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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 1, 2012 - 06:50pm PT
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Lavishly appointed with superb Tom Frost photos, this classic tale of modern adventure on the Salathé Wall is a great read from Ascent 1980.
Anyone heard tell of Shockley the Younger recently?
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brett
climber
oregon
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wonderful writing
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Gene
climber
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One of my favorites.
EDIT: Probably the first reference to super-topo in print.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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That flake in the Hollow flake crack must have made quite a rumble when it fell out of there!
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reddirt
climber
PNW
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awesome find! Thanks for scanning & posting!!!
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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I love he included the Shockleyism's in the story. No Mistake or big pancake, boogie or bivy or whatever, all of em succinctly summed up the go for it attitude of the day.
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Steve,
Thanks for posting this! I hadn't read it since it was first published.
Here is a picture of Shockley from that summer of 1978.
And from last summer above Tenaya Lake.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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In the fine print on page 243, there's mention of a "super-topo". He he.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 19, 2012 - 01:33pm PT
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Shockley Bump...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 1, 2012 - 12:08pm PT
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Shockley the Monkey...
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Lasti
Trad climber
Budapest
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Feb 20, 2014 - 05:24am PT
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BUMP for Shockleyisms.
What was the route Dale Bard and Ron Kauk were working on? (Last paragraph) Iron Hawk?
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Feb 20, 2014 - 06:19pm PT
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Uf, grim opening. Got to be hard to rekindle the mental magic for a big wall after an Act 1 like that.
Are all of the pics from the FA?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 22, 2015 - 08:21am PT
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All of the Frost shots are from the FA in 1961 by Robbins, Frost and Pratt.
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Lassitude 33
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Jan 22, 2015 - 08:40am PT
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A good example of how superior writing and story telling can elevate and exemplify an experience shared by many.
You have to love the picture Rick posted. Bridwell, Tobin, Graham, Bachar, Karl, Dick, ??, Yabo and Lechlinski.
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 22, 2015 - 08:43am PT
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I think the only girl in that photo is Meg Strauss ...
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jan 22, 2015 - 09:28am PT
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Steve ..... Thanks for posting this great story from Dick.
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UpAndAdam
Trad climber
San Diego
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Feb 25, 2015 - 09:32pm PT
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I just saw Shockley climbing at Santee boulders in San Diego. Heard him use a Shockleyism so I came home to look them up and found this awesome post. Thanks!
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Gunkie
climber
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Feb 26, 2015 - 05:33am PT
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One of my favorite climbing stories of all time. Where have all the good stories gone?
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Feb 26, 2015 - 07:49am PT
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One of my all time favorites too. I've always remembered the line "We are up here to get off as soon as possible."
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 24, 2015 - 01:05pm PT
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Nice portrait of Dick Shockley:
photo by Brass Nuts/Dave Vaughan
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