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matisse
climber
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'manda hon,
You know yer getting old when...
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 1, 2008 - 01:28pm PT
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Don't sweat it...I think I'm older. 'manda was just an early-starter.
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More Air
Big Wall climber
S.L.C.
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Amanda's Zion (Emerald Pools Area) wall solo was in my opinion, harder than any of Piton Ron's solo climbs. Really enjoyed the account in the AAJ. Soloing a Zion wall ain't for the timid.
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Pewf
climber
nederland
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Thanks, Melissa, that's really flattering.
Sometimes I get a little embarrassed thinking about those old stories. I've gotten a lot more shy now that I'm such a mature old matron.
If I get brave, I'll see if I can summon up some recollections. At least when seen through the lens of time I should be able to forget all the boring and self-congratulatory bits.
Manda
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Leroy
climber
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Carol Black,Super climber and a Knockout.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Carol's Crack, Deto, a classic!
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Pewf
climber
nederland
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Somewhat motivated by this thread, I googled Sibylle Hechtel (as mentioned up thread, she and Bev made the first all female ascent of El Cap) and found she's still in Colorado. We went for a hike yesterday, enjoying some fine spring sunshine in Boulder.
She's healthy and happy, working as a ski instructor and a writer (science, guidebook, and other) in between climbing trips. Her son is seventeen and growing up to be a fine climber in his own right. In fact, he's taking a year off before college and he and his mum have an around the world climbing trip on the calendar.. I don't remember all the locales. Potrero Chico, Squamish, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Australia, Thailand and/or Nepal, on and on.
I first met Sibylle in the mid 90s in Yosemite, though we both lived in Boulder. I hadn't had the opportunity to climb with very many women, particularly longer trad routes. It was a real treat to go out with a lady who was so comfortable and competent on the rock.
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Erik
Ice climber
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Anne-Marie;
Funny you mention Judy Sterner -- we were at the University of Calgary (department of archaeology) together a few years back, and we'd always talk about Yosemite...if only I had known about that naked ascent story!
I remember her telling me how one night there were a bunch of you around a fire with Royal Robbins, and he said something to the effect that "it'll be a long time before you see a woman climb El Cap"... Judy said it wasn't so much a sexist statement as it was a challenge to the women folk, to stoke their fires... Hope I remember that story right.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Funny:
I wanted to make a plug for two women,
one briefly mentioned and the other I did not see come up at all yet.
As a native New Englander I have to root for Miriam Underhill...
When I googled her name I discovered that the American Alpine Club has an award in her and her husband's name.
http://www.americanalpineclub.org/pages/page/83#underhill
On that page^
I discovered that the second lady I wanted to root for...
had been given the Underhill Award in 1994 and the Literary Award in 2007
That being Alison Osius.
Where is she now?
She still the editor of one of those big climbing mags?
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Anne-Marie Rizzi
climber
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Judy Sterner and I were great buddies.
She was a Californian but somehow got granted status as a Vulgarian. She used to go to the Bugaboos with the Vulgarians and was often called "Jugs Judy" by that group. I think there is a photo in one of the VD's that is titled "Jugs Judy."
We cleaned toilets and rooms at Mammoth one winter. In fact, now that I remember, we skied across Tioga to the Valley, probably 1970 or 1971.
We learned to climb aid together.
In 1972, we took off on a grand western climbing adventure, hitchhiking throughout. First stop Squamish where we started the Grand Wall (having recently learned to aid climb) but retreated for reasons lost to memory. I remember leading off of some pitch and stepping on her breast by accident, which lead to many jokes about "Boob A1."
Then we went on to Calgary where the darn woman decided to stay. And stay. And stay. She went on to accomplish some significant mountain routes, and stayed to get a Ph.D. And, as far as I know, is a high-faluting academic.
(Meanwhile, I continued on the grand western climbing adventure, hitching the rest of the way myself via the Tetons and the Wind Rivers. Got back to the Valley in time to climb my first complete wall on the Chouinard-Herbert for my 21st birthday. But those adventures are entirely another story.)
Anne-Marie
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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great thread .. I just discovered it, bump it up
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drljefe
climber
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My high school librarian's name, in Tucson AZ, was EVE TALLMAN. She was instrumental in getting me to climbing back in 87. I know that she soloed all kinds of walls in the Valley and Zion when there weren't many chicks doing that. Some of you Yosemite locals must know/remember her. Funny note- she sold Kinnaloa stuff 'under the counter' in the library! If you're out there Eve...hey now!jefe
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bundle
Mountain climber
Wellington, NZ
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Jul 28, 2008 - 07:53pm PT
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Does anyone know the whereabouts of Katy Cassidy these days? I climbed the Shield with her back in 1980 amongst other things and have lost contact.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jul 28, 2008 - 07:57pm PT
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BVB could probably tell you what "Eve Tree" Tallman is up to.
Last I heard, Katy Cassidy, several years ago left Boulder and moved back to New Jersey.
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Yonder (out in the sagebrush)
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Jul 28, 2008 - 08:08pm PT
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I proudly count Eve Tree Tallman among my friends. She is quite the "Wall-Chick"...Did a bunch of cool walls(she did, eh?).
Also fun & gracious on the ground....even tolerated my drunken blathering. She can hang with the best of 'em....
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Jul 28, 2008 - 10:37pm PT
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eve is doing well. after winning a very prestigious award two years ago for designing the "best small library in america" in moab, she took a job in grand junction as the county librarian for whatever county that is. she's still a sweetheart. sent me a lot of bitchin' poems by some of my fave writers last spring. still a machine when it comes to climbing. still trying to raise the literacy bar in america.
still crushing at scrabble. i never stand a chance.
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Yonder (out in the sagebrush)
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Jul 28, 2008 - 11:07pm PT
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Nor will you, sir......(why should you be any different..)
Then there's the glorious "RavenHairs"......Chicks are Badass.
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homemade salsa
Trad climber
west tetons
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Jul 29, 2008 - 05:34pm PT
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Just ran across this thread and read it start to finish. Lots of my old heroes (don't like the word heroines as it seems like a derivative) are listed, accoladed.
I want to mention the women's Himalayan climbers of the 80s- Lucy Smith, Shari Kearney, Sue Giller who was named earlier, Annie Whitehouse, and various others- Kathy Phipps of the NW women for example. I learned a ton from all of them over the years.
I work the Women That Rock in the Tetons- we have been doing it for 13-14 years but have taken the last few years off due to babies. Some of those notables mentioned earlier show up: Beth Bennett one year, Kim Cz, can't forget Bobbie Bensman (we watched in awe at her forearms as she served herself salad at the climbers ranch), lately have had Angela Hawse, Karen O'Neill, Amy Whisler Skinner, Sue Miller, Robin Waxman, and always Evelyn Lees and Catherine Cullinane as great teachers/ guides/ inspiration.
Good memories climbing with Nancy Feagin in the early 90s, flipping coins for the hard leads but laughing and laughing, no matter how scared we were. Then Nancy with her baby blue eyes looking innocently at the ranger in some parking lot in Yosemite, "oh no, we would never dream of sleeping here in the parking lot." heehee
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Jul 29, 2008 - 05:50pm PT
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Kit Deslaurius,
Kitty Calhoun,
and
Kim walker,
have already been mentioned in this thread, right?
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