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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 8, 2008 - 05:10pm PT
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Saw a 'Dolt' backpack and was wondering...
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2008 - 05:16pm PT
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This was more of a smaller backpack / book bag sized affair...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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I had a Dolt chalk bag.
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Actually, Bill "DOLT" Feurer never made backpacks or any software. After Bill died, Don Lauria and Tom Limp purchased in auction the trademark name, DOLT.
Soon afterwards, Tom Limp went into the pack business under the label "DOLT". That company is no longer in business.
Bill F only made pitons, nuts, a few other climbing related hardware items but not packs.
Jack
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2008 - 07:29pm PT
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Currently on ebay - thanks Jack...
[url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Dolt-Calif-Internal-Frame-Convertable-Backpack-Case-NR_W0QQitemZ380003920968QQihZ025QQcategoryZ2021QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="new"][/url]
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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yes I remember a simple day pack w/ DOLt label, too
and a simple chalk bag, one of the first commercially
made chalk bags...it showed retailers there was a market for the item, and opened the door to more delux models, such as the ones
made by Strawberry, and I.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Poor Bill. What a sad story.
Make sure you invite your lonely friends over for a little christmas cheer.
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martygarrison
Trad climber
atlanta
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you guys remember the jensen pack? it was state of the art in the early 70's I think. still around?
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martygarrison
Trad climber
atlanta
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amazing that they are still around. timeless.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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yes and fans of those packs seem to like the early karrimor and berghaus stuff as well, also discussed w/ pics on the thread mentioned above
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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should we bump those?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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High-five dude.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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The only "software" I remember Dolt making (as opposed to selling) was the "Doltster" -- a plastic hammer holster I still use. I also had a pair of shoes called "Bill Dolt Blue Boots" but they were identical to "Gollies" made by or for Ellis Brigham in England. Their rubber was a bit like E.B.'s (that Dolt was selling around 1967), but they were all leather like RD's. I ditched them for a pair of P.A.'s that fit and edged better.
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Scared Silly
Trad climber
UT
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I have a Dolt chalk bag and holster. I always wondered about the chalk bag as it seems out of place for the time. But give Jack's comments now it would make sense.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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the chalk bag helped more than it seems
see,
retailers definitely sold them and
quite often, later anyway
the bottom seam would blow
so the dealers got sick of 'em
coming back and put new brands
in there - cool how that worked.
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scuffy b
climber
up the coast from Woodson
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Mar 10, 2008 - 02:56pm PT
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Thanks for the Blue Boot information, Johnny.
I'd always wondered whether they were the same, but they were
both rare in these parts.
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Gene
climber
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Mar 10, 2008 - 03:05pm PT
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eKat,
Last week I was trying to remember Frostline. Fun do-it-yourself stuff. Thanks for the reference.
GM
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 10, 2008 - 04:15pm PT
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Another oldie but goodie spotted recently..
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Mar 10, 2008 - 05:21pm PT
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Holy Shit!! ya mean someone else besides myself wore those Blue Gollies? I remember getting those from Bill when he had his factory in Santa Monica........hoooooo they changed my life!!
Then I got EB's on a trip to England in 1969 and my climbing standard shot up two grades!!!
Now that I'm thinking abit more clearly, Bill did make a leather hammer holster that was prized for big walls........
I wonder where the DOLT CART is now?
Poor guy. Ken McNutt must have been in shock when he opened the door and saw Bill. Wasn't that the day after Christmas?
JACK
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Mar 10, 2008 - 06:34pm PT
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I still have my Dolt pack, very similar to the blue one pictured above that's for sale on eBay.
Mine is brown. It's a bag/pack combo, with the pack shoulder straps zipping into the back to make it more like an airline bag.
Pretty much before it's time, I went all over with that thing.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Mar 10, 2008 - 06:41pm PT
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check out that JRat label -
good one
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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May 15, 2009 - 11:27am PT
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stich... Bill "DOLT" Feurer took his own life near Christmas 1971.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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May 15, 2009 - 08:09pm PT
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I have a pair of the blue Dolt shoes that are in excellent condition. I just might post a picture one of these days.
Ken
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richross
Trad climber
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May 15, 2009 - 09:57pm PT
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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May 15, 2009 - 10:15pm PT
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You know, now that I am making shirts with the original DOLT logo I have to wonder why these packs were made with this logo? The people I licensed the original logo from are the same ones who made these packs. Guess I should ask them why they went this route.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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May 15, 2009 - 11:52pm PT
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The DOLT packs and other assorted soft goods came out of a side room at West Ridge Mtneering in Santa Monica in the late 70's and owned by..... (Don Lauria speak up)? Alan Roberts and other craftsman had the pleasure of being employed in this endeavor.
Frostline was at some point owned and/or distributed by Holubar. They had a great store at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa/Santa Ana in the late 70's.
Both these stores gave backroom outdoor gear makers access to top quality materials and patterns in those days including the first generation Gore Tex as well as Rip Stop and Cordura.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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May 16, 2009 - 12:32am PT
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I have one of those light blue Dolt packs. It's still my cragging pack. I've had it at least 25 years.
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richross
Trad climber
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Jun 17, 2009 - 03:15pm PT
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