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Curt
Boulder climber
Scottsdale, AZ
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Jan 18, 2005 - 08:45pm PT
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In addition to her climbing prowess, Elaine Matthews' bare breasts looked spectacular on the cover of the "Vulgarian Digest" magazine. I thought you would want to know, as an additional point of historical interest.
Curt
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slobmonster
Trad climber
berkeley, ca
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Feb 17, 2005 - 03:17pm PT
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Anyone have any stories about Chris-Ann Crysdale? Lives in Durango nowadays, with her husband Steve, and still puts up many hard(er than I can climb...) routes in the desert.
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Ouch!
climber
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Feb 17, 2005 - 03:35pm PT
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Don't leave out Crimpergirl. Strongest climber since King Kong.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Ca
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Feb 17, 2005 - 05:58pm PT
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Melissa, KB would be Kathy Brown. I don't have a clue what happened to her but she was around about the same time as Bev and Mariah. She climbed with all of us in the mid to late 70s in JT.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Feb 17, 2005 - 06:00pm PT
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It's all due to my vitamin intake...
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Feb 17, 2005 - 07:12pm PT
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In truth, and I don't take the truth lightly, you may well need to reserve a place in climbing history for Crimpy.
I sent her some pics of some nice unclimbed rock, and her ears perked up. With those high caliber thumbs, there should be no stopping her.
She did say I would have to wear the skirt though. I said I would if she will lead.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Feb 17, 2005 - 11:35pm PT
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Women were climbing long before the '70s.
Three years ago at the Sierra Peaks Section banquet, Ellen Wilts was the speaker. We went expecting to hear a lot about Tahquitz and Chuck, and instead were treated to a wondeful slide show of first ascents in the Canadian Rockies. She and Chuck were very active in the '40s exploring and climbing throughout Canada. Her slides were simply amazing, real treasures. Even better were the stories that went with the slides. Using only the crudest of equipment they went where no one had gone before.
She is white-haired now, but sharp as a tack, and a very lovely lady to boot.
Barbara Lilley was also an active mountaineer in the '40s. She is still leading ski and peak climbs for the Sierra Club.
No to mention women like Louise Werner who were not famous, just out climbing peaks throughout the desert southwest on a continuous basis.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 10, 2007 - 01:26am PT
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Welcome Anne-Marie... you had posted once a long time before.
Re-reading this thread it occurred to me that Frank Sacherer's wife was a climber too (divorced Frank before his move to Switzerland?).
Don't know about her...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 10, 2007 - 01:41am PT
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KB = Katherine Besio?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 10, 2007 - 01:48am PT
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I've got to try and remember the reference, but going back a ways in Yosemite lore, say 50's and even 40's there were a few compelling women doing stuff. I'm thinking before the big wall Golden Age of Robbin's et al.
I recall vaguely some good information on an accomplished women from the 40's who went to Stanford?
Someone help me out here...Ed?
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 10, 2007 - 02:03am PT
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There's quite a good book of essays by climbers, called Rock and Roses. Edited by Mikel Vause, published 1990. It includes essays by Rosie Andrews, Beth Bennett, Arlene Blum, Julie Brugger, Catherine Freer, Sue Giller, Linda Givler, Sibylle Hechtel, Cherie Bremer Kamp, Ruth Dyar Mendenhall, Dorcas Miller, Alison Osius, Wendy Roberts, Laura Waterman, Annie Whitehouse, and Elizabeth Woolsey. Some previously published elsewhere, some never published before.
Many of the essays are from climbers active in the 1970s and 1980s. Well worth reading, if you can find a copy. It may have been reprinted a few years ago.
In the late 1970s, a group from Seattle was often in the Valley in spring and autumn. Carla Firey and Julie Brugger did some very impressive climbs together, and were (and are) darn good climbers.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 10, 2007 - 02:25am PT
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Julie Brugger was a power house, C Freer about the strongest woman I ever met and some of you from the 70's probably remember another WA climber; Annie Tarver, who was a real pistol.
Have we not seen Catherine Destivelle and Jill Lawrence listed?
Here's a recent photo of Ellie Hawkins relaxing in T Meadows with Phil Bircheff:
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 10, 2007 - 02:37am PT
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Jan Baker - Colorado climber... married to Frank Sacherer 1966 - separated 1970?
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Feb 10, 2007 - 02:49am PT
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Melissa, there's no climber ever (male or female) that could take a personal dream and translate it into reality better than Catherine Destivelle.
Kim Czismazia can do any type of climbing, and was the first woman to climb as well as the best men on ice and mixed ice and rock.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 10, 2007 - 02:59am PT
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where the fukk did this thread get bumped from??
if i had to make a list of all the swole wimmen climbers i encountered between 75 - 85, it'd run pages.
these days, i get peiced out by begining FEEMMALS daily, weekly and monthly.
wtf, is this some kind of news item????
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Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
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Feb 10, 2007 - 08:41am PT
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Maybe cause I was younger than most, liked to read books and converse about non-climbing subjects, I got to pal around with some awesome women in Yosemite in the second half of the 70's. And your right, though well respected for their climbing ability by the dudes back then, they have stayed below the historical radar.
Ann Tarver-sweet crankin tabacco chewin
Anne-Marie Rizzi - captured the times like no one else with her writing
Barb Eastman and Sue Giller-also impressive nordic skiers
Catherine Cullinane (on ST as CathC)
Ellie Hawkins - who broke the granite ceiling at YMS
Shari McVoy-also a fantastic photographer
Mari Gingery -as stated above bouldered harder than most
Kathy Besio (KB) - my soul friend and also a pioneering female YMS guide
Beth Bennet - orbited through from Boulder, first female to do the Naked Edge I think.
Our own Blinny was a notable character back then and of course still!
Amy Laughlin (not sure about last name) - the Mari of Indian Rock
Julie Bruger - a regular spring visitor, very strong
Barbara Bein-from the Gunks came through regularly
Sybille Hechtel - back in C4 just a few years ago, still crankin
Maria Cranor - now an astrophysicist in Utah
Sue Harrington - bad ass and positive
The Wilts Sisters - where are they now?
Catherine Freer - 2nd ascent of Zenyatta Mondatta while it was streamin with water
I am sure I am forgetting someone.
Those were the days, the community of committed climbers was relatively small and anyone serious came to the Valley for extended periods. Nice to see this thread resurrected triggering many great memories.
Peter
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cintune
climber
Penn's Woods
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Feb 10, 2007 - 10:03am PT
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Henriette d'Angeville
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Feb 10, 2007 - 10:29am PT
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Although not a 5.11 climber, Cyndie Bransford, of Joshua Tree is one of So. Cals most well-traveled climbers, having climbed over 1000 climbs at Joshua Tree, as well as climbed in almost every state in America, and climbed in Europe and Australia too. More of a mom (she has 2 boys) than a super athlete, she is an inspiration to all working class single moms by showing us that through hard work and many days at the crags, many fantastic adventures and challenges and be accomplished. She also has climbed many S W desert towers, and authored a number of first ascents in Joshua Tree, all hand drilled on the lead. Her work early on with Friends of Josh and Access paved the way for many pro climber policies which are around today, thanks to her determination and deplomacy working with climbers and gov. agencies.
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Roman
Trad climber
3 hrs. from Seneca
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Feb 10, 2007 - 11:17am PT
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Nibs,
Jan Conn was a local to my area. Both Herb and Jan both did massive amounts of climbing all around the country including several FA's at Seneca (Conn's east and west and tons of others). Jan Conn was also the first woman to climb devils tower and that account has been posted onto the internet by her here:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/deto/all_girl_climb.htm
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Roman
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