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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 20, 2008 - 05:36pm PT
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I just ran across a couple of boxes of Dolt's slides and since I'm working on a few Dolt stories, I thought I'd post them to get your juices flowing.
The Totem Pole in Monument Valley
Dolt's Photo for the tourist trade
Find the climbers
Can you spot them?
You can see their silhouettes
More Dolt photos
Look closely
Hairy rappels
Looks like Mark Powell
Maybe Don Wilson?
Your guess is as good as mine
More Dolt photos
In the crew in Monument Valley
On top L. to R. Powell, Gallwas, Wilson (in back), Dolt (Bill Feuerer, in front)
Powell, Wilson, and Dolt
Powell, Wilson, and ?
A series of Dolt stories are forthcoming
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise
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Nov 20, 2008 - 05:37pm PT
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Sweet, Don.
Chompin' at the bit......
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Nov 20, 2008 - 05:49pm PT
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*drool*
wow, really awesome stuff!
psyched to see more if possible...
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise
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Nov 20, 2008 - 05:58pm PT
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Thanks Don, That rules........
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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Nov 20, 2008 - 06:00pm PT
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I swear that thing looks like it's cracked all the way through in some spots (the big horizontal cracks). What an FA!
JL
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Nov 20, 2008 - 06:04pm PT
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Didn't a member of the FA party tie the ropes to his ankles, hang his feet over the side and tell his partners he dropped the ropes?
I think I read that in the original desert rock book.
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Gene
climber
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Nov 20, 2008 - 06:27pm PT
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Fantastic. Thanks, Don.
Keep digging and posting up treasures like these.
gm
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graham
Social climber
Ventura, California
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Nov 20, 2008 - 06:45pm PT
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Those summit shots are some of the coolest I have ever seen! Thanks for posting them
Mike
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Nov 20, 2008 - 07:20pm PT
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Great stuff Don! Thank you. I hope you find those Nose photos.
Ken
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Nov 20, 2008 - 07:39pm PT
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Yes, that photo of the four on top of Totem Pole has long been one of my very favorites. Jerry Gallwas sent me many of these photos and quite a few others, such as of Cleopatra's Needle, a real sliver, when I was working on my history of free climbing. Gallwas is a great guy and was immensely helpful. What a story all its own, of those four going down to the desert and climbing all those classic spires...
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Nov 20, 2008 - 09:11pm PT
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Another vote for that summit photo of 4 as a classic!!
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murcy
climber
San Fran Cisco
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Nov 20, 2008 - 09:22pm PT
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spectacular pictures!
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Scared Silly
Trad climber
UT
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Nov 20, 2008 - 09:26pm PT
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What history .... damn.
Thanks.
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pc
climber
East of Seattle
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Nov 20, 2008 - 09:40pm PT
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Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
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guyman
Trad climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Nov 20, 2008 - 09:56pm PT
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Great shots.
Don thanks for showing.
On the summit shot:
Guess the liquid in the puddle???????
GK
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Nov 20, 2008 - 09:58pm PT
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Right on! Thanks!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Nov 20, 2008 - 09:58pm PT
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Don,
It may be just my creative memory but wasn't Tom Condon involved in the project?
Charlie D.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 20, 2008 - 10:07pm PT
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Two things. Yes, the liquid was not rain water. And I believe Tom Condon was involved in the second ascent with TM Herbert.
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Lightgirl
climber
Mendocino, Ca
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Nov 20, 2008 - 10:19pm PT
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Yes, Thank you Don for the great photos! I think my favorite is the top one of the totem pole. The lighting is perfect and the clouds seem to frame it perfectly. Awesome!
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
Redmond, OR
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Nov 20, 2008 - 10:19pm PT
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definition of "authentic."
I like the "guess" shot showing the two stepper etriers left behind; quite an esoteric feeling, no?
Thank you, Don!
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