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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Aug 22, 2018 - 05:26am PT
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Heinrich, the defining condition of this roster means that everyone in the thread knows the Dulfer (or body) rappel!
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Alan Rubin
climber
Amherst,MA.
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Aug 22, 2018 - 07:19am PT
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And has used it at least once!!! Same with tying in directly to the rope and a body belay. Clearly membership requirements.
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Todd Eastman
Social climber
Putney, VT
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Aug 22, 2018 - 07:33am PT
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The doofussitz abseil?
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Aug 22, 2018 - 08:56am PT
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This old coot still puttin' 'em up.....
Herb Laeger, aka Mr. Southern Sierra Obscura
A rare moment when Herb isn't on the go
74 and climbing like he's 35
Always FA'ing something
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Crag
Trad climber
Pennsyltuckey
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Aug 30, 2018 - 11:50am PT
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I'm hoping to make the 50 yrs of climbing roster, only 13 yrs to go. That would make me 68 yrs old. However I've hit a roadblock. Ruptured my Achilles this past Feb. Just starting to run albeit on a treadmill. Here's hoping for as much as a full recovery as possible.
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Todd Eastman
Social climber
Putney, VT
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Aug 30, 2018 - 01:11pm PT
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Crag,
Shredded mine in 2008, it got better in less than a year with steady rehab. It got normal again in a year and a half.
In the mean time adventure crutching can be fun! Hit the trails...
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Aug 30, 2018 - 01:34pm PT
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All this talk of dulfer made me think of the infamous bowline on a coil, my ribs hurt just thinking about it. (It's only been 46 for me, but haven't done much for years)
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Aug 30, 2018 - 02:35pm PT
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Used a bowline on a coil just a few years ago when I forgot my harness. It would have been preferable to have forgotten the bowline on a coil and remembered the harness, but we don't get to choose how our brains do or do not work.
There were some rappels, but light clothing contraindicated the dulfer, so I fashioned a "swiss seat" from slings just like BITD.
Only trouble was that the slings were 8mm dyneema...ouch!
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Aug 30, 2018 - 03:24pm PT
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Got rope and drivers license same day in 78'. But we had been climbing and rappelling on a 2" tow strap, 12 carabiners, homemade nuts and 1" webbing harnesses for years before hand, Still about 5 years short of this prestigious club. Armed with the knowledge of 'Starlight and Storm', 'Naked Before the Mountain' and 'Basic Rockcraft' we were off. Luckily we had cliffs up to 50' with in walking distance from our houses in Carson City, NV and no one took a serious 'lead' fall on our improvised equipment.
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gruzzy
Social climber
socal
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Aug 31, 2018 - 10:37pm PT
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Kudos to anyone in this club.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Proxy for Elaine Matthews.
"Though Matthews had some slow times in her climbing career, like when her daughter was young, this year [2015] she celebrates her 50th year climbing.
"She refers to it more like a relationship though, calling it her anniversary.
"Fifty years is an impressive length to be climbing in it’s own right, but it is made more impressive by the fact that she is still leading, and leading hard."
http://037200b.netsolhost.com/blog-page.php?Flashback-Elaine-Matthews-38
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jstan
climber
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I am 6 years away from achieving the anti-50 year roster. Been 44 years now since I pulled seriously on a rock.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mouse! Nice link & a great article on Elaine Matthews!
I'll never forget the Vulgarian Digest photo of her & Pingora, in the Wind Rivers.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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God is good!
Been seeking that photo for years, Fritzoid.
I mean, it's such a great shot of Pingora, right?
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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One more year to go...tick tick , tick tock
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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I made my first roped climb in 1974 so, 44 years ago. Led a few routes in TMds this last week so I'm still working towards the 50 club
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ghand
Sport climber
Golden,Colorado
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Look like I just made the club. Probably Sonny and Juanita at Taylors Falls Minnesota Sept 1968 with Minnesota Rovers.
Going out to drill new routes tomorrow. Nothing quite like the smell of fresh drill dust in the morning!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Switzerland 1968:
Switzerland 2018:
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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Almost there. Started climbing in 1971 at the age of 15. Still love rock climbing.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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North Georgia, 1953
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