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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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May 22, 2008 - 11:51am PT
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Yup, I'm PROUD, to be an Eldo prancer too!
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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May 22, 2008 - 11:54am PT
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Some wanna be prancer on Wendego and Derek H somewhere on the West Ridge
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snyd
Sport climber
Lexington, KY
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May 22, 2008 - 11:55am PT
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We always called them "limp wristed, face climbing, art fags" BITD.
Eldo Prancer is way more poetic.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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May 22, 2008 - 11:58am PT
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That poor man.
He had to go almost out to the arette to get away from that nasty white powder all over everything,and find a clean bit of rock to cling to.
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couchmaster
climber
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Jun 17, 2014 - 05:23am PT
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Hahaha! Nice find jaybro. Sadly the guy confesses he's not one. That would have been a great name for a climbing clothing and chalkbag Mfg company, instead of say...Verve...:-)
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Greggonator
Trad climber
Broomfield, CO
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Jun 17, 2014 - 05:35am PT
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Two art degrees and a handlebar mustache - I figured I'd be called an Eldo Prancer sooner or later.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jun 17, 2014 - 06:52am PT
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An Eldo Prancer is someone who can also climb rock that is NOT granite....not normally part of the Cali skill set.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Jun 17, 2014 - 07:40am PT
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Another Russism of great value is "to go all death panel on someone".
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Jun 17, 2014 - 07:50am PT
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Bill Fowler had lots of names for those of us who were climbing there before it became a State Park. Names we can't use on a public forum! ;)
Sneaking in was a highly refined art form in itself...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 17, 2014 - 06:57am PT
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Yes indeed....Eldo climbing needs the precise technique that "prancer" implies. Granite groping and sandstone swarming methods simply won't do.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 17, 2014 - 07:19am PT
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Yep...the stick clip prancers of Boulder Canyon stand out. Precise prancing technique is more easily accomplished with bolts never more than a body length away.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 17, 2014 - 07:45am PT
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Having climbed in Wales,which rewards a similar style, I can say with some assurance that a
term like that would not be bandied about there for long with the same number of front teeth.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 17, 2014 - 07:58am PT
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Dental hygiene being a foreign concept in Wales, front teeth are not much in evidence even without out the help of a knuckle sandwich.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Aug 17, 2014 - 08:03am PT
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Summer teeth.
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