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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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