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cbburton
climber
Burbank, CA
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Thanks Sam.
Here's my oldest son on the Camp 4 (?) boulder:
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jul 10, 2015 - 07:40am PT
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Nice fabricated story MRE. Ah the fantasy life you live. Bruce Jenner Style.
Absolutely NOT fabricated BTW- This happened at the Yosemite exhibit in LA. Ana and I were talking to Dean+Dean when Medusa busted in and the whole funny exchange went down.
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Jul 10, 2015 - 09:44am PT
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The glory days were when we could go there and do new routes like Cacciatore or however the hell you spell it and watch E go crazy because he couldn't do the final sequence. And highball WAY above the water when it go high. And yard on those big cobbles, and all the rest.
Hard to believe that was 30 years ago. Getting old. Great to have such magic to look back on.
I gotta describe the horrendous wreck Brother Gaines and I wittnessed on that road just above the Stones.
JL
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Jul 14, 2015 - 02:49pm PT
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Dave Katz on the Naked Edge, 1979. Photo by Bob Gaines.
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Jul 14, 2015 - 04:01pm PT
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Awesome shot Bob. Man, those were some good times.
Love the old image, do ya have anymore?
Post em if ya got em.
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Jul 14, 2015 - 06:53pm PT
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Photo by Bob Gaines
Thanks Bill, I have dozens of good shots from the early 80's, mainly of Dave Katz, Mark Bowling, you, Banny Root, Lynn Hill, and JL. I keep all my slides at my Joshua Tree house, so next time I'm out there I'll scan some more.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Jul 14, 2015 - 09:46pm PT
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Nice thread!
Long wrote:
Hard to believe that was 30 years ago. Getting old.
BG wrote:
Naked Edge, 1979. Photo by Bob Gaines.
Largo you mean 38years ago!
love the purple stones...
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Sam E
Boulder climber
Malibu
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Jul 14, 2015 - 10:14pm PT
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Great photos. Largo on Mucle Beach! Classic!
Cool to see the tree underneath Lodestone too.
We just put a rope on the Naked Edge the other day. Mega good.
The Purple Stones are rad. More pics and stories please!
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Jul 14, 2015 - 11:14pm PT
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Here' another shot of the Naked Edge, this time of John Long, about 1982. The Forrest swami and EB's carbon dates the pic.
What I remember about those days when we first discovered the Purple Stones was the magic of finding new and amazing boulder problems with every visit. In those days (early 80's) the main area was filled in with sandy landings, creating an environment that promoted highballs. Among our little tribe of boulderers we swore secrecy and never let the cat out of the bag until we were satisfied that we'd done all the mega-classics. Sometime in the mid 80's a big storm washed away all the sandy landings and it wasn't quite as hospitable. I guess it will keep changing with every big winter storm.
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