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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Jun 10, 2011 - 12:47am PT
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Great pictures.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2012 - 09:05pm PT
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Reading Higgins recent contributions on rgold fine posting brought back fond memories of Mr Kamps.
So Bumpity, bumpity, bump bump...................
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 23, 2012 - 08:23pm PT
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Bumps all over the Great Pumpkin!!!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 10, 2012 - 10:05pm PT
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Bump to compliment Ed's wonderful TR on the classic Pumpkin. It was one of Bob's all-time favorites. Kamps we miss you!
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Gary Carpenter
climber
SF Bay Area
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Jun 10, 2012 - 10:26pm PT
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Thanks for the "bump" Guido. I missed your original post.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jun 11, 2012 - 11:17am PT
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Those photos so take me back to my early days, even though my early days weren't until the mid-70's!
Thanks again Guido, NEXT!!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Guido, Bonnie Kamps turned me on to this thread. Look out for an email please. That is, if you are able to be mailed thru ST. I'll soon know. If not I can and maybe you will email me. I have a picture question.
Cheers and Joy, Lynne
Edit: Message sent, Guido.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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love the route...
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Ed H
Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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Sep 10, 2015 - 10:44pm PT
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Got a tour of this classic line from my buddy Jay - bad ass face climber that he is. I was hopeful that maybe I could lead the upper pitches some day - I think I'll stick to crack climbing - there are some delicate 5.8+ moves on this route that are WAY past your last bolt - very scary - my hats off to you!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Sep 11, 2015 - 10:00am PT
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I missed this the first time around.
Great stuff, Guido!
(Ed--wearing those Acopas, eh)?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Sep 11, 2015 - 10:27am PT
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with a little help from my re-soling friends, the Acopa Legends live on... not sure how much longer, but I love them for Yosemite climbing
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Sep 11, 2015 - 02:30pm PT
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Guido, that first photo you posted, of Kamps ascents of Great Pumpkin - is that a database he kept? How amazingly organized! What is the ID number on the far left in reference to?
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The Chief
climber
Lurkerville east of Goldenville
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Sep 11, 2015 - 02:47pm PT
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One of my all time TM/Kamps routes. Of the dozen or so times I have been on this exquisite route, I have never run into anyone on the line nor ever had to wait to rope up.
Can't say as much for that other route down the hill from this one that is at times, worse than the Hollywood Fwy at rush hour.
Thank god that the masses do not do .... old skool Kamps slab.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 11, 2015 - 04:48pm PT
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Phylp
Here is a wonderful website on Mr Kamps that Bonnie keeps active.
All sorts of historical and hysterical info on Bob who left us with a staggering number of stellar routes to be enjoyed for eternity.
http://bobkamps.com
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Sep 11, 2015 - 05:24pm PT
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An excellent climb.
On my "go back again" list.
Very unnerving moves up high, well above a bolt. Just be solid on 5.9 slab and keep your head. Thought provoking.
Even my second didn't like it much.
Imagine Pywiack Dike Route but more runout on the crux (another excellent climb that doesn't get a waiting line these days). However the path on Great Pumpkin is more obvious. I still have my mental image of looking up from the bolt and working out the moves in advance. And that was a Long Time Ago.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Sep 11, 2015 - 05:48pm PT
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Wonderful share Guido . . . great images too!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Oct 10, 2016 - 06:47am PT
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I'd left hints for a my betters to bump this.
I couldn't pick between the great posts, but as a representation of the stoke conveyed :
Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
Jun 5, 2011 - 10:27am PT
Whoa, nice!
Now here's a route that don't take no fancy modern photo whiz-bang trickster-y, stilt-wobblin', wide-lenzin', tilt-skylinin', faux-flexin', Disney-Land-scapin'... Nope, here even butt shots manage to convey the epic quality of a Kamps line.
Just brush off the odd rat turd, stand back while Guido succinctly sets the long-ago stage (including Word from Mr. Long-Ago hisself), and let the Golden Light of memory shine on the Age of Kamps.
Thanks, Guido and Peter.
So cool!
...but I swear that so-called "McClinsky" dude is really one of the Furry Freak Brothers...
Looking forward to a great Roctober, and a happy Halloween.
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Oct 10, 2016 - 07:04am PT
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Nice to see this up front. Just Yesterday I was telling Kamps stories to Moose and TWP up at Donner.
It's probably not that unusual but I first met Bob Kamps way up on the side of Fairview.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Oct 10, 2016 - 09:30am PT
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as I said, love this route
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