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Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Jun 21, 2018 - 10:36am PT
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There may have been a time when the USA resin, or poff, was tincture of benzoin, used to keep the chalk on but having its own properties, including stickiness. I was told by a Valley climber that they could tell which holds Bridwell had used by the aromatic odor of the benzoin.
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plund
Social climber
OD, MN
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Jun 21, 2018 - 12:26pm PT
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Yeah, the "F.A. - Black Hills Gold" is chock full of good stuff, and not just climbing. You get a Vermashave segment as well. And I do covet the Homer motion-activated bottle opener.
As for the Thimble, I like many others have stood at the base and wondered "How TF?". Even the '5.9' 'easy' groove is full-value, especially for a lame-ass like me. Can't even get both feet off the ground in the Gill area.
For this hack, just sitting by the Sylvan Lake boulder swigging a brew & spectating is fabulous, especially harking back to a photo of Bob Kamps doing the same. So even if I can't climb well, my buttcheeks have had their own brush with historical greatness, "In the Assprints of Giants" if you will.
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Jim Clipper
climber
from: forests to tree farms
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Jun 21, 2018 - 12:30pm PT
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"In the Assprints of Giants" that really needs to be on a t-shirt.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jun 21, 2018 - 08:30pm PT
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I think it was I-sack Nude Tone who said, "If it has been my privilege to lounge longer and more effectively than others, it is because I have sat in the assprints of giants."
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Jim Clipper
climber
from: forests to tree farms
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Jun 21, 2018 - 09:38pm PT
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Serially, kudos to all those that got on that rig, and rode it for what it's worth. No matter how far.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Jun 22, 2018 - 06:49am PT
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The Assprints of giants indeed!--there is an old guy who lives west of Minneapolis. Near his house is a sauna repair business. The old groover makes it a point to check their dumpster every night. He finds a huge batch of 2 X 4's- clear cedar:Taken out of the Minneapolis club. Their only flaw is they are soaked soft from 40 years of ass sweat. No worries- I buy all of them for $2.00 each, take them to the shop and plane off about an 1/8" of DNA from the chamber of commerce. And now they live happily in my sauna-sometimes at night I can hear their ghosts still arguing about light rail transit or whether or not that bolt should have been placed.
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