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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Kudos for the post TarBuster.
Classic pic of Hartrich at the end.
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emac
climber
New Hampshire
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Apr 16, 2008 - 10:40am PT
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Larry, I think you are right, unfortunately this New Englander has not been climbing in the Northeast for over a month. But still climbing. Here are a few (your azul water photo was a little thread drift, so I am just adding to it :-)
Mt. Lemmon
Superstitions
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 16, 2008 - 12:03pm PT
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Looks cool, Eric. I need to get out to AZ one of these years.
Thread drift ... Northeasterners tripping to seek the sun elsewhere ... could be promising.
Then again, so's the spring weather today.
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Tarbuster
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Apr 16, 2008 - 08:31pm PT
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Tarbuster
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Apr 16, 2008 - 08:33pm PT
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Tarbuster
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Apr 16, 2008 - 08:34pm PT
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Tarbuster
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Apr 16, 2008 - 08:36pm PT
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Aya K
Trad climber
New York
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Apr 16, 2008 - 08:42pm PT
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My camera is temporarily out of commission :(
I guess I could always bust out the old one...
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Tarbuster
climber
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Apr 16, 2008 - 08:45pm PT
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...You must.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2008 - 09:23am PT
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The initial photo set of personality-rich climbing shots, and Macklin's poetic/historical intro writing, drew me into the article that Tar posted above.
Interesting perspective, linking the North Conway climbing boom to a tourism/real estate boom underneath in the local economy -- not too many climbing histories make that sort of connection.
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Tarbuster
climber
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Apr 17, 2008 - 10:32am PT
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Sumptuous prose indeed:
"On a clear evening, sunshine slips behind the Canon Mountain backdrop like quicksilver dripping from a tabletop."
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Apr 17, 2008 - 08:31pm PT
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Guy leading Center Crack 5.7 Deer leap VT 4-17-08
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 18, 2008 - 06:54am PT
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Shorts and shirtless? Clearly an early spring outing -- Northeasterners know what I mean.
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cowpoke
climber
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Apr 27, 2008 - 08:57pm PT
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Not really a trip, just a few hours of spring sun at Echo on Saturday. Is this not the cutest lil' crag in NH?
A shot of Dave sporting the look of a man who is just days away from finishing a semester of teaching 3 writing-intensive (i.e., grading-intensive) courses:
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 27, 2008 - 09:20pm PT
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Dave does look like he just escaped. Things look almost reasonably dry up there!
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Tarbuster
climber
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Ran into one of my heroes, George Hurley, out in Joshua Tree last month.
George, on the right, with friends:
One of the reasons he's my hero, is because he's been at so long, still does it still loves it!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - May 5, 2008 - 07:34pm PT
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George and I were part of a small crew developing a new Northeastern cliff, some years back.
This was before the sport era, but even so there emerged two distinct styles of first ascents.
The "service" style basically aimed for routes that they hoped would become classic, or at least
enjoyed by later parties. This required a top-down approach not with drills but with wire brushes,
and much scrubbing, hacking or trundling to unearth cleaner lines.
George belonged to a different school, the "adventure" style of FA. He climbed mostly ground up,
on sight, and with minimal effort at route improvement. He seemed to care less about posterity,
and more about the experience of pioneering a new route.
I was more persuaded by the "service" perspective on that cliff myself, and grouchier than I wish
I'd been about George's different view. Still, it was a learning experience to watch these contrasting
styles played out not on a great face such as Half Dome, but on the microcosm of one tiny eastern crag.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Good one Larry!
Got any pictures of George out there in action, from back in them bad old days?
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - May 5, 2008 - 10:28pm PT
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Not many, alas. The best is probably this one I posted upthread. I'll look to see if there's anything else.
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