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DonC
climber
CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 24, 2007 - 08:32pm PT
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Like many, I have 1000's of slides rattling around in boxes. I thought about buying a good scanner, doing the scans, then selling it. But from what I have heard it is pretty time consuming to get everything calibrated right, especially for K64. So, I finally got them organized and sent a few off to a commercial service for a test scan. I liked the results and so sent a few hundred that I would like preserved and accessible digitally. For 99 cents per slide they are cleaned, scanned, cropped, and some post processing. He provides 4000 dpi (good for 11 x 18 prints) and you get TIFFS and JPEGS for each. All done locally in So Calif. Just found the service on the internet and I'm pretty happy with the results.
These are all from 20 - 30 year old Kodachromes as I received them, I've not done any additional processing. I selected a mix of shots.
Big Rock, late 60's? (whenever RR's first came out that you can see in the slide)
Church in Yosemite, taken day I was married there in 1978
My wife Nancy after being lowered down Weeping Wall (during RMRU training)
Denali, 1978
High on Half Dome, Regular Route
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Nov 24, 2007 - 08:35pm PT
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Cool Stuff DonC Thanks for sharing.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Nov 24, 2007 - 08:35pm PT
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wonderful picks Don, it takes me back for sure!
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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Nov 24, 2007 - 10:19pm PT
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Those are great, make me feel 30 all over again.
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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Nov 24, 2007 - 10:31pm PT
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Like to see a few hundred more, Don.
JL
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Nov 24, 2007 - 10:40pm PT
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Cool! I'd like to find out where you got those done...I've got a ton!
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DonC
climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 24, 2007 - 11:07pm PT
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Got the slides done here.
Gemega Imaging
http://www.gemega.com
1-800-358-5717
I think its just a one person operation. The owner, Gordon, will answer any of your questions via email. When he's done scanning he posts a link to the slides for a preview before you pay. A really nice service. Most slides these days are sent overseas. These are done locally and took about two weeks.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Nov 24, 2007 - 11:27pm PT
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Nice photos.
Glad to see that a 35mminimalist has finally found a way to get them On The Net.
Me?
I lamely figured I'd trust my film cannisters to someone else.
I took them to a local shop, and (then?) they were held up in some sort of bankruptcy proceeding for YEARS. I never did get my Son of Heart TR photos from them. The lieyers (fags, all of them) threw my memories into the trash when they liquidated the assets.
A scanner is nice.
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John Moosie
climber
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Nov 25, 2007 - 06:38pm PT
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Nice Shots Don. Do you have anymore Denali shots or half dome?
Thanks
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Nov 25, 2007 - 06:54pm PT
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You don't see many shots of Big Rock that pre-date the lake.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Nov 25, 2007 - 06:55pm PT
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This thread is full of win!
Looking forward to more...
Cheers
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DonC
climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2007 - 07:32pm PT
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My older brother on "The Rings", a nice boulder problem at the time. Nice swammi belt. Again, no lake.
Me on the ledge at the bottom of the flakes. Note the goldline, hip belay, swammi, leeper pins, and state of the art climbing shoes of the time - pre-Kroenhofers.
Me leading one of the flakes. Note the pin damage.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, Ca
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Nov 25, 2007 - 08:03pm PT
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Nice! Are those Fabiano boots?
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DonC
climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2007 - 08:19pm PT
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I don't remember what they were called, but they weren't very good! The Giant Step was a lot easier 30 years later with some good rubber!
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Conrad
climber
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Nov 25, 2007 - 10:47pm PT
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Thanks for sharing your slides with us. It is a reminder of the roots of the arcane sport we practice.
Many thanks!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 25, 2007 - 10:52pm PT
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A nice flashback! I liked it all, and the McKinley tents pitched at Denali really brought back some memories.
McKinley tent (poles) also made very fine lightning rods.
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DonC
climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2007 - 11:46pm PT
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From inside a McKinley, on McKinley. There were nights when we had to take turns holding onto the center pole it was so windy.
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Nov 25, 2007 - 11:58pm PT
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Too cool, Don!
Love the shots of Big Rock and climbers in "Kroenhofers."
That "Ring" problem was so good.
There's been a lot of wonderful climbing between those pictures and now!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 25, 2007 - 11:59pm PT
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I forgot - the McKinley tent was also a fine kite.
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scuffy b
climber
The deck above the 5
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Nov 26, 2007 - 09:06pm PT
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Very nice, Don. I await more shots with pleasure.
Kronhoffers in the first photo and on The Rings.
Your other shoes appear to be Pivetta Cortina.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Nov 26, 2007 - 09:31pm PT
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go Don! - those are great man
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Nov 26, 2007 - 10:02pm PT
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DonC, thanks for posting those fine photos. Really like those Big Rock pics!
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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Nov 26, 2007 - 10:16pm PT
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More!!!
Thanks for sharing these wonderful pics!
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Nov 26, 2007 - 10:27pm PT
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Don't stop now Don. What else you got?
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Nov 26, 2007 - 10:33pm PT
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Phil,
Hey. We've never met, but one of my uncles is Pat Merrill and he'd get a kick out of both these old slides and hearing from you. I'll try to dig up his email and shoot the link his way. If you have it, do the same. I'm sure he'd love to hear from you. And if I'm getting the story right, didn't you and him make some home-made hangers in metal shop and put up one or two of the friction routes to the right of the Water Course on Big Rock?
Marty
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DonC
climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 26, 2007 - 10:38pm PT
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Scuffy - I remember the Kronhoffers well. Anyone who has broken in a pair will never forget them. I don't think the other shoes are Cortinas. I seem to remember them as a little more refined over what I'm wearing in this picture, but that was long ago and I could be mistaken...
With people on ST often posting old slides from their collection (with mixed quality) this thread was meant to be about good results I got a from a scanning service. Its funny how Big Rock gets people going. It meant a lot to many of us in our early years.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Nov 28, 2007 - 12:50pm PT
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Bump!
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John Moosie
climber
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Nov 28, 2007 - 03:38pm PT
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"With people on ST often posting old slides from their collection (with mixed quality) this thread was meant to be about good results I got a from a scanning service. Its funny how Big Rock gets people going. It meant a lot to many of us in our early years"
Too funny about this thread supposing to be about quality scanning services.
Big Rock adventures + old school = neat to see.
More Pics Please. :-)
Thank you !
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Nov 29, 2007 - 12:25am PT
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Don - Great stuff. Those pics are in excellent shape. Makes me remember when I started. Keep scanning baby!
Thanks for the flashback to the good old days - I feel like I just started again....
Cheers, jb
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Nov 29, 2007 - 05:52pm PT
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marty(r)
Hey, good to hear from you! I stopped and saw Pat Merrill this summer on my way home from a Tetons trip. He's doing great, and your right I should send him a link to this thread. Your also right about the hanger story. We tried making several different kinds of climbing gear including pieces of 2X4's with hole drilled to use in wide cracks (sort of a non-bong).
And DonC, I find your comment about Big Rock interesting. I agree there is something about the place. Perhaps for many of us it was the place that spawned our dreams, the place where we conceived our goals.
Or perhaps it was just so much fun to be climbing then and there.
Post more pictures! I love every one of them!
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handsome B
Gym climber
SL,UT
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Nov 29, 2007 - 05:57pm PT
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keep on scannin' and postin'!
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Nov 29, 2007 - 07:12pm PT
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Mr G writes:
"I find your comment about Big Rock interesting. I agree there is something about the place."
I like the way the place smells (among other things).
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scuffy b
climber
Frigate Matilda
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Apr 29, 2009 - 05:46pm PT
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Hey Don,
Have any more slides scanned?
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Apr 29, 2009 - 06:14pm PT
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Don More, More, More!!!!!
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TYeary
climber
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Apr 29, 2009 - 06:22pm PT
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Nice Don. let's see some more!
I have used Gemega Imaging for scaning as well. Great service.
I like the fact you can see your scans on line before you get them.Great service at a great price.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Apr 29, 2009 - 06:23pm PT
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Great pix of B Rock before the reservoir. Must've been a really nice setting then.
Good job on the scans-- and funny seeing those RRs looking so new and shiny.
The other shoes do look like Pivettas to me, too. And someone in SoCal must've retailed them, because I've seen other period photos of Kamps and other locals in Pivettas at about the same time.
Other folks did copy patterns, though, so it's possibly another maker with a similar pattern.
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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Apr 29, 2009 - 06:39pm PT
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Love to see more of those early Big Rock pics, especially if someone has pics of Phil Haney.
Here's one of the earlies ones I have, of Rick Accomazzo at Roubidoux, soloing the 40-foot, 5.7 slab on Joe Brown boulder, circa 1970. Note the Robbins boots, which were the thing back then.
JL
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scuffy b
climber
Frigate Matilda
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Apr 29, 2009 - 06:59pm PT
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I really think they are Cortinas, and that Don remembers their
successor, the Muir Trail, which was lined and had a padded
scree collar, and the forward part of the upper was one-piece.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Apr 29, 2009 - 07:08pm PT
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"I really think they are Cortinas, and that Don remembers their
successor, the Muir Trail, which was lined and had a padded
scree collar, and the forward part of the upper was one-piece."
Yeah, that sounds likely. They certainly look like the ones I've seen.
The ones in the slab shot are Kronhofers.
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Climbing dropout
Trad climber
Vancouver, BC
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Apr 30, 2009 - 05:01pm PT
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Love seeing old pictures ! Thanks ...
I don't need all of my slides scanned, just the best ones, so I did it myself.
I rented a Nikon Coolscan 5000 last weekend for slide scanning. If you are fussy about image quality it is the only way to go.
It has a special setting for Kodachrome scans. It will create jpgs, tiffs and even images using the Nikon raw format so you can adjust exposures with a post processor.
I am now on the lookout for Coolscan on craigslist - should be able to find one for 400 or 500 bucks cdn.
It seems the colors on Kodachrome have not deteriorated at all after 30 years.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Apr 30, 2009 - 09:09pm PT
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Killer post, LOVE them blue boots, had a pair and they're great for walls, could stand in em all day and they climbed pretty good too. Hope to see many more old shots,love em, keep em coming!
Peace
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