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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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What choices does one have?......
1) Tube sock (I wear them everyday)
2) girl socks (those ones that don't cover the ankle.....not for me..)
3) Black dress socks (at the crags?....please..)
4) Wool socks (This is California....not Wales...)
5) other....
It's the tube sock..all day;...everyday....(Now the thong I save for special occasions...)...
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2010 - 09:11am PT
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nice photos steve!
classic eldo- collins really set the bar high during the 70's!
keep the scans rolling..
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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What, no support hose?!?... LOL
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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You were always a bit fashion forward, Kurt, but I think Collins has you beat by a few years!
Isn't there a photo of you on the Snowbird wall with tube socks?
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Tube socks and drilling from hooks on lead were par for the norm in the 80's
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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This thread delivers!
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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is there a tube steak thread somewhere?
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 4, 2010 - 09:00am PT
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PHOTOS, PEOPLE, WE NEED PHOTOS!
DO NOT FEAR THE TUBE SOCK, EMBRACE YOUR PAST AND RELISH IT IN IT'S FULL GLORY.
LET FREEDOM RING ON THIS DAY OF INDEPENDENCE!
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 4, 2010 - 09:04am PT
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DAVE SCHULTZ WORE EM..
working on FA of Hold Your Fire, jtree 1988.
Still has not had a second?
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gonzo chemist
climber
Crane Jackson's Fountain St. Theater
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more recently, so not quite old school...
bouldering something in Real Hidden Valley:
s.d. climbs the Hidden Arch in some serious tube socks:
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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1976
You could think of painter pants as really really long tube socks.
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2010 - 03:49pm PT
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sweet.. heres one..
donner summit- 1986
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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First solo ascent of Goldy Locks at Donner Summit. This must have been the summer of 77.
RED tube socks!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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They look a lot like leg warmers to me! :-)
Edit: I admit to having had bright red (and bright blue) wool knicker socks, for use with the de rigeuer alpine/backcountry skiing wool knickers.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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They were actually thin cotton knicker socks. I could pull them up over my knees!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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More classic Jim Collins on Genesis from The Stanford Alpine Club by John Rawlings and Glen Denny, 1999.
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 6, 2010 - 09:36am PT
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long live the tube sock...
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 7, 2010 - 12:42pm PT
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Wally keep those scans coming. Steve G- i know there must be pics of you in tube socks, so POST UP!
LArgo... still waiting..
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