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john hansen
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 6, 2008 - 09:00pm PT
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I saw the classic photo of Bridwell ,Long and Westbay, after the NIAD ,in the Shield headwall thread..
There are not many climbing photo's as iconic as that.
What other climbing photos would make your top 10,, or top 100 list of the best ,,, ever.
'Separate Reality'?
Bacher, free solo .
Perhaps that one of Robinson , Leonard, and Eichorn on the top of Higher Cathedral Spire.
Maybe Chicken Skinner can pull out a few old gems..
And Largo,, who took that classic shot? ,,, or was it on a self timer setup?
That would be a good story just by it's self.
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Eastside
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I think I've seen this one on ST before. Just scanned from "The Dolt - A Eulogy" in CLIMBING July - August 1976
edited to add:
Oops, not really a climbing photo, but I'll leave it up and look for something else. Give me a few days.
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john hansen
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2008 - 09:14pm PT
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Hoss,
That,, is a great picture,,
Thanks
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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I was born in August of 1976. Just sayin'
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Mark Powell on the left?
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Domingo
Trad climber
El Portal, CA
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As much as I disagree with what he stood for:
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Domingo
Trad climber
El Portal, CA
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Also, my dial-up can't find it, but the one of Lynn Hill freeing the nose in '94 is pretty iconic to me.
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marky
climber
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I LOVE the shot of Barry Blanchard in Alpinist, where he stares vacantly into the camera from his shack.
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Jim E
climber
Mountain Road
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Not that I've ever aspired to climb Himalayan peaks but the National Geographic article in which this photo appeared is one of the ones that inspired me to take up climbing.
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Scary Larry
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Anybody have the old Dolt poster of the Traitor Horn?
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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How about some Hot Henry photos
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Jim E
climber
Mountain Road
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Can't find the photo but there's one of John Stanard (jstan) on Foops that is definitely iconic.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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This series of Chappy working the Owl by Ed Boyles in the 1973 Ascent always did it for me. This last (top) pic with Mark looking around the corner just sort of calls out, "Look where we are and where we can take climbing."
I didn't crop out the list of thin cracks cuz I thought some might find it amusing if they had never seen the article. It accompanied Bridwell's piece entitled, "The Innocent, The Ignorant And The Insecure: the rise or fall of the Yosemite Decimal System."
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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Since I *don't* disagree with what he stood for...
I own a copy of this too, btw. =)
While looking for a copy of it, I came across this! Very Cool!!!
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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No sh#t...? You have all those? Whoa! That's badass!!!! I loved looking at those covers.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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great selections everyone!
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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What's up, Ray? I haven't seen any art posts from you in a while...? Post up, buddy!
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WanderlustMD
Trad climber
Lanham MD
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I don't have either, but I'm thinking of Royal Robbins lounging on El Cap Spire during the FA of the Salathe, and either Chuck Pratt or Frost leading the headwall...can't recall which...
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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Skinner and Piana freeing the Salathe
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the Fet
Knackered climber
A bivy sack in the secret campground
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edit: i don't have either, but I'm thinking of Royal Robbins lounging on El Cap Spire
Funny I posted that photo w/o seeing that comment. Defineatly iconic.
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Jim E
climber
Mountain Road
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Mustn't forget this dude.
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Want to check out some iconic photos? Check
out the book 'Yosemite in the Sixties' by Glen Denny.
WOW! All the heros in this one.
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kev
climber
CA
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The Reeds shot is fuicking awesome!!!!!!!!!!
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rick d
Social climber
tucson, az
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someone needs to post Herman Buhl's photo from camp on Nanga Parbat.
of course, my all time fav is Karl and Max chopping wood the day before starting the Eiger (from Roth's book).
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Orion
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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It would be great to get a story about the nose in a day story from John, maybe he'll explain why he's wearing that one black glove. I believe that photo was taken before Michael made the one glove famous, perhaps he saw the NIAD photo?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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scuffy b
climber
up the coast from Woodson
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I haven't seen it online, and I don't have it hosted, but...
Amy Fillin looking serene in the lower part of Midterm.
This was used as the cover for Learning to Rock Climb.
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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426 - Yes, that's Warren on The Harding Route, Keeler Needle. Of course, photo was by Galen Rowell.
Werner, do the rest of us wankers a favor and place some f*#king pro, dude! At least grimace a bit or something! Sheesh!
Seriously, when I see that shot of Werner on the Enduro Corner i"m in awe. Rad!
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the Fet
Knackered climber
A bivy sack in the secret campground
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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oh! GOOD call, Fet!!! That's one of my favorites! I wish I could purchase this print!
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Jim E
climber
Mountain Road
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Healyje,
Adair By the Sea!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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From an article on Middle Cathedral, Mountain Magazine:
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Tar..?
That 1st N.A Climber photo, is that Kaulk on 'Open Cockpit' ?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Kauk on Supercrack.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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I was all:
"hu'uh? With rock of that texture, stoppers and a small hex and what looks like fall colors in the BG ?"
But... SuperCrack of the Gunks, not IC yeah ?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Yes, Gunks Supercrack.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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From the "The Alps I Love", photo by Michael Serraillier
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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"The meditation of the happy few":
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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54 posts and THIS hasn't surfaced??
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Greg Epperson photo!
Anyone have the one with Joe & Paul Stettner
by their motorcycles in the Rockys?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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from CLIMB!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Has somebody got a scan of the Godfrey/Chelton photo of Roger Briggs on the Diving Board?
I actually watched Roger make the FFA of that route, the only witness I think, and their later
photo sure seemed iconic to me.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Pat Ament, from CLIMB!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Tarbuster, that's the one. If you've led that pitch, you know the reach.
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WBraun
climber
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I like this one because in the next frame you can't see here is he slides off .......eeeeeeeaaaahhhhhhHHH
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Yes Chiloe,
I led that Diving Board thing...
I got up to that reach, 'felt like a stretch.
So I slithered down a few moves in the offwidth (didn't weight any gear) thought of Werner soloing in the Valley Wide arena and charged back up for the finish.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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I had my own sequence for that crux, different from Roger's ... left jam low, step high, torque up and reeeeach with your right ....
Worked for me. I loved Diving Board, for a while.
Back before the Naked Edge went free, Bob Culp's shop sold a postcard of two aid climbers, with pigeons flying around behind them. I've forgotten who took that picture, which was inspiring as well.
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Jim E
climber
Mountain Road
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Tarbuster,
You seem to have lots of scans of early issues of Climbing. Would you happen to have the cover shot of a certain blond kid on Rosy Crucifixion? Probably on one of the first 5 or 6 issues.
edit: maybe not iconic to some but certainly to me.
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hlehmann
Trad climber
San Fernando Valley
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Tarbuster:
I have that book, and that shot is by far the most memorable one in it. I remember it hanging in the Yosemite climbing shop about 20 years ago or so. The rope hanging below him completely makes the shot.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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edit: maybe not iconic to some but certainly to me.
Hah! I heard last week from a certain guidebook author who is trying to get Eric A to unearth the
original of that photo from somewhere in his garage, where allegedly it was last seen.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jim E,
No, I do not have that issue.
...Now hanging my head low in shame.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Larry on Rosy...
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john hansen
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 7, 2008 - 08:38pm PT
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Bestor Robinson, Dick Leonard, and Jules Eichorn. Higher Cathedral Spire. 1936
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Useta be young ... cool, Greg.
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Walleye
climber
Under the dwarf maples near The Same Mansion
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Ok, maybe not an iconic photo, but definitly an iconic climb and one of my favorite climbing photos. The only way it could be better is if it were J.B. himself in the picture.
Photo: Greg Epperson
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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This one was iconic in 1975, and still is. So iconic that I've seen several derivative commercial versions in the last while. Take as the American K2 expedition first got to greenery on the way home.
Taken by Galen Rowell, and an evocative photo of a good friend.
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Chewbongka
climber
लघिमा
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That one pretty much sums it up MH!
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Skycutter
Big Wall climber
Hollywood, CA
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Nanga Parbat, July 4, 1953. Buhl returning to camp, shattered after an open-air bivy (standing up, no food, no O2, and his sweater (!) left at the tent) on descent from the only solo FA of an 8,000 meter peak.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Ideeho
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Whillans
I was trying to find the pic of Whillans hiking into a Himalayan base camp shirtless and carrying an umbrella on his pack while passing a tribesman. Does anybody recall that one?
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Skycutter
Big Wall climber
Hollywood, CA
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Nice post, Michael. That photo of Buhl in your post is my favorite. If I'm not mistaken, it was taken on the same day (or one day later?) than the photo I posted, when he returned to high camp from the summit of Nanga Parbat.
Amazing to look at his face and realize he's 29 years old at the time.
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rick d
Social climber
tucson, az
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Michael Hjorth-
that is the one. he looks cooked!
The other inspiring photo is Hugh Herr on Stage Fright on Cathedral (cheating with those stick legs).
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Michael Hjorth
Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
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T.W.
Sure, how could we forget?
From Greg Childs book, Thin Air:
Whillans strolls along the trail, shielding himself occasionally from the beating sun with a red umbrella.
As he rounds a bend on the path he confronts a gaunt, ash-covered yogi. It is a meeting of the worlds.
They stare at each other for a moment, then the yogi raises his open palm for Whillans to drop a coin into.
'Hmm,' Whillans says. 'Are you on some sort of sponsered walk?'
Whillans then grasps the yogi's hand firmly and shakes it, utterly confounding the Indian.
Whillans, 1981
Michael
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Michael Hjorth
Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Don Whillans is ofcause a true iconic character.
As a young climber I attended a lecture he gave in Copenhagen. After the public lecture (about Annapurna Southface) there was a small private gathering for the club VIPs (of which I certainly was not).
But I managed to squeeze in. Here Whillans told all the old stories and showed pictures from his youth.
This is me on the Bonatti Pillar! showing himself leading with a flatcap, a shouldersling with 5-6 carabiners and pegs.
Hammer in pocket and rope around his waist.
It reminds me of the climber we saw on Kullen [Danish outcrop in Sweden] on Sunday, with 30 different chocks and friends for a 10 meter route!'
(In fact the route Fingerjam Chiloe had a picture of on S.T. two years back...)
While staying a week at our chaimans place, he emptied a box of beers (24 bottles) per day, and toured with him around town (and to Kullen) on the passengers seat of his motorbike in midwinter with the same bare chest straight under his coat. Ofcause without helmet.
He gave me a copy of his book. I was proud.
Michael
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Michael is breaking out the good stuff.
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WBraun
climber
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If you look at the sadhu in the above photo as Whillans is approaching you can see he has an ax in his right hand.
The smart ass Whillans was just a few more words away from getting his head chopped off.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Thanks, MH, for the pictures of Arne Nćss! Very nice.
Was the picture from the 1930s taken at Kolsĺs, and if so, which route?
The photo of Leif Patterson is from "In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods", which includes many good historical photos.
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Michael Hjorth
Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Mighty,
Kolsĺs just outside Oslo, yes.
But I am not a local of that crag, and do not know which route, sorry.
M
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Werner - my money was on the bar-brawler Whillans dropping that axe-wielding beanpole like a bad habit. :-)
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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^^^^^^^^^^ isn't that Roger! ^^^^^^^^^^
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Ouch! channels ihateplastic. Who is that mystery man in the photo?
Edit: The climber is wearing EBs, which suggests the photo was taken in the 1970s, or early 1980s. Was Royal white enough on top at that time?
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Tarbuster
climber
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I am going to guess wild and say it is an older Royal Robbins.
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Michael Hjorth
Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
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No, no, Mighty, look at the gear loops on the harness. Stiff plastic. And a small closable chalkbag. No such things in the seventies.
Either the person hasn't worn out his old EB's (unlikely as he looks capable with a powerfull twist of the shoulders) or he has borrowed the hole lot from Ouch!
A visiting euroclimber...?
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Tarbuster has a fine sense of icony.
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Tarbuster
climber
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Chiloe,
You're such a hold out!
Made the cover and everything.
Well, moving along, I think we need a picture of those guys on top of the Eigerwand after the first ascent.
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Weenis
Trad climber
Tel Aviv
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Hobo Ledge, circa 1980
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Made the cover and everything.
Must have been my 15 minutes. I gotta say it was a total surprise to me when
that came in the mail. As Jim's finding indicates, not a collector's item!
Yo Jim, are you gonna break the middle-marker story, or break some more perlon first?
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Jim E
climber
Mountain Road
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Gotta break more. I think all I found is that I have to break a lot more. Drops too, I suppose.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Chiloe: "Tarbuster has a fine sense of icony."
I con't take it any more!
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morphus
Mountain climber
Angleland
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great thread
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morphus
Mountain climber
Angleland
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Buhl's final steps..
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Dragon with Matches
climber
Bamboo Grove
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morphus: Kasparek on the Hinterstoisser Traverse?
The Chogolisa photo is chilling. I once attended a presentation by Kurt Diemburger and he was discussing this day. Maybe Buhl, who had written that he felt his sole mission in life was to climb, somehow knew that he had created his masterpiece or reached his pinnacle on NP. Seemed like such a careless mistake by a guy who was superhuman.
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Tar, those icons were GREAT! The only real Bond. Shaken, not stirred.
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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I always liked.. Mr March 1986, is this pic to big? To funny Cosmic!
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nature
climber
Santa Fe, NM
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Dwayne, you look a little like Billy, or maybe The Bird. Locker, you look a little like....
LOCKER!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Fine collection, Mimi. The Hennek cover is one I haven't seen in a while. Herr climbing Stage Fright is a "Wow" image that comes to mind every time I walk past that wall. There never seems to be someone on it.
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Roger Breedlove
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Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Old EBs, old climber, new harness, new caulk bag, tight top-rope, new picture = truth
a powerful twist of the shoulders = internet magic
Older than Royal! ouch!!!
Buzz
PS: Kirk, Raquel, Sean
proof that there is hope and goodness in the real world outside of climbing.
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72hw
Trad climber
Hollyweird, CA
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Now I know that this will not be considered 'iconic' by many of the old gaurd, but with all due respect, many of my generation and those coming up now find this cover shot of Sharma to be exactly that.
I know, I know, not in the Valley, not prior to 1990... still, this pic inspired me to find out more about how this guy came to be hanging upside down on his fingers and a whole new world of heroes, people like Bridwell, Robbins, Tobin and Long to name only a few, was revealed because of it!
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J. Werlin
climber
Cedaredge
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That's the stuff Cosmic!!!
72h-something: no excuses, Sharmas in.
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J. Werlin
climber
Cedaredge
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Tarbuster--
who is that traversing the Rippper? Bachar?
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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No, that shot Tarbousier posted awhile back of the Ripper Traverse is John Long, replicating a classic shot of John Gill I think. In that one post the Tarbaby hit the two I had in mind, that Ripper shot and the one of Jardine on Separate Reality, which I think of as the definitive picture of that climb.
It's interesting that many of the iconic photos used to be magazine cover shots, but the modern mags cover up their photos with blurbs and copy, as if it was some version of People magazine, and the potential for iconic status vaporizes, it's just another advertising vehicle. When was the last time anyone cut up a climbing mag cover and framed it? The Sharma shot offered up by the new wave is great in the sense that the mag left a little dignity to the image.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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This photo of a chap topping out on the Walker Spur, Grand Jorasses, may not be iconic in the sense that we saw it a lot,
But to my mind, it is nonetheless quite iconic,
Because he's in that sweet spot way up there off the deck, completing a treacherous route:
He's cold, tired, exhilarated, and savoring those final edging moves.
And
he is STILL (and oh so) ALIVE, he has, save the descent, survived the climb:
From Gaston Rebuffats The Mont Blanc Massif, The 100 Finest Routes
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Surely Leo Dickinson's Dream of White Horses qualifies as iconic.
How many people have climbed the route because of this photo?
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Fairfax, CA
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Mar 10, 2008 - 07:15pm PT
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland: what's not to love?
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Mar 10, 2008 - 08:17pm PT
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Who's got the pic of Yaniro's log-sized forearm in Joshua Tree?
Long pressing out a mantle with cigarette?
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Tarbuster
climber
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Mar 10, 2008 - 08:25pm PT
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Tarbuster
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Mar 10, 2008 - 09:33pm PT
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Hey Mimi,
You're on deck sweetheart:
Crack that Climbing #59 and scan us the Largo mantling with the ciggie...
Pretty please?
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Domingo
Trad climber
El Portal, CA
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Mar 11, 2008 - 03:37pm PT
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scuffy b
climber
up the coast from Woodson
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Mar 11, 2008 - 04:05pm PT
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Can't anyone post up the shot of Amy in Midterm?
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Gobie
Trad climber
Northern, Ca.
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Mar 11, 2008 - 04:32pm PT
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Great pic of Beckey. Just talked to him last two weeks ago and he was skiing in Utah (said he hates the rain in Seattle...Go figure)
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john hansen
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 11, 2008 - 09:32pm PT
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Roy, that one with Liz and Royal is classic...
Bacher's are incredible, as usual.
Great pic's everyone. Lets see some more.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Denver, Colorado
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Mar 12, 2008 - 09:50am PT
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I love the one of Dream of White Horses! Does anyone have the pic of Henry Barber free-soloing the Dream?
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Mar 12, 2008 - 09:59am PT
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Can't believe no one's posted this one:
Thank you John for all you've done.
Mal
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Denver, Colorado
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Mar 12, 2008 - 12:02pm PT
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Rusty Baillie FA Old Man of Hoy
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Mar 12, 2008 - 01:59pm PT
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Speaking of...thanks for that great photo of Lynn on the Nose.
Also, of Kamps. look at that guy's arms!!
Keep rippin'
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frodolf
climber
Sweden
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Mar 13, 2008 - 09:51am PT
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Any pictures of Charlie Porter in action, anyone?
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Skycutter
Big Wall climber
Hollywood, CA
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Mar 13, 2008 - 11:43am PT
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Thanks Malcolm-- that picture of JB hiking the lamb is killer.
Very inspiring, as so many shots of John are. F*#KING BADASS.
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Gene
climber
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Mar 13, 2008 - 11:58am PT
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CP on the FA of the Shield.
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Mar 13, 2008 - 06:20pm PT
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Gene,
Great shot of Porter...THE FA of the Shield. Damn.... The cracks above him aren't pinned out yet (weird thought, sorry).
Thanks for posting that one.
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Tarbuster
climber
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Mar 13, 2008 - 07:18pm PT
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Never seen that particular Shield photo!
I think another real Iconic Shield shot is the color pic looking down at maybe Sutton, cleaning.
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Gene
climber
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Mar 13, 2008 - 07:24pm PT
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That photo was lifted off the Taco beta page for the Shield.
GM
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Mar 14, 2008 - 10:42am PT
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Beth Rodden "Queen of Rock"
GO
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Mar 14, 2008 - 12:04pm PT
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That Beth Rodden - cheeky!
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fattrad
Mountain climber
GOP Convention
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Mar 14, 2008 - 12:08pm PT
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How about someone posts up the classic Messner/Habler guide sweater photo?
Jody's evil twin.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Mar 14, 2008 - 04:24pm PT
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a truly Iconic image (it was in my head between decades of actual
viewing) From Scuffy B;
Anyone here, that calm & collected, at the lower crux of Midterm?
I'm also partial to the one the Colonel has (in his enclave) of me, cleaning the triple cracks.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 17, 2008 - 07:59am PT
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Barto
climber
Minneapolis, MN
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Mar 17, 2008 - 10:54am PT
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RE Bard on Bridwell's 4 Rurp belay:
Is that all there really was? Could they haul on that?!
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Double D
climber
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Mar 17, 2008 - 10:59am PT
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Barto: No, there was a 1.5" bolt and a 1" bolt (or rivit???) ...I broke the last drills that I had, the rock was super dense and the rurps were A-1. We didn't haul there but just climbed through.
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Barto
climber
Minneapolis, MN
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Mar 17, 2008 - 01:05pm PT
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DD--
Interesting. This is still one of my favorite photographs of all time. That grin coveys the elation that I've felt when things get outrageous.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Mar 18, 2008 - 07:42am PT
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These are good BUT the best photo EVER is Dave Diegelman grinding his teeth while try to get the clip on Seperate Reality!
I don't have a scanner. I remember stumbling into the local climbing shop and looking at the book section- There was a picture of Devils Tower and it blew me away to think that it could be climbed-Thirty plus years later I can still remember how amazed I was
In Vertical world of Yosemite there is a picture of El Cap with a little red dot showing some climbers-
From the Chouinard catalog Tobin Sorenson buckling his helmet on the Eiger
TarBuster thanks for the Birds shot on Naked Edge- is that from "Climb"
Great thread
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Mar 18, 2008 - 07:58am PT
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Beth on Meltdown
photo by Corey Rich
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Michael Hjorth
Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Mar 18, 2008 - 08:44am PT
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 18, 2008 - 09:06am PT
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Now we're talkin.
Michael, how about posting the iconic photo of Yablonski on Wheat Thin for us?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 18, 2008 - 12:43pm PT
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Gotta get this one in before the thread sinks back into the quick sand...
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Denver, Colorado
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Mar 18, 2008 - 12:50pm PT
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What the heck are those shoes? (great pic) Almost look like cut-up EB's
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scuffy b
climber
up the coast from Woodson
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Mar 18, 2008 - 01:02pm PT
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They're cut-up EBs.
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bonin_in_the_boneyard
Trad climber
Up the 'Creek w/out a Prada
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Mar 18, 2008 - 02:12pm PT
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This thread made my day.
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martygarrison
Trad climber
atlanta
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Mar 18, 2008 - 02:14pm PT
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Largo......how about those socks!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 19, 2008 - 10:56am PT
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The Kloberdanz Kid:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 19, 2008 - 11:22am PT
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Denver, Colorado
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Mar 19, 2008 - 11:24am PT
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Breashears!! I remember standing at the bottom of Mickey Mouse Wall looking up at Krystal Klyr and Perilous Journey. Man!, I could not even get my head around what it would take to lead those!
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frodolf
climber
Sweden
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Mar 22, 2008 - 04:03pm PT
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Seb Greive on "Meshuga", E9.
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Mar 22, 2008 - 04:27pm PT
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khanom
Trad climber
in between
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Mar 22, 2008 - 05:31pm PT
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awesome-r every day
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Double D
climber
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Mar 22, 2008 - 05:34pm PT
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GDavis: Love that Yabo shot...that's so...Yabo!
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khanom
Trad climber
in between
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Mar 22, 2008 - 10:40pm PT
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Stay on front page bump
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Mar 22, 2008 - 11:01pm PT
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Every single photo in Yosemite Climber book.
talk about a thread killer post.
in particular the Quicksilver pics, Camp 4 pic, and Bircheff-W dihedral, fired my imagination on many occasion.
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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Mar 23, 2008 - 01:34am PT
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Can someone please post more photos so we can get to the next page...? I'm tired of seeing Beth each time I load the thread! Time for change!
I'll get things going...
This image is iconic to me, for during the time this was going down, I was living in the valley and shared a camp with Alex and Thomas for a few months. Good times and a badass send, for sure!!!
Alex and Thomas on Zodiac
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mar 23, 2008 - 09:45am PT
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perhaps this is helping you get past it Nef, but what have you got against Beth? I have no problem seeing that photo (even though this post might push it off the top post in the next 20)...
...I'm happy that some of the development in the Valley is being reported at all. One could get the impression that it is a museum of old climbs instead of an active climbing area... with route development happening on very public cliffs. Just got a bunch of topos from Eric Gable on stuff he has been doing, with some help from his friends (I'm learning how to be a superior subman). On three pages I have 16 new routes from 5.7 to 5.10d... most of these have been submitted for inclusion in the next edition guide book, but right now who knows if and when that will ever be issued. A month ago we started up a line right in the middle of Reed's Pinnacle area. It was sweet to have the "peanut gallery" down at the turnout puzzling through their guidebooks trying to find the stellar 5.8 line we were on. Eric finished it up with Ian, and I think that Clint has actually done it. Eric and I and Brent had completed a 9 pitch climb on Reed's which goes at something like 5.10c and is a great climb. Few will learn about it, fewer will climb it.
The Valley is seeing a great deal of route development throughout the grade range. I'm glad that people like Beth are interested and active. Climbing's article by Doug Robinson on Sean Jones was yet another indication of what is happening. These reports are only the very minor tip of the iceberg...
It's happening out there, I don't regret any reportage of it... there are some truly great climbs, classics, that few people know about.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Mar 23, 2008 - 02:46pm PT
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Is there any photo of the Bird that is NOT iconic? Photo Edgar Boyles.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Mar 23, 2008 - 02:49pm PT
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And finally, well... for now, this always made me want to get out there and something, anything.
Dennis Hennek topping out on the NA Wall. Photo by Robbins.
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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Mar 23, 2008 - 05:54pm PT
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"but what have you got against Beth?"
I think what Beth did is amazing, Ed!!! Fo' shizzle. And all of the new development in the valley is amazing. I've been amazed at some of the stuff I've seen/photo'd going up and have helped put up myself, recently. Simply amazed that it was SO close to other things, such as parking lots and highly developed areas. Just goes to show how much potential is still out there.
Seriously, it's a personal thing. You ever have someone who's laugh just bugs the f*#k out of you? You think they're plenty nice, and you feel bad cause their laugh, of all things, is like fingernails grating on a chalkboard to you. Well, some things about Beth are like that for me. Other than that, she's nice and pleasant, climbs super hard, etc. =)
Carry on.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Varied locales along the time and space continuum
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Mar 23, 2008 - 11:25pm PT
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The Charlie Fowler photo is awesome... right in the maw of it all! And Alex Lowe... well that is so Alex Lowe.
Thanks to all for making this another "best ever" taco thread. I'm enjoying it immensely.
Fletch
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jewedlaw
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Mar 24, 2008 - 12:16am PT
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Where does that Charlie photo come from? What's the story of the "fall"?
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Mar 24, 2008 - 01:33pm PT
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That picture of Charlie was a Patagonia ad I think, too.
Something like Charlie climbing in 'full conditions'
And I guess that wasn't his biggest fall either. I'd read he
took a 4000 footer over in the Himalaya at one point too.
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Mar 24, 2008 - 02:22pm PT
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JSTAN on Foops!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 24, 2008 - 05:44pm PT
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John Bragg in the Gunks:
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 24, 2008 - 06:13pm PT
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Looks like Jstan is free soloing FOOPS, while holding the coiled rope in his hand, all while his friends below look on in awe.
Whoa man, you da man jstan ....
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mar 24, 2008 - 06:52pm PT
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jstan, whatever happens at the 08 FaceLift it would be nice to get out on a route with you...
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Mar 24, 2008 - 07:03pm PT
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What is that photo of, i think eldo, black and white... guy leading some heinous crack and you see the haul line go plumb down to the belay... I think early 70s... meh.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 24, 2008 - 10:10pm PT
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I think you're talking about Roger Briggs on the Diving Board in Eldorado Canyon.
You'll find that up thread.
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john hansen
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2008 - 10:37pm PT
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here is one more to get it to 200..
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Varied locales along the time and space continuum
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Mar 25, 2008 - 11:58am PT
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Was that Half Dome team representing the Sharks or the Jets????
Classic!
Fletch
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jstan
climber
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Mar 25, 2008 - 11:59am PT
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I don't know how ST manages to keep generating these mind blowing threads, but it does. Looking at all the youngsters pictured here I asked myself if I had it to do over again would I change anything. No.
Last year at Facelift I thought briefly about going nostalgic and touching the rock. But then I got involved doing the hardest route I have ever done. Rt.120. Was a great party on that one. Ed, Crimpie, Eric, Jingy, and many others. Maybe this year.
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L
climber
You can't get there from here
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Mar 25, 2008 - 12:18pm PT
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Warren Harding in loafers and cuffed jeans.
I mean...what's wrong with that picture???
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Mar 25, 2008 - 12:21pm PT
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L Are those loafers, or boat shoes?????
Look at the white soles!
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L
climber
You can't get there from here
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Mar 25, 2008 - 12:32pm PT
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Booooooooooaaaaaaaaaaattttt shoes! Oh yes, that's so much easier to believe....
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 25, 2008 - 01:40pm PT
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These boys look pretty formidable too:
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rick d
Social climber
tucson, az
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Mar 25, 2008 - 01:48pm PT
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Buhl looks pretty big for an infant.
he was born in 1924.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 25, 2008 - 01:59pm PT
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Yes I was wondering that myself.
That's from an article on Albert Ellingwood, from Climbing number 70; I didn't see any mention of Buhl in it, so I'm thinking that's a Coloradan or American of the same name.
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Mar 26, 2008 - 06:59am PT
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Comici...wow
Nice pics. Dude had some style too. Check them shooz! and pants!
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Mar 26, 2008 - 07:37am PT
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Tar
I know it's not the Hermann Buhl of
Nanga Parbat fame. No relation to him either.
I can't remember where I read it, but if I find
it I'll put it in the link.
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WanderlustMD
Trad climber
Lanham MD
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Mar 26, 2008 - 07:42am PT
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Those are great shots of Comici. Talk about getting the rope behind your leg!
Those guys were heroes.
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Michael Hjorth
Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Mar 26, 2008 - 02:55pm PT
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Gene,
Great Comici film!
I like the comment after running out a pitch:
"The most important thing in climbing is the mutual security...!"
I am not sure, though, that his dynamic footwork would earn him style points today.
Michael
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Mar 26, 2008 - 03:33pm PT
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Tar
This article was in the current issue of the Trail & Timberline, from the Colorado Mountain Club
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
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Mar 26, 2008 - 04:52pm PT
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Wow! Thanks for the Comici stuff Michael. He sure had style and grace. Looked like a little dude. Too bad he died at such a young age.
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scuffy b
climber
up the coast from Woodson
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Mar 26, 2008 - 05:09pm PT
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some interesting belaying there, to someone who often uses a hip
belay without anchor.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 26, 2008 - 07:44pm PT
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Nice detective work on that Herman Buhl stuff there Steve.
Michael! Those Comici images are top-notch and very iconic to be sure. Super fun.
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Mar 27, 2008 - 07:39am PT
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Looking at that photo of the guy in the white sox, converse style shoes, with the rope secured to the waist...
How did climbing become the great fun it is today on the shoulders of that for safty?
Great photos... Keep 'em comin!
Did I hear Facelift?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Jan 14, 2009 - 11:42pm PT
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Takk Michael, plus didn't he do the first route on the Troll Wall-the ridge to the left?
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MisterE
Trad climber
Raising Arizona
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Jan 15, 2009 - 12:34am PT
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Nice bump.
The perfect place for Steve and his Lucky Goes To the Creamery ascent:
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 15, 2009 - 12:35am PT
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Thanks, Michael!
I see Odd still likes purple.
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richross
Trad climber
gunks,ny
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Jan 15, 2009 - 08:13am PT
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Yvon Chouinard,Elliot glacier,Mt. Hood.
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goatboy smellz
climber
dirty south
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Jan 15, 2009 - 08:32am PT
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From The Stettner Way-The Life and Climbs of Joe & Paul Stettner
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sac
Trad climber
spuzzum
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Jan 15, 2009 - 09:39am PT
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Good thread!
I think one that belongs is shot of P. Croft. on ffa of "The Shadow"
Squamish.
Anyone?
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richross
Trad climber
gunks,ny
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Jan 15, 2009 - 04:31pm PT
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Henry Barber on first ascent of True Grip,Gunks.
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Thorgon
Big Wall climber
Sedro Woolley, WA
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Jan 16, 2009 - 12:47pm PT
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Hell Yeah, great shots!
Thor
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Buju
Big Wall climber
the range of light
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bump to get rid of ptcjf001
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Sep 19, 2010 - 11:45pm PT
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Nov 21, 2011 - 03:13pm PT
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Nov 21, 2011 - 03:23pm PT
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Hankster
Social climber
Boulder
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Nov 21, 2011 - 03:27pm PT
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Remember this sexy freak, Carlos Garcia? He appeared I think out of nowhere in spandex and a headband(like a Spanish Patrick Edlinger)soling this 1,000' cobble wall in Riglos. It was along time ago and it always stuck with me. Best foto I could find.
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ß Î Ř T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Nov 21, 2011 - 03:52pm PT
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Nov 21, 2011 - 04:01pm PT
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hooblie
climber
from where the anecdotes roam
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Nov 21, 2011 - 05:07pm PT
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though it is not my photo, it is my privledge ...
to nominate this image as iconic, at minimum
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Nov 21, 2011 - 05:16pm PT
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Then let's add a couple of pictures more.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Nov 21, 2011 - 05:20pm PT
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And the one more.
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john hansen
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2011 - 09:13pm PT
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I had forgotten about this thread,, pretty fun.
lots of good stuff here.
It is interesting in the picture above Rube seems to be hanging from the middle biner with the rope around his waist. I guess this was how it was done back in the day...
he seems to be bypassing every other placment.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Nov 22, 2011 - 02:12pm PT
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Nov 22, 2011 - 02:19pm PT
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Jeremy
Social climber
Albuquerque, NM
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Nov 22, 2011 - 02:49pm PT
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 Missing photo ID#182905
BAM!
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Nov 24, 2011 - 11:38am PT
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Climbing icons
Freedom climbers - just sayin!
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland-GulfBreeze
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May 14, 2012 - 01:42pm PT
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That right hand has a thank god ledge grip to it.
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Crump
Social climber
Lakewood, CO
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May 14, 2012 - 03:52pm PT
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Seeing Mimi's photo of Hugh Herr reminded me that I had these three photos. Here is Hugh on Hueco Crank, with his "extendo-Legs"... With these he was like 8 feet tall!!!
I think Fred Becky wins the Internets!!!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 15, 2012 - 05:12pm PT
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Crump- Those shots of Hugh The Mechanical Boy are killer!
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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May 15, 2012 - 10:46pm PT
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kracken! welcome to the taco!!!
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redrocker
climber
NV
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May 15, 2012 - 11:55pm PT
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Richard Harrison
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Hannes
climber
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May 16, 2012 - 04:23am PT
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Johnny Dawes on Indian Face
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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May 16, 2012 - 04:58pm PT
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"Icon doit, Icon doit, Icon doit, Icon doit. Here goes nothing."
--The doltster's thought process as he moved on Traitor Horn.
Eddie:
A similar Dolt Mfg. Co. poster with a Traitor Horn shot featuring the Man Himself was posted in the Mtn. Shop in 1971, but it did not help in moving a lot of Dolt hardware, unfortunately. I believe Bill had on a ball cap of weird shape in the photo. Bill's ball cap bill was looong. Not extendo-leg long, but close. It put Da Brim in the shade!
Marlow: nice shot on the GGB. Not very good bridging technique. Shoulda got Hugh in on the action.
I got to the summit of the South Tower in the '70s, but via the elevator. It was a free ascent, though--no guiding fees.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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LilaBiene showed me the print of this shot Mrs. K had sent to her.
This is one she liked especially well.
Thx, Hossjulia.
Is this a Glen Denny photo?
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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those pictures of Werner, especially of Astroman, are iconic; and as someone else said on another thread, but a damn piece in Werner.
lol
we need more threads like this
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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"More iconic than iconic photos"
Iconic, iconicer, iconicest?
Iconincest, certainly.
Telling it like it was in the Legs.
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hossjulia
Social climber
Eastside (of the Tetons)
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Thanks to me? What do I have to do with it? I do have that scanned on my 'puter, but I thought I grabbed it off of here. No idea who took it.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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gonzo chemist
climber
Fort Collins, CO
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this thread is incredible!
photo credit: John Bachar
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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Gonzo, that one is in the top ten
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