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ionlyski

Trad climber

Kalispell, Montana

Feb 11, 2012 - 04:24pm PT

Clive,
Try sending a Super Topo message to Renzo.

Arne

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Feb 11, 2012 - 05:18pm PT

Might be renzo... no caps.

Peter Haan

Trad climber

San Francisco, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2012 - 08:35pm PT

St'ers, I have sent Clive the contact info for Molly and Larry.

moacman

Trad climber

Montana

Feb 12, 2012 - 12:16am PT

Hey Arne. Bumped into Molly and Larry today at the wall. All is well.. have you guys climbed anything lately...

Stevo

Jan

Mountain climber

Okinawa, Japan

Feb 12, 2012 - 12:50am PT

Great photos Peter!

You can really sense the amount of energy and determination Molly had.

I remember at Outward Bound we always had a marathon at the end of the
girls course. Everyone was taking bets on who would win.

Everyone but me bet on a girl named Leslie who had really long legs -
probably 5'10" tall - and who ran several miles every day.

I had worked with Molly and I knew her well by then so I bet on her.
Sure enough, with her short legs and true grit, she managed to win.

mastadon

Trad climber

crack addict

Feb 12, 2012 - 12:07pm PT

Jan, would that have been Leslie Emerson??

Jan

Mountain climber

Okinawa, Japan

Feb 12, 2012 - 01:29pm PT

Emerson. Yes! Thank you!

She was a cool person too, although I didn't know her as well
as Molly and Barb Eastman. Our patrols were sent on different routes.

Peter Haan

Trad climber

San Francisco, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2012 - 01:30pm PT

No kidding, Jan. Molly was made from real stuff for sure. When the going got tough, she got verbal, too. It was quite fun to be with her at such points because she verged on the piratical, even. She could swear like one, you see, and used her whole body to do this. Great woman.

renzo

Trad climber

Whitefish Mt

Mar 3, 2012 - 11:19am PT

Michael Kennedy

Social climber

Carbondale, Colorado

Mar 3, 2012 - 11:57am PT

Let her lead, Renzo. Just like we always did BITD.

Mighty Hiker

climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Mar 3, 2012 - 01:17pm PT

What is a poor old trophy hubby suppose to do?

Don't tempt us with rhetorical questions.

Jan

Mountain climber

Okinawa, Japan

Mar 3, 2012 - 02:11pm PT

Hi Sully-

You're probably right about the 10 miles but
my senior brain can't remember for sure.

Jan

Mountain climber

Okinawa, Japan

Mar 3, 2012 - 02:12pm PT

renzo-

Ask Molly if she remembers the name of her first climb in the Valley.
It was a chimney over by Reed's Pinnacle and I think it was the Iota,
but I can't remember that for sure either.

the kid

Trad climber

fayetteville, wv

Mar 3, 2012 - 02:16pm PT

awesome photos Peter!

renzo

Trad climber

Whitefish Mt

Mar 3, 2012 - 02:48pm PT

Hey Jan,
Molly seems to think her first climb was on Glacier Pt. Apron in the spring of 74 and met you on the Iota in the fall of 74...
cheers

Jan

Mountain climber

Okinawa, Japan

Mar 3, 2012 - 03:19pm PT

Thanks, but that can't be right because I spent all of '74 in Nepal.
It had to be the previous year. Anyway, I didn't realize that she
had been in the Valley the spring before we taught at
Outward Bound. Maybe it was Barb who had never been to the
Valley before?

David Wilson

climber

Mar 3, 2012 - 03:30pm PT

cool to see the old pics of new dimensions. somehow it feels like the rock should look different as well as the people. but no, the rock stays the same and the people change. that must have been one proud ass climb back then ! thanks for posting these pics peter !