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deuce4
Big Wall climber
the Southwest
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 20, 2007 - 01:01pm PT
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Mike Lechlinski powering off some move:
I like Henry's expression on this one:
A bunch of studs on top of El Cap:
Warren and Alice trying out the newfangled stuff:
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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May 20, 2007 - 01:09pm PT
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Worst photos of best climbers:
Henry Barber, Cathedral Ledge, 1980:
Jim Dunn, Whitehorse Ledge, 1984
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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May 20, 2007 - 01:09pm PT
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Thanks Duece! Love the El Cap summit shot. You guys were so young!!
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deuce4
Big Wall climber
the Southwest
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Topic Author's Reply - May 20, 2007 - 06:04pm PT
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Hey Wall eye-
Must have been around '84. Fish and I just topped out on Iron Hawk, Coz and Cory on Zodiac, I think(?). Fun time.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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May 20, 2007 - 06:20pm PT
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those are all great - thanks for posting guys!
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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May 20, 2007 - 10:41pm PT
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Worst photos of best climbers: Photo of Coz (posted above) lookin' like he's ready to drop his drawers-
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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May 20, 2007 - 10:44pm PT
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Cool Photos, John.
Best, Roger
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Jun 26, 2007 - 02:03pm PT
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Here's some totally random stuff.
The bolt war equation.
Bizarre French protection. Sorry, lousy photo.
Cool braider action.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jun 27, 2007 - 09:21am PT
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I never gave rope-braiding much thought until I saw a bit about how it's done, interesting machines.
Post more photos sometime from the inside of the rope factory? Or the rig where you break them?
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Jun 27, 2007 - 11:18am PT
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No pics of test machines at the moment. I'd like to get a high speed camera sometime to capture ropes at the moment of break.
Here's the results of a few hours of work on Largo's anchor book.
Here's some dudes demonstrating how not to locate a belay to avoid falling ice. One of the belayers took a direct hit moments after the photo. Not too pretty.
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Jun 27, 2007 - 11:31am PT
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Interesting stuff.
Great photo of Batso, JM...
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handsome B
Gym climber
SL,UT
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Jun 27, 2007 - 11:47am PT
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Great stuff, please keep it coming!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jun 27, 2007 - 11:57am PT
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Broken biners, an unnerving sight. I didn't know you were busting those up too for the anchors book. Or were they just collateral damage?
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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Jun 27, 2007 - 12:06pm PT
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I'm more impressed with that completely tweaked Rapide! Wow!
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Jun 27, 2007 - 12:06pm PT
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Yes, collateral damage. A couple of them got hit by the mass and sheared in half (not in the photo). An expensive load cell also bit the dust.
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Jun 27, 2007 - 02:54pm PT
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Identify these fellows.
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emac
climber
New Hampshire
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Jun 27, 2007 - 03:03pm PT
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wootles digging for China
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Jun 27, 2007 - 03:08pm PT
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emac wading to China
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emac
climber
New Hampshire
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Jun 27, 2007 - 03:16pm PT
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... so I guess there must be...
wootles climbing to china [shop]
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jun 27, 2007 - 03:26pm PT
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That mixed lead looks exciting.
Was it Andy Ross a few pics back?
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Jun 27, 2007 - 03:46pm PT
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Deuce,
When is that first photo of Mike from? Not sure who the spotter in the foreground is but the guy in the hat spotting is my husband (before I knew him)!
Cool shot.
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Jun 27, 2007 - 03:58pm PT
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Andy Ross left, ? center, ? right?
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jun 27, 2007 - 03:59pm PT
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on L, maybe that's Dad on the R?
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Jun 27, 2007 - 04:02pm PT
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Yup, Paul on the right. The guy in the middle is the tough one. Just think of someone off the top or you head. -grin-
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deuce4
Big Wall climber
the Southwest
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 27, 2007 - 05:18pm PT
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crusher, that's Coz in the foreground of the first foto (Scott Cosgrove). I think that was a trip not too long ago, old dad timewise (sometime late 90's early 00's??).
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Jun 27, 2007 - 05:32pm PT
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Aha.
I think at the latest Spring '99... Bill's got his hat on so I can't see how grey (or not) he was then. We met Fall of '99. Boy, Mike hasn't changed much, huh?! Got any more?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jun 27, 2007 - 08:42pm PT
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If Coz spent some (more?) time in the integratron, maybe he wouldn't need that blue rinse?
OT, John, do you have the a postable version of that spine tingling tale of Danno getting ripped off and then recovering his stuff in Oakland?
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deuce4
Big Wall climber
the Southwest
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 27, 2007 - 09:30pm PT
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Regarding the piton, that was an old coveted piton, not sure who made it, recovered in Yosemite. The foto was taken, I think, at Steve G.'s house, while he was recovering from a broken ankle. Though my memory is about as good as the photo on this one.
Jaybo, don't have the story anymore, that one got me in a lot of trouble when I posted that on rec.climbing with my employers at the time. I didn't have a clue what Dano was really up to in Oakland that night when I published the story (I just thought it was another nutty adventure, like the time he got stuck all night under the Golden Gate Bridge because it became a crime scene--not related to his presence--while he was under there checking out rope swing possibilities). Joe Erlich was the one who told me what was probably really happening in Oakland that night, I was surprised by my own naievity.
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Jun 29, 2007 - 03:10pm PT
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bump because no one has guessed the identity of the guy in the middle.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Jun 29, 2007 - 07:32pm PT
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Joe Brown
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Jun 29, 2007 - 08:26pm PT
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We have a winner!
What'd you do, call Andy or Paul?
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jun 29, 2007 - 10:16pm PT
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Nice, Mark. I wouldn't have guessed.
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Jun 29, 2007 - 10:32pm PT
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Chiloe, Do you get my hint now? "...off the top of your head."
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jun 29, 2007 - 10:35pm PT
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Umm, I tried to get it but I was too dense!
My image of Joe Brown is a much younger guy who showed up in those John Cleare photos & such! Who woulda guessed he got older?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Jun 30, 2007 - 03:54am PT
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Yow, Deuce4, interesting comments, I may be a babe in the same woods, Naivete-wise. I just thought it was a riveting tale, well told. (I may have it on a hardrive, somewhere)
I did wonder if it might not be a less than favorite of your previous employer. But thanks for the versimilitude that crept through me when I read it!
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pimp daddy wayne
climber
The Bat Caves
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Jun 30, 2007 - 09:27am PT
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Duce, that el cap shot is so killer. I want to climb with a boom box like that. SO nice...............
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