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Gobee
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 25, 2009 - 08:08pm PT
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Cool gear, from top left clockwise;
CHOUINARD/SALEWA, 2200 kp,
Homemade pin found at Williamson Rock, way pre London Wall, Royal Robbins era?
Diamond C logo stamped CHOUINARD, 2000 KG-U.S.A.,
CHOUINARD-USA, 4000 LBS,
Warren Harding bolt hanger, from Leaning Tower- West Face,
off Ahwahnee Ledge belay, fell off when I clipped in!
CHOUINARD-USA, 2200 KG
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Oct 25, 2009 - 08:16pm PT
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That pin was most likely placed by my dad back in the 1960's. My dad introduced me to climbing at Williamson in the late 1970's. The huge chimney and main face still have a few of his pins and bolts on them.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 25, 2009 - 08:28pm PT
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 25, 2009 - 08:51pm PT
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Literally a drop in the bucket compared to the Kyle Copeland hardware collection I just brought back from Moab.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Oct 25, 2009 - 08:52pm PT
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Ron your post is worthless without pictures.
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John Vawter
Social climber
San Diego
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Oct 25, 2009 - 08:52pm PT
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That first photo looks like a sample from my rack.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 25, 2009 - 08:55pm PT
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Just the photos would be a MAJOR project.
Perhaps a thousand pieces of hardware, with over a hundred antiques.
See those bongs? Imagine 5-6 times as many.
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climbrunride
Sport climber
Durango, CO
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Oct 25, 2009 - 11:57pm PT
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Not the oldest stuff around, but no longer made and IMO pretty cool stuff:
Royal Robbins biner, Camp (?) screw:
Chouinard tube and bong:
Chouinard Crack-n-Up and ? (bashies?):
Eiger biner, Chouinard Warthogs, unknown screw (Salewa?):
Campbell Saddlewedges and Wedgefasts(?):
Forrest Titons:
Forrest Fall Arrest:
Clog and ?:
Forrest:
Vaude Pro Tool:
Homemade cams (Herb Laegers?):
More Forrest Titons:
Yates 1st generation (?) Screamers:
Camp, Moac and Campbell:
CMI:
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Oct 26, 2009 - 12:45am PT
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That wire screw with the 'Hogs was called a Marwa I think. Can't imagine why else that name would pop to mind. Funny how you can't remember your phone number but you can remember useless stuff like that.
Here's some Russkie funk:
I gots way more...
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Oct 26, 2009 - 12:51am PT
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Marty I still use that stuff, do you want to sell a couple of those "Pretty" anodized Saddle wedges...I'd love to get a couple of those. I use to place both of them every pitch.
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Bark! CA
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Oct 26, 2009 - 12:58am PT
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Oct 26, 2009 - 01:01am PT
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Sh#t Mr E, I'll buy those ol' peckers and grind em into beaks....
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climbrunride
Sport climber
Durango, CO
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Oct 26, 2009 - 03:44am PT
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Mark - If I have doubles on some, I'd trade for other cool, old gear. I'll get back to you in a day or two.
Rielly - That very-open-looking rope acsender, or rope grab, or whatever, looks awesome. Imagine jugging on a couple of those 1500' feet up!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 26, 2009 - 09:59am PT
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Mark, Mark, Mark!!!!!
Those are Crack-n-ups!
CLEAN CLIMBING TOOLS!
Keep 'em the way they are E.
Mark, I'll sell you Kyle's beaks.
(sheesh)
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Gobee
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 26, 2009 - 10:45am PT
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Batrock, Thx for the link, Willy's LA's summer crag, hope it opens for everyone!
climbrunride, your Vaude Pro Tool: is a Nut cleaning tool, how heavy is it?
Reilly, that ascender on the green rope is the bomb!
All the shots are COOL!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Oct 26, 2009 - 10:51am PT
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Hey- last couple times I' climbed with RRK he was still actively using his set of Tetons.
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Ray Olson
Trad climber
Imperial Beach, California
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Oct 26, 2009 - 10:58am PT
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ha, great thread...
we do love our jensen packs and vintage forrest big wall packs
not to mention footwear
gotta love it!
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Oct 26, 2009 - 11:12am PT
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Gobee,
I was very active at Willy in the late 80's thru mid 90's putting up routes first by hand then with the Bosch. It was a fun area both for rock and ice climbing, I hope it gets another chance.
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scottpedition
climber
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Oct 26, 2009 - 11:15am PT
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That stuff can't be old; I've used it and I'm not.... uh, never mind.
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Gobee
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 26, 2009 - 12:54pm PT
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"I was very active at Willy in the late 80's thru mid 90's"
Batrock, so was I. Erik Eriksson and I put up a route on the Sick Wall, called G.B.H. 5.12c, short for Grievous Bodily Harm, around the time G. H. B. was the new drug of choice, We both lead it but I think we have the only ascents?
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Oct 26, 2009 - 01:40pm PT
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The sick wall was the first place I envisioned a modern sport route at Williamson. I hand place a few buttonheads on top and accessed it via the crack route to the right. I never did anything on it besides inspecting it. Later Troy and I attempted a route on it but moved on to easier pickings. It was about the same time that Sam Owens I believe put up some routes on the Waterfall Wall. Those were fun times, nobody there even on weekends. Prior to that in the early 80's I used to head up and do long routes on the main face, Future Shlock was the first route I did at Williamson with hammer and drill on lead and then a few years later I did the first route on the Generation Wall, I cant even remember the name of it now. Fun stuff.
Kevin Mokracek
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Oct 26, 2009 - 02:31pm PT
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Here are a few more.
My old ice axes Bivos and BMW Butt Bag and Wild ThingSwami.
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climbrunride
Sport climber
Durango, CO
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Oct 26, 2009 - 02:44pm PT
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Gobee - the Vaude Pro Tool is actually pretty light. It is a combination of a Friend-of-a-Friend and a small hammer. The hammer is good for tapping on a nut tool, but not heavy enough for placing anything. It is spring loaded with a little thumb screw to lock it either in the shut or open position.
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Ed Bannister
Mountain climber
Riverside, CA
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Oct 26, 2009 - 02:55pm PT
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Man,
I thought I was going to see something OLD
like a Moac chock...
or a white Edelrid rope, a 120 mind you....
or at least some drilled out Hexes.....?
but i did see some cool extinct stuff,
as in campbell saddlewedges, thanks!
and no thanks on the eiger biner, made by Stanley Brozek in Pasadena, that was not cool, burt scary.
Phil Warrender has one of those old Chouinard standards (the 2200KG one) stamped with JL, Largo, you should go by Phil's and say hi, you would even get the reward of an old biner.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Oct 26, 2009 - 02:58pm PT
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Are those Eiger biners hard to come by? I have a few lying around including two red and blue anodized.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 26, 2009 - 03:22pm PT
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OK, tried to use the new deal to post a gear photo.
Got as far as the window that said my photo was being uploaded and it just stayed that way.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Oct 26, 2009 - 05:18pm PT
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The "Eiger" biners are deeth biners. Thanks Marty, the copper and gold were my 2 Favorite. Ron if I didn't buy Minerals new Beaks I be in fer a shite storm......I still use an ol' Stubai ice tool in my "Weak" left hand, very solid and balanced, I've got some high tech BD thing for the right hand.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Oct 27, 2009 - 10:01pm PT
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Just a few oldies:
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Oct 27, 2009 - 10:34pm PT
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I think this is the first wired nut, a Clog 4 from 70 or 71.
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