - 07:45pm PT
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Brian- thought I had a collection. Headed to the basement (Tami being sent to the car reference).
TFPU
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jan 29, 2019 - 08:12pm PT
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I make up for a lack of quality with some quantity...
Let's get a fugly one out of the way:
Ha ha...
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Aeriq
Sport climber
100-year Visitor
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Jan 29, 2019 - 08:22pm PT
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 29, 2019 - 09:25pm PT
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jan 29, 2019 - 09:37pm PT
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Nice Rackliff art...!
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Powder
Trad climber
the Box
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Jan 29, 2019 - 11:58pm PT
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This thread is incomplete without this...
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Powder
Trad climber
the Box
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Jan 30, 2019 - 12:01am PT
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Mill Valley, Ca
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Jan 30, 2019 - 07:49am PT
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Let's get a fugly one out of the way
LOL. Chris gave me one at least a dozen years ago. I could never bring myself to wear it.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jan 30, 2019 - 08:17am PT
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You rock half that hairdo, though, Hardman...ha ha.
Annapurna shirt is a classic!
Not my t-shirt:
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Jan 30, 2019 - 09:57am PT
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 30, 2019 - 10:08am PT
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Mike. said:
Right on, Roy – not many Only climbing shirts out there.
The OC campaign was a short-lived but tasty Access Fund campaign that was spawned by interim director Sam Davidson and myself. A sweet series of ads, but only one made it onto a shirt.
The test print run of the shirt was a disaster. Someone had tried to touch up the rope, and completely F’ed it up. The revised art, as on your shirt, looked good, but purists will never forgive me for flopping El Cap. Which I understand. The print ads were right-page placements, and it looked super awkward with the climber's head in the gutter. So that’s why I flopped it. The route is WEML, climbed mostly* solo around ’98 in 13 days, shot with a 28mm f2.8 Nikon FM2, partly cloudy and windy, making it a skeet-shooting affair. *Thanks to that dood walking the base who flipped my errant haul line for me so I could speed haul a bag. Way more trivia than one shirt should be allowed… To your final sentiment: I wholeheartedly disagree! Back story is part and parcel to provenance, and frequently interesting to collectors. I'd imagine most of the artwork being shared here is not in the hands of the original designers, or we would probably have more!
I received two of those Only Climbing shirts from CMAC, along with some guidebooks, IIRC as a contribution to my medical bills benefit back in 2009. Either that, or in thanks for some of the Dean Fidelman Yabo/Planet X posters I donated to the ASCA. I always wondered what was up with those shirts, so thanks for piping in, Mike!
You want more trivia than should be allowed? Ha ha. Those arms have been ridden hard and put up wet, as the old horse traders of yore used to say about a mount that was abused. And the bottle, with that bright red wax sealing stamp for a label is from a 1997 vintage Terrabianca Campaccio Riserva, a renowned Tuscan IGT. And the custom bottle cork will actually hold and preserve the spritz from an open bottle of Italian Prosecco!
BTW: there has been one Phoenix Contest T-shirt posted up thread:
 Also, pretty cool that it was an item expressly produced for issuance to a judge, yes?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 30, 2019 - 12:02pm PT
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Yeah: if anyone is holding more Phoenix Bouldering Contest shirts, please kick them out!
Wouldn't it be cool to see them all?
Who knew that T-shirts were nearly as collectible as Chouinard Piolet wood-shafted ice axes? Ha ha.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Jan 30, 2019 - 12:15pm PT
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Mike said:
Surprised to not see Phoenix Bouldering Contest shirts. Greg, how many years did they have shirts? All 14? Rick the dick probably knows. I have the one with the gorilla tucked away somewhere, I think '89.
I have one from #9 in my spraydown above. I have a couple or three others I can post up.
There were shirts for most of the PBCs, I believe.
I think Marty has a fairly full contingent hanging around somewhere IIRC.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Jan 30, 2019 - 12:24pm PT
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from my previous post brozilla.... sweatshirt
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johntp
Trad climber
By decision or indecision we are where we are.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2019 - 04:45pm PT
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Not vintage, but I like em
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