1970s Climbing Fashions

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rockermike

Trad climber

Berkeley

Apr 14, 2011 - 10:06pm PT

'70s fashions were cool. The 80s were an embarrassment. But then that was the "ME" generation. Everyone joined the republicans and went off to business school as I recall.

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Apr 14, 2011 - 10:17pm PT

I think Pat Timson is wearing some pants he got off of a dead port-a-potty 'technician'.

And then there was the Swedish take on the painter's pant craze: Ulf Bjornberg accessorizes with knicker socks.
This could be excused on the grounds that it was an alpine rock route but it didn't seem to catch on.

I, on the other hand, took the runway look to the alpine faces of the Great
Northwest with my 'summer collection'.

SteveW

Trad climber

The state of confusion

Apr 14, 2011 - 10:41pm PT

Gunkie--CCK, right????
Fun climb!!!!

Baskerville Terrace in '75

RMNP c'78????

local

Social climber

eldorado springs

Apr 14, 2011 - 11:27pm PT

bvb

Social climber

flagstaff arizona

Apr 14, 2011 - 11:35pm PT

dudes. 1979. the penultimate 70's outfit. all up on it, back in the muthafukkin' day. check out that gobi on the left hand. tape? please.

Ezra Ellis

Trad climber

WA, & NC & Idaho

Apr 14, 2011 - 11:46pm PT

Bump for the real deal y'all!

Gorgeous George

Trad climber

Los Angeles, California

Apr 15, 2011 - 12:43am PT

Did I mention my down to the shoulders Afro? Everyone thought I was Carlos Santana's brother (who, by coincidence, was also named Jorge),

ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber

bouldering

Apr 15, 2011 - 02:51am PT

okie

Trad climber

San Leandro, Ca

Apr 15, 2011 - 08:37am PT

Wow, those are pristine! I had a pair of those.

ArmandoWyo

climber

Wyoming

Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2011 - 10:36am PT

F10, that’s a great 70s pix. If it was Goldline rope, it’d be a 10. And the JT pix is classic as well, EBs, painters, swami, knotted slings, bandana, and a first generation homemade chalk bag. this one looks like it took two hands to open. it’s got it all.

ArmandoWyo

climber

Wyoming

Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2011 - 10:42am PT

Clint, don’t think I could on this photo, but drop me a message, through ST, or at armandowyoming@gmail.com, and I’ll send you a description. Actually it was to get a better route description for Chris Mac that I re-connected with Vern and Paul, but they - read, their memories - were no help.

ArmandoWyo

climber

Wyoming

Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2011 - 01:53pm PT

Clint, don’t think I could on this photo, but drop me a message, through ST, or at armandowyoming@gmail.com, and I’ll send you a description. Actually it was to get a better route description Chris Mac that I re-connected with Vern and Paul.
thought I'd posted this, but don't see it.

Allen Hill

Social climber

CO.

Apr 16, 2011 - 05:16am PT

ArmandoWyo

climber

Wyoming

Topic Author's Reply - Apr 16, 2011 - 11:09am PT

Amigos, great set of photos. I try (unsuccessfully) to maintain a bright line between the knickers-RR and the EB-painter pants era. Sorry, I try to categorize things. But Reilly's pix of the Swed shos that there was a transition: painter pants tucked into knicker socks!
And Jay, have you got a good collection of old RCS images? I've a great one of Joe Troy, who gave almost every Sunday for 2 decades to teach others to climb. Has there been a thread of RCS photos?
bvb, that image if fantastic. If there was a Gold metal in this thread, the the "ultimate 70s outfiit" would win (even if not knickers-RRs), despite all the other great ones and my own pixs. a little history please. And the green on the shoes? Was that original or stitched on? Reminds me of Sherry McVoy, who would add patches to her EB. I will add that pix separately.
Thanks again to all. ST needs a separate area for History.

ArmandoWyo

climber

Wyoming

Topic Author's Reply - Apr 16, 2011 - 11:11am PT

Sherry McVoy leading about 5 or 6 pitches pitches up Direct Northwest Face of Half Dome in the summer of 1979. Alan Nelson was next to me on the hanging belay. Sherry is special. An exceptionally good climber when any females in climbing were rare, Sherry would accessorize to maintain her femininity. Note the colorful extensions on sleeves and sometimes on legs, as dancer were to adopt later, and she was the first I saw to stitch vivid patches on sides of her EBs. But she could really climb. For years Sherry had a very bad back, and would ride to the Meadows laying on her back. At the crags, she’d watch us flail while flat on her back. Then she’d rise, tie-in, and send it.