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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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May 10, 2009 - 04:32pm PT
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That was your first El Cap route, Big wall Kate? Too funny! Melissa is as cool a person as I've ever met in the last , 52+yrs. The only 'serious' climb I've climbed with her was ' el cap in a day in a gym' based on that, and various other conversations, I would go out and climb anything! with her. Not sure where she belongs, on the Chick history thread, but she is a big part of it it, though she would never tell you...
( Did I steal your photo? I don't mean to offend, and will take down anything)
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Evel
Trad climber
the cliffs of insanity
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May 10, 2009 - 04:49pm PT
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Lotus Steele?
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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May 10, 2009 - 09:56pm PT
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no chance, evel. . .
even though I've not seen Lotus for years, I know that
isn't her in either. the first is probably Pamela Pack. . .
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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May 10, 2009 - 09:57pm PT
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oooops... my bad...
I thought the title was:
"The Chicken History Thread".
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Evel
Trad climber
the cliffs of insanity
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May 10, 2009 - 10:15pm PT
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Not a guess, I'm including her on the list.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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May 10, 2009 - 11:14pm PT
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Jan Baker Sacherer
North Face of the Maiden - Boulder
December 1963
Photo by Layton Kor
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murcy
climber
San Fran Cisco
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May 11, 2009 - 12:11am PT
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Wow, are you the very Jan in the (amazing) photo? Tell us more!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 11, 2009 - 12:34am PT
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Yes.
That last photo from Jan really takes the cake !!!
AND has histr'y.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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May 11, 2009 - 02:14am PT
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This is the only other photo I have from this era. It was taken on the same climb of the Maiden in 1963. Note the swami belt, carabiner breakbar, and state- of- the- art Kronhoffer klettershoes. This photo also by Layton Kor.
It does seem amazing that we were ever that young!
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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May 11, 2009 - 02:20am PT
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Summit photo from the first all woman ascent of the Nose on El Cap 1977. Molly Higgins and Barb Eastman.
This photo was sent to me by Molly and Barb while I was working in a village in Nepal where the women showed their subservience to their husbands by washing their feet at the wedding ceremony and sipping some of the footwater. Needless to say, it was a very depressing place for a woman and this photo improved my morale more than Barb or Molly will ever know.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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May 11, 2009 - 02:32am PT
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I always liked that one!
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TomKimbrough
Social climber
Salt Lake City
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May 11, 2009 - 09:34am PT
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Jan - Hi from Barb Eastman! Cheers for us ladies!
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Carolyn C
Trad climber
the long, long trailer
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May 11, 2009 - 12:37pm PT
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Love that photo of Molly and Barb. 1977 was my first year climbing in the Valley, and their feat seemed impossible to me. Wow...great days.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Jul 16, 2009 - 11:39pm PT
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How about Jo Whitford, Karine Croft, Mary (I can't remember her last name, tall, hung out with Jo). There were others in the late eighties, early ninties hanging in the Valley.
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dfrost7
Social climber
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Jul 16, 2009 - 11:48pm PT
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Did anyone mention Rosie Andrews or the Divine Miss "M" - Maria Cranor? Bobbi Bensman or Isabelle Patissier?
Edit: I see Rosie and Maria are mentioned, bump those two anyway!
Didn't see Bobbi or Isabelle but they're most likely mentioned.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Jul 17, 2009 - 01:54am PT
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Has anyone mentioned Barbara Washburn? First woman to climb Denali way back in 1947. Probably did a fair number of other peaks with her husband, Bradford Washburn.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Jul 17, 2009 - 02:05am PT
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Melissa- Didn't you do the first female ascent of eagle's way in the early 90's?
Mucci
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Dr. Duct Tape
Trad climber
La Honda, CA
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Sep 17, 2009 - 04:48am PT
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I am reliving some of my distant past on this forum and was delighted to see this thread. I spent my first summer in Camp 4 in 1971 at age 15 and spent $30 for 2 days of climbing lessons with the Mountaineering School. My instructors were Bev Johnson and Barry Bates.
Being young and innocent, I was not a real threat for hitting on the women in Camp 4 and learned a great deal from their complaints and candid conversations with me about what they want (and don't want) from men.
I am ever grateful for their words of wisdom, some of which I still remember and have helped me stay happily married for almost 30 years.
I am also grateful for the other women who taught me my first lessons in outdoor play. I took my first XC ski lesson from Carolyn Tiernan at Summit Meadows in 1973 and won the Nordic Holiday XC ski relay with her and Bud Rice in 1975. I learned whitewater slalom kayaking from Candy Clark, horseback riding and jumping from my wife Janet, race car driving from my sister Patty and off-road driving from Daphne Green.
Here are some of my memories and belated thanks:
From Bev Johnson:
To Gail Gross, in 1972: "It's not how many 5.10 climbs I've led but how many 5.10 climbers I've laid".
To me, in 1976 (when she was Ned Gillette's girlfriend) "Rich, you are a good XC racer, but would be really fast if you had some form"
Thanks to Tina Hargis for her teachings on winter wildlife and letting me stay with her and Mead in Tuolumne for much of the winter in 1975.
Thanks to Annie-Marie Rizzi for letting me lead the crux of C.S. Concerto in return for planting the rumor that I lost my virginity on that climb (sadly, that didn't happen for another year).
Thanks to Donna Pritchett, Lora Hein, Darren Ross, Peggy Kuropat, Ann Baker and Marybeth Harder for patiently inspiring me to be more of a naturalist and less of a teenager during the 3 months they endured me and John Dill on our expedition to South America and the Galapagos Islands in 1973.
Except for my wife Janet, I have lost contact with these exceptional women. Donna, Bev and my sister Patty are no longer with us and I miss them.
Regards,
Rich Lee
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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Sep 17, 2009 - 01:39pm PT
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Nice photos, Jan !
You are beautiful.
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