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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 17, 2009 - 09:58pm PT
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Two of [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280323753036&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123" target="new"]Walt's cams[/url] are up on ebay and I intend to purchase them for the Yosemite Climbing Museum - I'd appreciate you folks not bidding against me in the effort to do that.
Thanks...!
-Joseph
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Mar 17, 2009 - 10:07pm PT
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joseph,
why don't you just e mail seller, and tell him/her your intentions, and see if they will give them to you, or give you a low, buy now price.
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climbrunride
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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Mar 17, 2009 - 10:08pm PT
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Cool stuff. I'd like to have them for my collection, but you have a much better cause. I'll be a good boy and leave them alone.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 17, 2009 - 10:31pm PT
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Zip, I did and if the seller didn't need the cash he wouldn't be selling them at all as he bought them from Walt and they clearly mean something to him. I'm just trying to work with him in that regard to secure them for the YCM as they seem like something that belong in the Valley. Normally I'd be getting them for Stephane's Nut Museum given he's the one that alerted me to them - but this is one of those rare cases where they really probably belong in YCM more than in Stephane's, Marty's or anyone else's private collection.
climbrunride - I appreciate that...
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Mar 17, 2009 - 10:34pm PT
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Rob Oravetz made similar cams. Are you sure Walt made those?
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Mar 17, 2009 - 10:35pm PT
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any idea on how much he wants for them?
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Mar 17, 2009 - 10:37pm PT
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I pity da fool who bids against Joe...
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Mar 17, 2009 - 10:44pm PT
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i contacted seller and asked him if he had a buy now price, and proof that it was made by Walt.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 17, 2009 - 11:01pm PT
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Zip (and Clint), to be honest, I don't think that was really necessary at all. He says Walt made and sold them to him, I'm willing to believe him. Can you or anyone verify they were made by someone else? Otherwise I'm inclined to take him at his word given the other gear he's selling...
Clint, I'm not familiar with Rob Oravetz - got some details? I could be wrong, but I would think a couple of Walt's cams, regardless of who made them, would be a nice addition to the YCM.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Mar 17, 2009 - 11:08pm PT
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I believe Rob O lives in Berkeley. Bachar said he saw him at that Oakland slide show, I didn't recognize him (wasn't looking) through the years since I last saw him.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Mar 17, 2009 - 11:13pm PT
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Hey-
Great effort. Never knew Walt, but heard some great stories and know people that hold him close. We need to keep the cams home. If there is anything I can do to help, including financial support, count me in. jtpbka at aol . com. 310 - 351 - 1472.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 17, 2009 - 11:32pm PT
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I had forgotten that either Walt or Rob made cams.
We are all nearly "history" now...
Joseph,
I just e-mailed you Rob's contact.
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couchmaster
climber
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Mar 17, 2009 - 11:36pm PT
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Nice of you JH - this is a thanks for the heads up bump.
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mastadon
Trad climber
quaking has-been
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Mar 17, 2009 - 11:36pm PT
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I've got a "Rob" cam that I took a mighty fall on in The Trench. It held and I'm still able to post here. It's a lot shorter then those cams on ebay.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 18, 2009 - 12:25am PT
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Mastadon, could you post up a pic of Rob's cam?
Thanks Tar (and Bill! And johntp)...
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Anastasia
climber
Not here
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Mar 18, 2009 - 12:31am PT
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Bump...
Everyone here is staying away from them. I do hope they make it to the museum!
AF
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mastadon
Trad climber
quaking has-been
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Mar 18, 2009 - 12:33am PT
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10/4, but prolly not today. I'll have to dig it out.....
The cam lobes on my "Rob" cam aren't serrated like the ones listed on ebay.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 18, 2009 - 12:39am PT
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Thanks Anastasia!
Clint, courtesy of Tar, I just fired off an email to Rob and asked if he couldn't take a look at them (and also tell us the story of his own cams).
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 18, 2009 - 12:44am PT
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This story sounds so bogus. 15 years ago.
He went to Fresno State and I first met Walt when he left Lockheed.
That was more than 15 years ago. He never mentioned making any cams unless he made them at Middendorfs place?
John? Russ? ........what do you guys know.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Mar 18, 2009 - 12:53am PT
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I don't remember Walt ever talking about making Cams. Though he could/would have if he was so inclined...
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