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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 27, 2007 - 02:13am PT
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Yeah, I've really lost it now. Who's the most ripped climber you've ever seen?
I gotta' go with Dale Bard. Post up...
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 27, 2007 - 02:25am PT
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I saw Josune Bereziartu speak last week in Vancouver. A good talk, her first in North America. She's from the Basque country in Spain, and one of the best female rock climbers in the world. She's a slight woman, and has AMAZING muscular definition, as her photos showed. There's one at http://climbing.com/print/features/hf224josune.jpg
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Mimi
climber
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Feb 27, 2007 - 02:27am PT
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Are you talking beef or biscuits?
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Feb 27, 2007 - 02:33am PT
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Any opportunity to post a pic of Dean...
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Feb 27, 2007 - 02:39am PT
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ooooooooooooh
good post , susan
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Mimi
climber
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Feb 27, 2007 - 02:40am PT
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Well, he's no Christian Griffith, but hey.
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Feb 27, 2007 - 02:43am PT
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Christian Griffith....Swerve, I mean Verve?
Yeah, that's what we need here on the Taco stand. Dean in a thong!
~Susan
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Feb 27, 2007 - 02:51am PT
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i might faint
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
one pass away from the big ditch
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Feb 27, 2007 - 02:54am PT
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Peter Croft in Moving Over Stone 1
dude has muscles in his cheeks!
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Feb 27, 2007 - 03:03am PT
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I used to have to avert my eyes,when Don Harter- would walk by
shirtless.... & every time grounds-keeper Willy, takes off his shirt, I think of *the Wonderful Bob Finn.*
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Looney
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Feb 27, 2007 - 08:10am PT
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Rrrrrriiiiiiipppppppppppppppp!
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Feb 27, 2007 - 08:31am PT
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Two more suggestions (from Mike's stonemasters.org site)
The Bird (no, not Charlie Parker)
http://tinyurl.com/3cwlhj
And Ron
http://tinyurl.com/2m3rpp
EDIT
Just out of curiosity, does anybody know who took that photo of Jim, and John, when was the photo of Ronnie shot?
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Looney
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Feb 27, 2007 - 08:41am PT
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This thread is like porn. Keep it coming!
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Feb 27, 2007 - 09:16am PT
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I gotta go with Locker.
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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Feb 27, 2007 - 09:56am PT
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If I'd read this thread last night, the answer would have been me.
But I'm mostly sobered up now...
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Feb 27, 2007 - 10:39am PT
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Hands down, Bobbi Bensman. Holy sh#t, that woman has muscles that could scare a bear! I was in the weight room with her last week (she'd just scored a free day pass) and the muscle heads there could only stare in amazement. Load that on top the fact that she'd had 2 kids...
Runner up=Tony Yaniro. I think I have the picture around somewhere of him de-pumping after doing laps on Equinox. Everybody remembers that picture, eh? Nuf said.
Mal
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:06am PT
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yeah, dig it up, mal (Equinox dab?)-that's some vascularity...
Ripped.
Teutonic style edit:
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:15am PT
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Amazingly enough i can't find that Yaniro pic anywhere online.
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:18am PT
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it's in the 100th Ann. issue of Climbing iirc.
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James
climber
A tent in the redwoods
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:22am PT
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They call him the dictionary...Rob has definition.
I'd say either him, the Canadian Beef...Oliver, or one of the squamish Hardmen....Tim Doyle or Israel
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:27am PT
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Me! Check out those legs--such tan, such definition!
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paganmonkeyboy
Trad climber
the blighted lands of hatu
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:44am PT
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here's me at...oh, wait - thought it was most tripped climber...
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:54am PT
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oh, wait - thought it was most tripped climber
LOL Pagan
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Feb 27, 2007 - 11:57am PT
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Felicia Terry while looking at photo back when Russ was an anatomy lesson then to him in his current condition, says, "what happened?"
~Susan
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L
climber
The City of Lost Angels
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Feb 27, 2007 - 12:09pm PT
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Locker has my vote--never seen arms like that!
Then Ron "Mr. Beautiful" Kauk...
(Crimpie, you're right--it is like porn, only waaaaaay better. Excuse me...gotta go shower...)
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TradIsGood
Happy and Healthy climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 27, 2007 - 12:11pm PT
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Sorry, no picture.
But the lady I am climbing with now has legs that make all the legs above look like girlie legs. I guess years of dancing and ballet can to that to you. And more vascular arms than above as well.
Does not win in the lats dept., though, but she isn't shabby there.
:-)
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Mimi
climber
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Feb 27, 2007 - 12:17pm PT
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Susan, I was hoping you'd dig up that pic. Too bad he had his shirt on. Check the lats and guns on that lad!
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Robb
Social climber
Under a Big Sky
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Feb 27, 2007 - 12:20pm PT
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No pics, but I think that back in the day Ed Berry (Barry?)would be in the top five at least.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Feb 27, 2007 - 12:44pm PT
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Tiffany Levine (now Cambell). I'm pretty sure the pic I'm thinking of w/ her on hangboard was in "How to Climb 5.12".
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TradIsGood
Happy and Healthy climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Feb 27, 2007 - 12:56pm PT
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Locker,
that is a most interesting conjecture,
and that is all I have to say about it.
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quartziteflight
climber
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Feb 27, 2007 - 01:10pm PT
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426,
who is that in the second pic? Looks like he just crushed the rock and dust is flying everywhere...
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chappy
Social climber
ventura
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Feb 27, 2007 - 01:18pm PT
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John,
You are so right about Dale. How about Ed Barry in his prime? Sean Myles' back was something to see when he was cranking.How about these guys... and our own Jobee
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Feb 27, 2007 - 01:20pm PT
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Yeah, Ed Barry was pretty buffed out.
Now I gotta get to the gym and start pumping some iron, so when I show up in the Meadows this summer I'll look the biz - otherwise I may be lying on some sandy bank of the Tuolumne and some bully climber will come kick sand in my face.
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Feb 27, 2007 - 01:41pm PT
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Looks to me like Jobee is staying off those potato chips. Go Jo go!
~Susan
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Feb 27, 2007 - 01:42pm PT
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Lynn Hill
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climber
The City of Lost Angels
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Feb 27, 2007 - 01:44pm PT
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Eeeeeeeeewwwwwww AC, that's so gross!
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 27, 2007 - 01:52pm PT
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Not quite as ripped as Dale (no one was), but RK had some buffage...
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Feb 27, 2007 - 01:57pm PT
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John, I don't no if you noticed my post earlier in this thread, but that is one of the photos I linked from Mike's Stonemaster.org site. When was that photo taken?
Cheers
Patrick
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 27, 2007 - 02:22pm PT
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Patrick - I took that photo in about 1984 or maybe "85. It's Ron on his own testpiece "Kauk's Corner", 5.12a. (R.I.P. Kodachrome 25!)
(I saw your link that's why I tossed it up here).
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graham
Social climber
Ventura, California
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Feb 27, 2007 - 02:35pm PT
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That is a good shot of Ron!
I think Dale is still the most Ripped although Ed Barry had the best Strength to weight ratio, until Dave graham maybe?
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Jonny D
Social climber
Lost Angelez, Kalifornia
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Feb 27, 2007 - 02:40pm PT
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for this era: Timmy Fairfield - hands down
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Feb 27, 2007 - 02:55pm PT
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What! No one has listed the Roman Statue, The World's Strongest Man, Butt-Chuckleman and many other names which are semi obscene. More ripped than anyone I've seen.
Someone post a pic (Russ, Tarbuster?)
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 27, 2007 - 02:59pm PT
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stone mason / Seven summit skier Kit Deslaurers gets my vote
someone out there must have a photo that better makes my point.
Man, Jobee, you been workin' out!
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Feb 27, 2007 - 03:39pm PT
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Dale had a high strength to weight ratio when he lived in his van at the Buttermilks. All I ever saw him eat was candy especially caramels.
Banny Root also was wicked strong.
Anyone who climbed as hard as they could would get pretty honed but, there were always those people that had the right physique and stood out from the rest like Ed Barry, Werner Braun, Yabo, Kauk, and Bachar. Me, no matter how hard I tried I could not get past a certain point. I guess I just enjoy eating too much.
Ken
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burp
Trad climber
Salt Lake City
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Feb 27, 2007 - 03:51pm PT
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Banny Root?
Whoa, you can see the right rear delt extend all the way from his arm across to his back. Plus ...
What is that tumor like thing?!? Part of his traps?
Crazy!
burp
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Feb 27, 2007 - 04:35pm PT
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I present to you, in all his anatomical glory, the one, the only, the legendary, Buttfukelman:
Wills Young, the shrinkwrapped Bruce Lee ain't bad either:
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mack
Trad climber
vermont
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Feb 27, 2007 - 04:49pm PT
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Grrrr keep em coming
mack
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Jobee
Social climber
El Portal
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Feb 27, 2007 - 04:49pm PT
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I'm with you John...Dales calling the shots.
and Susan...that one of Russ..OMG!
Is that you Russ...Russ is that you? hello-hello-hello!?
Hey Mark I know it's shameful but post that one of you climbing the tree.
Sue P.-chips are the main stay of my no-diet routine!
but..geeez..my hair has got to go..
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 27, 2007 - 04:51pm PT
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Looking a little chunky compared to the others on this post... check the green Vasque edging boots.
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Ouch!
climber
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Feb 27, 2007 - 04:55pm PT
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Jobee
Social climber
El Portal
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Feb 27, 2007 - 04:55pm PT
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-Okay, okay...that Shrink Wrap Will is catching up, i'm going to go grab a nice chunk of lemon pound cake and enjoy the show.
Thanks Lats errr I mean Lads!
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Feb 27, 2007 - 06:20pm PT
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>>it's in the 100th Ann. issue of Climbing iirc.
All right...the Yaniro pic we've all seen isn't in this issue...
anyone know which it is? I'd be happy to scan it and post it, but gotta find it first.
Edit: Found one in Issue #119 - 20th Anniv. Issue, page 102
But this isn't the larger one that appeared before this... what issue? Anyone? Anyone?
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L
climber
The City of Lost Angels
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Feb 27, 2007 - 06:49pm PT
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Ouch! wins again with yet another "Most Ripped Climber"...er, Ouch!...I think it was supposed to be "Most Ripped", not "Most Gripped"...
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 27, 2007 - 06:51pm PT
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Get some real muscles ya punks!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Feb 27, 2007 - 07:03pm PT
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Can't resist posting a shot of myself following Vandiver on Lazy Bum around 1973-5. At this point I could do a true deadhang one-arm pullup on either arm, at 190lbs. If only I knew how far from that I fall .
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Feb 27, 2007 - 07:07pm PT
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I'm honored beyond words that "Ouch!" has used my crash pad in one of his contortions on reality. I'm all verklempt...twalk amongst ya-selves...
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scuffy b
climber
The town that Nature forgot to hate
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Feb 27, 2007 - 07:09pm PT
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That looks like maybe a lipoma on Banny Root's back.
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 27, 2007 - 07:14pm PT
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From Mt Olympia itself.
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 27, 2007 - 07:16pm PT
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Hold on, we're forgetting somebody!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 27, 2007 - 07:26pm PT
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Yerian,
Tryin' fer runner up:
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Looney
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Feb 27, 2007 - 08:05pm PT
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OMG. I'm having physical responses to these photos. No joke. Keep 'em coming...
:)
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L
climber
The City of Lost Angels
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Feb 27, 2007 - 08:14pm PT
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Crimpy--Tell me, what was your physical response to Fattrad the Most Gripped?
I'd like to compare notes.
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Eastside
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Feb 27, 2007 - 08:50pm PT
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yes well, ahem, "The Wonderful Bob Finn" is still pretty ripped.
Thanks for the eye candy!
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James
climber
A tent in the redwoods
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Feb 27, 2007 - 09:11pm PT
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Which way to the gym?
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 27, 2007 - 09:17pm PT
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That's it James.
Let's see the newer people. Most of the people in this thread are long goners with sorry sagging over weight bodies that have seen better days.
Like me, I weight close to 300 lbs now.
We should have a thread where we see how everyone looks today.
Are you all still ripped?
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 27, 2007 - 09:24pm PT
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It's Mr. 300 himself...looks pretty ripped for 300lbs. !
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Feb 27, 2007 - 09:50pm PT
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Bachar is that Jerry? I almost puked, can you photoshop some pants on him??? i always thought Yaniro had it dialed with the muscles, got an old b&w of Yabo at the Santee boulders, he was ripped, I also remember a guy from so cal Dan Leikfest of something like that.
Peace
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
one pass away from the big ditch
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Feb 28, 2007 - 12:17am PT
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Dan Leichtfuss was the guy on "That's Incredible" doing WOTWS for the show with his kids, i think.
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2007 - 12:22am PT
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Yeah Dan Leichtfuss!...wow, he knocked me out sparring in TM campground once. He used to be a Golden Gloves boxed in college. He was (is?) ripped - still not like DB.
Ron - yeah that's Mr. Moffatt. Killer tan huh?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 28, 2007 - 12:49am PT
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Moffat got's the most ripped sense of humor that's fer sure.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 28, 2007 - 12:50am PT
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if Werner is 300 lbs, then I'm looking like the Ouch! character...
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Feb 28, 2007 - 02:31am PT
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Ok...Still waiting for a pic of - Chappy in the tree.....Also
please, send pic's of...the Ripped..Rick Cashner, Vern Clevenger, Claude Fiddler,and Pat Timsom... We Woman are waiting. ;-) ;-)
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Karl Aguilar
climber
san francisco, ca
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Feb 28, 2007 - 03:05am PT
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Ed Barry
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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Feb 28, 2007 - 04:21am PT
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Now how good is the beer?
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Looney
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Feb 28, 2007 - 07:50am PT
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Moffat must work for UPS...delivering packages...
heh heh..heh heh...
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Feb 28, 2007 - 09:29am PT
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Quartzite flight: that's Reinhard Karl, all around bergsteiger. His story about the Son of Heart is one of my all time faves...it's in an old ascent iirc.
Supertopo thread from a while ago
steelmonkey, oops, yeah, 20th Anniversary (heh). Thanks for digging that up.
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Feb 28, 2007 - 09:49am PT
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From WBraun:
"We should have a thread where we see how everyone looks today.
Are you all still ripped?"
You're kidding, right?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Feb 28, 2007 - 10:21am PT
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"We should have a thread where we see how everybody looks today."
Okay, I'll start
The Candid, tarbuster got of me in my morning stretch
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Feb 28, 2007 - 11:46am PT
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Jaybro, have you been working out? You look much fitter than in other pix you have posted, and I see that you had a facial recently.
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Kevin Calder
climber
Bishop
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Feb 28, 2007 - 01:48pm PT
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I think Tiffany Campbell deserves a mention here!
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L
climber
The City of Lost Angels
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Feb 28, 2007 - 01:52pm PT
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"The Candid, tarbuster got of me in my morning stretch."
Jaybro--Way funny! I admire a guy who carries his toilet paper with him wherever he goes.
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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Feb 28, 2007 - 02:04pm PT
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I agree, Tiffany has incredible definition. She embodies the image of strong climber.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Feb 28, 2007 - 02:51pm PT
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She was my pick up thread. I've never seen another woman even come close to being that ripped...and not many men either.
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Apocalypsenow
Trad climber
Cali
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Feb 28, 2007 - 03:29pm PT
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My vote, Catherine Destiville..."Catherine the Great!
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2007 - 03:32pm PT
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Yes indeed, Tiffany Campbell is ripped - has been for a long time.
More pics Kevin!
Tim Fairfield too - anybody got shots of him?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 28, 2007 - 04:19pm PT
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Remember Rob Oravitz?
Dave Altman?
They were pretty darned ripped.
JB:
Oravitz, after following the Bachar Yerian, walked up to you afterwards and complimented your fine masterpiece.
He wore his physique like a crown and laid it at your feet.
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Kevin Calder
climber
Bishop
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Feb 28, 2007 - 05:09pm PT
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OK...a few more of Tiffany, cause she's pretty strong and...well, just pretty!
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Feb 28, 2007 - 05:18pm PT
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Dave still is ripped! I was taking a walk w/ my class one day when we ran into him. After he passed my student's comment was "How do you know that guy? HE'S RIPPED!"
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L
climber
The City of Lost Angels
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Feb 28, 2007 - 05:26pm PT
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Great photos of Tiffany, Kevin! That girl is ripped!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 28, 2007 - 06:14pm PT
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OK,
Yes that woman is cut, ripped, bricked even.
Who's got the goods on Bobbi.
Malcom is so right.
Joyce Rossiter in her day had some unreal abs.
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Feb 28, 2007 - 07:36pm PT
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Can someone (Can't say or Bachar) post up that Bullwinkle shot of Yabo on Planet X. It'll give Dale a run for his money!
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Melvin Mills
Trad climber
Albuquerque NM
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Feb 28, 2007 - 08:10pm PT
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Bob Murray wins for the skinniest and least likely ripped climber.
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Wonder
climber
WA
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Feb 28, 2007 - 08:50pm PT
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well I guess I should join in here. I too vote for Yerian as one of the most ripped climbers.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 28, 2007 - 10:37pm PT
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Awesome Save Wonder!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Feb 28, 2007 - 10:39pm PT
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Hey,
Let’s play that fun game Werner said where we post up pictures of us from now.
Yah!
You know, to show how rippt’ we still are.
K, I’ll go first. Yup, it’s all about me.me.me.
…shoot but I ain’t gots no shots of my badself;
‘n Lisa won’t shoot any pics of moi, cuz she says a skinny guy with flab ain’t so pretty.
Hmmm…
Oh Yah!
Here, I got a great current foto of my good buddy, The Muss Man, Mussy, RW:
-silly arse manip stolen from Blort (sewelleymon) who stole it from...
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Hootervillian
climber
the Hooterville World-Guardian
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good jeebus, the Dangle family reunion vibe of this thread has put me off my cameltoe fetish for sure.
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Jefe'
Boulder climber
Bishop
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Largo, after a night in Richard Harrison's basement.
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G_Gnome
Boulder climber
Sick Midget Land
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Shockley after too many tabs at Josh is the most ripped I have ever seen anyone. Weren't he and Bachar having some sort of contest to see who could over indulge the most?
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Mar 10, 2007 - 12:25pm PT
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Well, I can't let THIS site go flaccid! What a nice romp through memory lane. For women, I'd have to give a vote to the late, great Catherine Freer. Anyone have that old picture from one of the Outdoor Trade Shows in Vegas? There is a great shot, flexing from behind, of (if my memory serves me) Bridwell, Mugs, Sibley (?) J. Lowe (?) F. Beckey (?), and Catherine, all in lycra, sans shirts. She's as buff as the guys. Also, there is an old video we used to show at Neptune's, of Jill Lawrence and Luise Shephard working out in a gym....they were pretty buff in their day. Speaking of Neptune's, I always liked that old add of Gary climbing, perhaps in the Calanques? Nice arms! I seem to recall enjoying seeing Sandy East overindulge at parties.....seems he always ended up with his shirt off. Working at Neptune's for so many years gave me a lot of opportunity to ogle some of the most buff....quite a perk! :-) In fact, I'll give a nod to the man who caught my eye there over 20 years ago in his lycra, and eventually married...nice eye candy for this old gal! But with all due respect, I'll give my vote to Tony Yaniro, and those scenes from "On the Rocks". Quite the specimen! And even though he's not a climber, I have to recognize Laird Hamilton as fairly awesome. (Surfer, for those of you that don't know).
Anyway, I"m sure we can all appreciate the beauty of the human form,in its prime...can't ever be too old to enjoy that! Thanks for the great shots, all! :-)
Pam
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Mar 11, 2007 - 02:36pm PT
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Jo from Fontainebleau at the ripe old age of 65 (this is just a few years old!):
(Rock Police edit: Jo didn't put any of those tic marks on that problem)
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Mar 11, 2007 - 04:37pm PT
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LOL...you'd have to tick those holds in black to see your ticks. ;-) Here's to ripped old guys and gals!
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Eastside
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Mar 11, 2007 - 10:39pm PT
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Jerry, what happened to that photo of JLd?
he was just here and I tried to show it to him. (and his GF)
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Mar 12, 2007 - 01:41am PT
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...probably one of these guys...
Hahahahahahahahaha.......
Curt
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Mar 12, 2007 - 01:47am PT
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50 Cent
Honorable Mention
Plus that gunshot wound upper left deserves some respect...
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Mar 12, 2007 - 03:04am PT
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Actually, pretty badass...
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Mar 12, 2007 - 10:17am PT
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This ones for you, Pam. Climber (and surfer) Mike G. in 1977.
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Mar 13, 2007 - 06:17pm PT
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Rick,
Hey thanks! My very own studmuffin! Besides Jack, I mean! :-) Is that "G" for Graber? I met him once randomly in a AAA office...knew who he was right away, just from descriptions I'd heard. Still looks good! In fact, I'd be willing to bet that most of these "old guys" who were ripped back in the day still look pretty good. Gals too, although not too many pics. What do you think....do climbers age well? Well, I mean the ones that last long enough to age?
Pam
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Mar 13, 2007 - 09:41pm PT
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Pam,
Nope, it’s the artist formerly known here as Gramicci, but who now has adopted a different alias, Graham.
Here’s one of the other stud muffin you mentioned, bouldering in North Wales well before you met, photo by Al Harris. Too cold and rainy or he would have removed the shirt.
Rick
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Mar 13, 2007 - 11:18pm PT
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Be still my heart! :-) Where DO you come up with these photos? I also like the "bouldering pad" (aka "jacket") underneath! Thanks for the smile....:-)
P.
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mastadon
Trad climber
Seattle
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Mar 14, 2007 - 12:03am PT
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Nita, your every wish is my command......
Pat Timson at the base of Middle Cathedral, mid 70's
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Mar 14, 2007 - 12:23am PT
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WOW, Thanks!! double WOW!.. Hey , Mr Mastadon, Do you know
Gary Brill?
Thanks for the pic.. it made my day.. back to our youth.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Mar 14, 2007 - 09:20am PT
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Off Topic thread drift
cold and rainy
Rick, my ex and I lived for a short while in north Wales (Tregarth, a tiny village 7km from Bangor) and that just about sums it up, though it does snow as well.
Of course, that also sums up Ireland much of the time.
I still say Ed Barry pound for pound, but geez, there are a number of ripped climbers and I ain't one of them.
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Mar 14, 2007 - 09:29am PT
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southern bump, buzzard loc...
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Jefe'
Boulder climber
Bishop
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Mar 15, 2007 - 07:35pm PT
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Ricky, you forgot your pad.
Jefe' from a time long ago.
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rmuir
Social climber
the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Mar 15, 2007 - 07:51pm PT
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Jefé said, "Ricky, you forgot your pad."
Now, now... You know better! Absolutely no pads were necessary, due to the excessive amount of MOIST vegetation at the base of each Welsh boulder. And, if you look really closely at the photo, you can see Rick's damp EBs. Yeah?
Nice photo of Jack, though...
Damp bouldering, you bet. That's what the stolen (pinched) bar rags were good for.
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pimp daddy wayne
Trad climber
[url=http://imageshack.us]http://img235.image
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Mar 15, 2007 - 07:58pm PT
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Sarah is
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Mar 16, 2007 - 04:47pm PT
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Steve Maisch on a hard problem in Little Cottonwood
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2007 - 07:12pm PT
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Woah...that Steve Maisch is ripped - he's gonna have to eat pickles and chocolate bars to get that Dale Bard thin skin look.
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mbb
climber
the slick
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Mar 16, 2007 - 08:06pm PT
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Bachar, see if you can find the pic of Dale on Taco Chips at Smith Rocks, I think it was in a Sportiva add or something. I remember thinking he was the most ripped dude I have ever seen in that pic.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Mar 16, 2007 - 08:09pm PT
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the only thing I ever saw Dale eat was Chips Ahoy!
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Jefe'
Boulder climber
Bishop
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Mar 17, 2007 - 12:16pm PT
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C'mon Robs. Don't get the sarcasm. I used to boulder with you at Baldy sans pad.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Mar 17, 2007 - 02:20pm PT
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Doesn't Tarbuster have some pics of D. Yerian with huge, distended belly? Someone does; I've seen them somewhere!
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rmuir
Social climber
the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Mar 17, 2007 - 10:29pm PT
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Jefe' said, "C'mon Robs. Don't get the sarcasm."
Sarcasm? Who, moi? Climbing pads... Don't know when they were first invented (or used) but certainly they didn't exist in the day of Roberts, Lewis, Muir and Accomazzo that Summer in Wales. At least in our world-view... No pads at Baldy back then for precisely the same reason.
Wow, I don't think I even owned a pad until my 25th or 30th year of climbing! I finally broke down and bought one so that Bolton and my REALLY OLD friends wouldn't bust any brittle bones.
Hell, we took the pad up to Baldy just last Thursday! We ain't tired (or proud)... (Suit up, Henny! The weather's fine.)
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Mar 18, 2007 - 12:58am PT
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My first experience with pads was when my girlfriend said she didn’t need them anymore.
Seriously doh, it was probably in the early nineties down in Hueco, my first pad was a ridge rest folded over with egg shell cushion from the local Kmart & held together with duct tape.
Talk about psychological protection... pathetic.
Oh yeah, most ripped climber, boobi, err bobbi.
I don't know why she’s so angry, she justed clipped in.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Mar 18, 2007 - 02:37pm PT
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Dave Yerian: Yesterday & Today (Mar. 17, 2007):
Base of Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California. Weighing in at a "fat" 175 after weight lifting this winter:
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Mar 18, 2007 - 02:50pm PT
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Hey Bruce, Could you Please tell Dave, that Nita and Andy
say Hey-Hey-Howdy-Hello. ;-)
Damm, he just does not age.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Mar 18, 2007 - 05:58pm PT
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In any event, Yerian talked at the top of his lungs all the way up West Alpine Road to the summit riding the same old steel Colnago he's had for 20 years, while I struggled to keep up with him on my Guru Ti.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Mar 18, 2007 - 06:02pm PT
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Go Dave, go.
Bruce, tell David hello. I have his phone number now, thanks to A Crowley, and will give him a shout over the coming days.
Patrick
I use to have a Colnago, but my brother now has my Pogliaghi.
A Masi and Bianchi (Bianci?) too.
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2007 - 12:11pm PT
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A old friend of mine sent me this photo of Jeff Gruenberg...not too flabby!
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Mar 23, 2007 - 03:09pm PT
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Anyone know if iron-man like posed ripped backshots of Wolfgang G. or Tobin S. exist? I would say they were pretty ripped.
Man, were they ahead of their time. It would be interesting to see shots of these two late great "StoneMasters." Even if Wolfgang wasn't actually a StoneMaster member, he is an honorary member by default in my book.
These two were damn good, strong, and true well rounded Alpinists, and way ahead of the times. They were Visionaries.
Edit: Yep, good find below. I have that poster in my garage for inspiration :-))
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bonin_in_the_boneyard
Trad climber
Sittin' on the dock by the bay...
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Mar 23, 2007 - 03:15pm PT
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Best I could find of the Wolf:
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Mar 24, 2007 - 12:35pm PT
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Looks like JG's on "Au Natural"...
Prolly startin' a poo fling-but I've always considered Gulli to be in a class of his "own"--........from "Crazy Bouldering" to "long, hard and free" ...more "buff" than ript. JMO.
Creds to whoever took em'.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 24, 2007 - 05:15pm PT
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Upthread someone requested an 80's post trade show Climbing or R&I lay out featuring, Bridwell, Freer, Sibley, Cannon, maybe Wilford and a handfull of others, posing atop and ajacent to wrecked cars out in Vegas, all shirtless, Freer included (back shot), in their lycra.
BVB or some such archivist shud dig that thing up pronto.
I tossed that issue a cuple years back.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Mar 24, 2007 - 05:26pm PT
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I remember that one Roy! Good Idea!
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Mar 24, 2007 - 07:36pm PT
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Now that you mention it, 55 quarter, 1:55 half, 4:13 mile, 9:20 2 mile, and 2;50 marathon.......bet I couldn't even RUN one mile now........(But I can change diapers on 3 babies pretty damn fast....). Mike Ayon was a fast runner back in the day.....faster than I was, that's for sure......(Fitness is over-rated.....)
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Mar 24, 2007 - 08:47pm PT
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i've got that ish -- c.f. shirtless and more ripped than most of the guys -- bridwell in lycra -- it's a hoot.
i just got a new scanner -- old one died -- i think the mussy 'neb thread killed the poor thing -- guess i'll pull the new one out of the box and load the software and get busy....
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Mar 24, 2007 - 09:01pm PT
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cool bvb you rock
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 24, 2007 - 09:47pm PT
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Ya bob we wanna see C Freer's ript' back muskles.
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Mar 25, 2007 - 01:02am PT
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John,
Nice photo of Bones...
Curt
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Jul 25, 2007 - 11:11am PT
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OK so those were good efforts, but I remember a picture of Charlie Fowler in an old IMS catalog in the mid to late seventies. He was standing on a tree stump in Eldo doing a classic Grecian statue pose. Man that dudes' rips were ripped. Sorry I don't have a pic. But if any one does post it up.
Then there is always the indomitable Roger Briggs. that guy has veins in his legs bigger around than my thumbs.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jul 25, 2007 - 11:53am PT
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what happened to the pic of Tony Yaniro's "guns"?
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Jul 26, 2007 - 09:19am PT
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DaftRat that is the funniest thing you have ever posted.
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golsen
Social climber
kennewick, wa
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Jul 26, 2007 - 01:35pm PT
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Jack In the Box must obviously be a republican joint....
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Jul 27, 2007 - 04:23am PT
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No one was more "ripped" than John Gill in his prime (the later 1950s and early-mid 1960s). No one in his class, and radically far ahead of his time. Even the great physical talents that started coming later were missing some of the magic of that great genius.
I have known a lot of very "ripped" climbers. I wasn't bad in my gymnastic heyday, you know, a plange on the floor, straight-body hollow backs, etc., but there were gymnasts twice my strength who couldn't climb well. I met all sorts of climbers through the years who were unbelievably "ripped," and made me feel weak by comparison, but I could do harder climbs than they. Barry Bates wasn't particularly ripped but could do one-finger pullups and was as good as anyone in Yosemite in his day. I climbed with Ed Barry and Dale, bouldering in Yosemite, and they were strong strong, light, could do one-arms as easily as they could slide a package of hamburger into their coat at Degnan's, but it was possible (at least at that time) to out boulder them. Maybe they got better, though. I knew weight lifters with huge muscles, to make Largo look like Pee Wee Herman, but they'd fall off ledges just standing there and were too muscle-bound to do a pull-up. Sacherer, as just one example, on the other hand, was thin, didn't look to have much muscle, though he could really climb... Holloway never looked ripped, but in bouldering he could make quick work of just about anyone...
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Nov 10, 2007 - 05:18pm PT
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Ripped I vote (because no one has mentioned them)
old school: Jimmy Dunn
new old school:
In the early 80's 'Adam ant' or Antman Grozowski was pretty ripped.
He was not the strongest, but far from frail.
Oli mentions guys that were not ripped physically but sure shred.
For skinny, non muscle dudes that shred.... I vote a toss up between:
Peter Mayfeild and Alex Lowe.
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AndySan Diego
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Nov 10, 2007 - 09:21pm PT
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Largo seems to fit here. What about that guy, Herman Wing? He was in the movie Yosemite Climbing with Johnny Woodward.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Nov 10, 2007 - 10:22pm PT
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Yes, the Mexican dude Herman, wicked burly kinda' lad.
Man that guy: Werner said he would soon explode!
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Riotch
Trad climber
Kayenta, Arizona
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Nov 11, 2007 - 10:36am PT
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I think we could end this discussion with a few good shots of Steve Petro, in his prime....
C'mon you photoheads!
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Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
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Nov 11, 2007 - 01:49pm PT
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Much as I feel honored to be mentioned in the same sentence as my fallen friend and hero Alex Lowe, I must correct this notion. Alex was a pull up fiend and an aerobic monster and trained his butt off. I was never that disciplined, and pulled off a relatively small number of hard leads by relying on good technique. Like Oli states above, ripped does not mean much if you can't dance with it.
My approach to climbing and focus on footwork made my venture into the world of professional dance a logical progression, that and being secure enough to pirouette in tights on stage. In a full body way, I would say top dancers get more "ripped" than climbers. We did try to bring the climber machismo into the studio, like "Ho-Man we better go crank some plie's".
Peter
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mingus
Trad climber
Grand Junction, Colorado
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Nov 11, 2007 - 03:59pm PT
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California -- 1978.
I would make the pilgrimage to Yosemite every spring and fall from Colorado for years. It was the Holy Grail place, and I had one day that was utterly remarkable to a 19 year old kid.
I was working out in the Camp 4 gym and Bridwell approached me. We stuck up a conversation -- he assesed my character and determined I was not a big wall player, but he was so cordial and asked me if I had some laundry detergent he could borrow. Going back to my van that had been illegally parked right next to the ranger kiosk in C4 for two months, I grabbed the whole ten pound box and took it back to Bridwell. He seemed pleased...Tick # one.
An hour later I walked by Dale Bard who had just gotten off his third El Cap climb in a month, and he had less body fat and more bad-a#s tone than I have ever seen in a human to this day. He too, spoke to me in this super friendly manner. I can only say that Michalangelo's "David" was a pathetic redneck, fatman compared to Dale. As Mr. Bachar propose's, he is frighteningly fit and that is quite a statement coming from Bachar who is fit as h#ll.
As I am waiting for dinner outside the Lodge that night, Mr. Bachar complimented me on my dashiki and then uses those red flashing glasses during the NPS naturalist presentation to freak people out. He stood behind the presenter and flashed these tiny red laser lights at the crowd and then would smile slightly.
Scene three: I have already encountered Bridwell and Bard and Bachar. Now I am eating a cheeseburger at the Four Seasons And I look across the room to Largo who is busting out of his shirt with muscle and energy....and I make a mental note that I would never want to get on his 'bad side'. In case he ever actually spoke to me I would tell Largo the story about when I climbed with Tobin on Ten Karat and he virtually ruined my rope. A person like Tobin was worth having a shredded rope for.
Let us reasess for a second. I have now encountered four legends in the course of less than four hours in the Big Ditch. They all spoke to me, aside from Largo who was too scary -- observing him was best. By the end of the evening I went with a great friend from Washington State who introduced me to Ed Barry at the Mountain Room Bar. Mr. Barry taught me about "Sausalito Archie". I love the intonation Mr. Barry put in his stories about "Archie".
So from from 4 pm to 11 pm on a September day, I met the masters..... and they were sure stinking fit....
My votes for most fit are Bard, Barry and Tiffany Campbell who I witnessed folding tee-shirts in a Lander, Wyoming laundromat.
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socalbolter
Sport climber
Silverado, CA
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Nov 11, 2007 - 08:52pm PT
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A few years back I wasn't in too bad of shape.
http://www.rockclimbing.com/images/photos/assets/1/231511-largest_17376.jpg
I also remember Dale being pretty ripped for a skinny guy.
Also remember a guy that I used to see up at Suicide in the mid to late 80's that went by the nickname Troll or Dwarf or something like that. He had a huge beard and pony tail was extremely stocky and muscular. Anyone remember what his real name was?
Then of course there's Petro - another stocky brute!
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Kap
Mountain climber
New York, NY
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Nov 13, 2007 - 12:58pm PT
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I don't know if he climbs, but I vote for Iggy.
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Bazo
Boulder climber
Ky
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Nov 13, 2007 - 01:25pm PT
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Purty good fer a sixty-year old.....
How the F... does he do it?
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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Nov 13, 2007 - 02:20pm PT
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heroin
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Nov 13, 2007 - 02:20pm PT
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Iggy is one of the iconic skinny-ripped dudes for sure.
Here ya go Rox:
They both look pretty ripped, but I'd still place Dale, Tiffany, or Bobbi Bensman out ahead a notch.
Photo of Kauk & Shelley Dunbar, by T Carter, or CF, not sure.
Mine is a copy from an original print.
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Turok
Trad climber
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Nov 14, 2007 - 01:51pm PT
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Cripmpergirl who is the climber in your photo?
Many thanks!
Turok
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James
climber
A tent in the redwoods
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Nov 14, 2007 - 04:29pm PT
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Tar-
Is that Shelley Lee-Presson?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Nov 15, 2007 - 11:14am PT
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Yes James.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Nov 15, 2007 - 11:24am PT
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Why is she facing the wrong direction?
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Conrad
climber
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Dec 17, 2007 - 10:25pm PT
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Per Maysho's comment...
Alex Lowe at Annapurna III base camp, October 96. The weather was less than optimal so Alex trained all day.
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Mimi
climber
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Dec 18, 2007 - 12:08am PT
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Fun thread, JB. Nice muscles everyone!
Just watched this enjoyable film over the weekend. Fine effort by the late Mr. Reardon, his team, and a well-chosen cast.
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Dave Tapes
Trad climber
Silverado CA
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Dec 18, 2007 - 12:30am PT
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I got no pics but what about Hideously Skinny Hidetaka Suzuki.
Other then him I've got to vote for the man with a million names. Dave Bruckman. Aka.....
DW
Not so skinny.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 18, 2007 - 12:38am PT
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D Bruckles: strongest man alive?
We do need a Petro shot.
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Mimi
climber
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Dec 18, 2007 - 12:47am PT
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Mr. Suzuki, photo: John Bachar
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 18, 2007 - 11:22am PT
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Alls you need to do is switch beer brands and you can be there again bro.
Keep faith alive!
Wait till the Taco Belles get a look at that shot.
Yer gonna be in the dog house with the boss again...
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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Dec 18, 2007 - 11:27am PT
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That pic screams "I'm Canadian!!!"
lol riley
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Dec 18, 2007 - 11:30am PT
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Riley was a Chippendale dancer?
There really is no excuse for that type of behaviour.
Please turn in your 'man card' as you exit;)
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Dec 18, 2007 - 12:18pm PT
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Mr. Steve. This is a Bill Hatcher shot from a Mythos ad. I've never been so clear on copyright issues for ST postings.
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 18, 2007 - 12:53pm PT
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Mimi, Thanks for the compliments...yes Michael did great job - that documentary is way too flattering.
Thanks for posting the Suzuki photo...please note however it is not my photo! I'm not really sure who took that shot (someone on the ST might know???)...
Cheers all, jb
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 18, 2007 - 01:31pm PT
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Petro aka Nitro!
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CF
climber
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Dec 18, 2007 - 02:43pm PT
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Oakeshott and Bard at the buttermilks, 1970?
Bachar, Knobs 1970 or 80 something.
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klinefelter
Boulder climber
Bishop, CA
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Dec 18, 2007 - 04:30pm PT
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Funny: Oakeshott still looks EXACTLY the same...
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oldtopangalizard
Social climber
ca
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Dec 18, 2007 - 06:10pm PT
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socalbolter - I remember a guy from Suicide, late 70's - mid 80's, named Kelly who could be your guy. I certainly would not call him a dwarf. I saw him around Idyllwild quite a bit, finally talked it up with him half way up the Long Climb.They were on a climb to the left. We were over half way up when a big downpour hit us. He was with a guy named Todd and another person, one of them had just had a baby or was going to have a baby. After a bit of conversation they bailed right, we aided the overhang in the rain. We got soaked, they were clearly the smarter party.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 18, 2007 - 07:34pm PT
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Kelly = The Troll and gunned to the hilt no doubt.
One of his tricks was to clutch these Coors mini-cans, like 8 oz'ers ... made him look huuuge.
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Wonder
climber
WA
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Feb 16, 2008 - 12:04pm PT
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Tahoe climber
Trad climber
a dark-green forester out west
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Interesting to see how the Ironman traverse looks way different back in the 70's than it does now.
Lot's more lichen back then.
Lot's less chalk on the holds.
Still super fun problem
TC
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drgonzo
Trad climber
east bay, CA
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Gayest thread ever...
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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My vote goes to Dave Altman, then or now. 'Part animal, part machine', that one. (Or, 'part Bruce Lee, part Captain Caveman.')
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
Castle Rock
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I need to get juiced.
Any dealers here?
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don coyote
climber
mahogany ridge
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Charlie Fowler was a pretty ripped dude and as I recall Mugs Stump had a pretty impressive physique.Either way they could both climb.
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Phil Bard
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, OR
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Emaciation masquerading as fitness. After the Shield in '82
I remember Yerian telling me not to do any more walls...
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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You guys are all a bunch of amateurs!
Punk Rock Traverse at Horsetooth. 1981
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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YayP
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Anyone familiar with Estes Park area and the Bernard Gillett guidebook will remember Mike Caldwell's picture when he was a body-builder in the 70's. The picture is mega-classic and even more hilarious if you know Mike. Can't find a digital copy, but this one takes the cake!!!
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shutupandclimb
climber
So. Cal..............d00d
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I just wish I could climb as hard as you-all!
sorry, I couldn't help myself :-)
My vote is for Tiff Campbell or does anyone have a shot of
Brittany Griffeth??????
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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This was a pretty good one, too.
Though we all know who was REALLY the most ripped...
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cody hall
Sport climber
apple valley
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Jul 10, 2009 - 05:27am PT
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BUMP
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Anastasia
climber
hanging from a crimp and crying for my mama.
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I will always miss the friend that should have still been with us. He left too soon with too much ahead of him.
Did you know, he liked being called "Johnny?"
:)AFS
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illusiondweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jun 10, 2010 - 01:11am PT
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Yaniro on the Pirate, Suicide Rock; Idyllwild, CA
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Chinchen
climber
Way out there....
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Jun 10, 2010 - 01:27am PT
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RIP Johnny B.
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eliot carlsen
Social climber
San Diego
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Jun 10, 2010 - 01:42am PT
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Nice one of the Pirate!
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Prezwoodz
climber
Anchorage
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Jun 10, 2010 - 01:47am PT
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On the Shaft 5.12a
Liberator off Bagdad 5.12c/d
Getting ready to shove some gear in
Writing updates in the guide give me another shot at reaching past strengths.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Jun 10, 2010 - 02:29am PT
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^ DUDE is SWOLL
Winnar.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Jun 10, 2010 - 03:39am PT
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Get your mind out of the gutter young lady.
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illusiondweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jun 10, 2010 - 03:58am PT
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Had to throw these in there...can you say 14g?
An earlier post mentions Tony Yaniro's famous pumped forearm picture. That's what sent me on the hunt for it also to no avail!
Anyone?
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Jun 10, 2010 - 07:44am PT
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rincon
Trad climber
SoCal
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Nov 27, 2010 - 09:16am PT
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That shot of Yaniro always reminds me of this guy...
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Nov 27, 2010 - 02:49pm PT
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Then of course there was Skip Guerin
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climber bob
Social climber
maine
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Dec 10, 2010 - 03:08pm PT
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 10, 2010 - 09:39pm PT
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YDP: great shot of Skip!
Climber Bob:
That last shot .. Dick Richardson aka Bearamiah[2] ... on the right?
EDIT: supposed to read bearsquared ... couldn't get the superscript to work first time around.
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rurprider
Trad climber
Mt. Rubidoux
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Dec 10, 2010 - 11:11pm PT
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Yeah, Maldaly, Bobbi Bensman is ripped! 1st time I saw her flex her arm it looked like Arnold's severed arm in Terminator, nothing but muscle, bone, and sinew. Tony Yaniro is a very close 2nd.
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Disaster Master
Social climber
Born in So-Cal, left my soul in far Nor-Cal.
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Dec 10, 2010 - 11:48pm PT
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climber bob
Social climber
maine
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Dec 11, 2010 - 01:03am PT
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that was dick...rip
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Wallwombat
Trad climber
Australia
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Dec 11, 2010 - 09:59am PT
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German climber by the name of Markus Schlenkrich, pictured here in Yosemite.
Freaky!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Dec 11, 2010 - 10:07pm PT
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Did Bearamiah pass on?....rj
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climber bob
Social climber
maine
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Dec 13, 2010 - 05:05am PT
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sadly yes..@ 8 years ago or so..
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
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Dec 13, 2010 - 12:07pm PT
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No, Bearamiah is living in Colorado with his beautiful wife, or was a year ago.
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Stewart Johnson
climber
yo mama
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Dec 13, 2010 - 12:15pm PT
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dick richardson from squaw valley did pass on some years back.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 13, 2010 - 12:24pm PT
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To correct my reference above,
Bearamiah is Kim Carpenter (as noted by G_Gnome).
Dick, RIP, was: BearSquared ...
(then there was bear to the dodecahedron ... forget who that was, but they were all ripped, varying in degree and manner)
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ericz
climber
Ogden, UT
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Sep 23, 2012 - 05:35pm PT
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Sep 23, 2012 - 08:45pm PT
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According to Congressman Paul Ryan, he is the most ripped fourteener climber, at 6-8% body fat and a total of 28 "unique peaks!"
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 23, 2012 - 10:06pm PT
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With all of the Olde English 800 going up with portaledges, the most ripped climber must be on a wall somewhere.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Sep 24, 2012 - 12:21am PT
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Maybe I'm too nostalgic, but I think this thread went downhill. Not gonna say where.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Sep 24, 2012 - 02:17am PT
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Most ripped climber, the one in C4 shaving with a squirrel, or was that a weasel?
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Sep 24, 2012 - 03:07am PT
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Markus Schlenkrich, pictured here in Yosemite.
Probably explains why being 'ripped' perse is not that important to really climbing rock. He may have torn hell a half acre at the time, but the name doesn't ring a bell.
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socalbolter
Sport climber
Silverado, CA
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Sep 24, 2012 - 02:08pm PT
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On one of my local climbs:
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Sep 24, 2012 - 03:04pm PT
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JB had it right in the OP
DALE!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Sep 24, 2012 - 07:10pm PT
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Bard. Transporter Room. End of discussion.
(He almost punched me out at Smith Rocks in '87, but that's another story.)
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Sep 24, 2012 - 08:08pm PT
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Silly boys (and girls) . . . this is the future of difficult rock climbing. Forget the male physique.
;>)
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Gotta throw in for Athol Whimp R.I.P.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Sorry boys, it's still me...although that Whimpy guy is getting there.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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That couldn't have been his real name.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dr. "Guns" F
I remember Boogleman being pretty cut.
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Magic Ed
Trad climber
Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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Me, twenty years ago...
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Maybe not THE most ripped climber, but most certainly my favorite...and still looked pretty good as an old guy!
Pam
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this just in
climber
north fork
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I am no where near the most ripped, but this is the most ripped I've been. A year after shoulder surgery, looking at that long reach makes me a little nauseous.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Oh sorry, I thought it said tripped
[photoid=deleted]
This guy didn't choose to climb much, but he could have.
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bob
climber
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I felt like the most ripped climber after doing the Chouinard/Herbert last year. I popped some capillaries in my eyes trying really hard to strike this pose. POSER!!!!!!!
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Feb 15, 2015 - 08:57pm PT
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Patrick Berhault (RIP)
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Stephen1989
Big Wall climber
dallas texas
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Feb 15, 2015 - 09:02pm PT
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dudes are so small i cant even see them
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i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
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Feb 16, 2015 - 01:15am PT
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I think the most RIPed climber started this thread...
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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Feb 16, 2015 - 05:41am PT
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Gotta go with Bard. Seeing him at the Camp Four boulders was like seeing pictures from Grays Anatomy come to life! Never seen anything like it before or since.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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As a child she was a gymnast then at this point a national champ lifting phegnome =by this point it was way more than evident but boys wil be menshe was the best climber the top of the heap when in the zone
When men realized it they got the daggers out, or at least in their eyes,
Few if any could do what if she did, when she tried her best.
There are things she sent, that are still un-repeated.
And then
Well now , still crushing and crushingly ripped . . . and a mother!
Take a good look at the following picture analyze it for tone, and the facts are clear.
Of all of us, she was such a hard person. . . and easy going Cali` girl. . . cool
Took the stone master thing and pulverized it.
From her stone dust to today's wonderkind, there will never be another
Lynn Hill.
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Stony Pt days. Long before PADS existed.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Thanks for the Bump ripped up ankles in need of meds,
a snap of Scott Franklin or. . . ?
MADoUCHER,
your ripped, yes indeed,Thats another Great pic! good on you for that,
.Calling Doctor Locker, . . . . can we get a -Diagnoses- please?.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Stony Pt days. Long before PADS existed.
Jeff, you mean you were using tampons in those days instead?
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