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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 6, 2010 - 12:13pm PT
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I am nostalgic for my old Karrimor Whillans pack that disappeared into the ether years ago. You know the one; orange canvas, snap top, felt straps, uncomfortable as hell.
Who has one that is rotting in the closet?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Try contacting duncan...more Karrimor in jolly old England!
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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I want your Whillians "Sack", I already have the Don attitude.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 6, 2010 - 10:22pm PT
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I have a few feelers out in the UK... so far, nothing. Too old I guess...
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Gave my (slightly newer but old) orange Karrimor to a young local Thai climber kid in Railey Thailand who went ape sh#t over having any pack at all....even with all the holes in the material. I didn't tell him that I had 5 more packs in my basement all much better than that POS or that I had taken this one 1/2 way around the world because as my oldest and biggest Piece of Sh*t pack, I was less worried of it being stolen so I'd brought it. The look in the kids eyes....priceless.
Good luck finding one Simon.
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F10
Trad climber
e350 / Bishop
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I want my Jensen Pack back
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F10
Trad climber
e350 / Bishop
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Thanks, one of the best packs I ever owned
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JBC
Trad climber
Tacoma, WA
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I would love to have another Karrimor Haston Alpiniste (the purple one, direct descendant of the Whillans)
Oh, and by the way, it is sac, not sack! :)
Jim Couch
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 7, 2010 - 12:40am PT
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Jim... I had a Haston Alpinist SAC also! I did some multi-day route somewhere and used it as a bivi sac because it had that really long extension on it. When you tucked the extension in it seemed to take up an undue amount of the sac's volume.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Anyone have a photo of said pack/sack/sac/SAC?
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 7, 2010 - 01:11am PT
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Some random shots I have located along the way...
Mine was orange, but here is a red one with closeups.
An ad for the Sac:
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 7, 2010 - 01:22am PT
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In the hard-to-read ad above they list the Whillans Sac as "orange." I know mine was orange and seems like the lid was lime green. Mine, too, had plenty o' holes... that's what gave it its dignity!
Somewhere I have a picture of Blanchard (Real Blinny if you must) wearing the pack with a grotesquely distorted look of pain on his face. We were on our way to do the North Face of Quarter Dome and I had packed it so that the iron was poking him in the spine. He just walked the miles like that!
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JBC
Trad climber
Tacoma, WA
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Ihateplastic, yeah the bivy sleeve was great. You open the lid up and pack a ton of extra crap in there if need be! I know what you mean about it taking up a lot of space. I know of at least one partner that cut his down. I can recall bivying in mine on two occasions.
Here is a photo of the Haston. Later versions (sometime after Dougal's passing I believe) dropped the Haston name and were just called Apliniste.
Jim
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 7, 2010 - 02:15pm PT
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That Haston Alpinist actually carried pretty well. Damn if I know where this stuff went!
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JBC
Trad climber
Tacoma, WA
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"That Haston Alpinist actually carried pretty well. Damn if I know where this stuff went! "
My sentiments exactly. My Alpiniste just plain got used up - a durable and rugged pack, but 20+ years of use was just to much for it!
Jim
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