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RRK
Trad climber
Talladega, Al
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here's my best climbing bud for the past 30 years - but this shot was only a couple of years ago. He's starting up after that long traverse on the backside of Shiprock. MalD, if you see him at NRG please don't spill the beans about this picture (I didn't get a model release or anything like that). I may have a couple more somewhere and will check around later on.
I never had any climber's-pantyhose for myself. I'm from 'Bama, and I'm skeered that I'd wind up in the emergency room wearing them. Maybe I could pass if they were the camo ones in the shot above. Naaah -"John Wayne don't wear lycra".
RRK
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Pam here....GREAT thread(s)! Wish I knew how to post pics, because we've got a LOT of them. Lycra was great stuff...really comfortable (really, to all you non-believers), and it actually wore really well. I can't remember ever blowing out of lycra, just wanting a new "flavor." Besides, it was fun! Better than everyone climbing in jeans and regular pants like they do now...seems weird to try to be athletic in jeans! Anyone remember the lycra parties we had at the "Alpine House?" Sure showed off a nice physique to good affect! :-) I can remember Japanese tourists asking us to pose for pictures in our lycra in the Tuolomne store parking lot....
Anyway, thanks for the fun romp down memory lane...just say no to cuffed baggy jeans!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Cool new stuff folks...(I myself was a covert lycra wearer...)
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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RE:
"Wish I knew how to post pics,"
there's this thing called Google and
if you phrase your questions even remotely well
it will answer them - it works! Even in Boulder.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
On my way to Boulder
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To post photos:
Open an account on www.photobucket.com. It's easy and free.
Upload photos there. Again, super easy with some button clicks.
Below the uploaded photos, there will be four lines of code. Copy the like that says "IMG Code". Paste what you just copied in your post on ST.com. The photo will then show up. If you remove the photo from photobucket, it will no longer show up on ST.com.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you need more assistance. Looking forward to more great photos!
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knieveltech
Social climber
Raleigh NC
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Now that I've climbed in lycra I can't see going back to jeans or cargo pants unless it's cold as hell outside. This stuff is fantastic.
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Here's one for Bachar.
I call it Funk-i-Tard.
It's from that same lycra site above.
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Apr 10, 2008 - 11:14am PT
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Here is the aforementioned bike shorts and leg warmer system in action in the early 80s.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 10, 2008 - 06:23pm PT
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This one was sent to me From Greg Davis...thanks.
Castle Rock, CO maybe 1985
Me on Never a Dull Moment.
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Apr 11, 2008 - 02:45pm PT
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Bump 'cause I like it. And it's better than another LEB drivel-thon.
BobD Don't you know that horizontal stripes make you look fat?
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 11, 2008 - 06:49pm PT
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Sportin some fashion on the summit of Devil's Tower...
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, Ca
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Apr 11, 2008 - 08:41pm PT
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Stylin' at the slabs...
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Apr 13, 2008 - 12:52pm PT
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123, don't look at me!
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mack
Trad climber
vermont
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Apr 13, 2008 - 01:49pm PT
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So, tell me this, I would love to wear lycra to climb in however, I'm umm, 50ish and not really a very good climber. Is that ok? Or would I feel funny? I love that Funky lycra site and would definately buy and wear them. Would other climbers think I was putting on airs? Please advise.
Leslie
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
On my way to Boulder
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Apr 14, 2008 - 09:42pm PT
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Will the patterns never cease? Great stuff!
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Apr 15, 2008 - 04:49pm PT
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Hank "plumb smuggler" Caylor nice pics! That is the bird suit lycra. Woohoo!
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Apr 15, 2008 - 04:52pm PT
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Leslie,
Whaat, climbers have airs? Wear whatever you want. Who's gonna see you anyway...way up there, where you are? :)
Back when the lycra craze had barely begun, I was on the start line for a XC ski race when this guy shows up in a neon tiger-stripped, nut-hugging outfit that set everyones' eyes a rolling.
I figured that anybody with the balls to wear that is probably gonna win the race. Sure enough, made the rest of us look like a bunch of pansies.
edit: BTW, congrats on the big move. Hope everything went smoothly.
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COT
climber
Door Number 3
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Apr 15, 2008 - 06:41pm PT
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sometimes you just say to yourself WTF was I thinking? circa 1986
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Apr 15, 2008 - 06:51pm PT
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Oh my eyes, MY EYES! It Burns!
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