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cintune
climber
Penn's Woods
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Jul 16, 2006 - 12:41pm PT
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1983 or so.
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F10 Climber F11 Drinker
Trad climber
e350
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Jul 16, 2006 - 01:41pm PT
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The swamis may not have been that great, but it sure can't be beat when comes to taking a nature call!!!
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Jul 16, 2006 - 03:01pm PT
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For some reason, the most popular color for the two inch webbing swami was red.
Some people liked to use the Forrest swami. You could also get leg loops for it.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 16, 2006 - 04:07pm PT
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JT - around 1981
I thought Bachar looked totally cool in Dolphin Shorts, so I knew I had to wear 'em too! Also, check out the cool sash-style chalk bag strap, the big rack, and the obligatory tube socks. Who says fashion is seasonal?
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F10 Climber F11 Drinker
Trad climber
e350
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Jul 16, 2006 - 09:51pm PT
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Some Mt. Everest shots (woodson) with me sporting the trad 1" swami and Paul Dowdy's custom wide model. Check out the flame action on his EB leather covers. Mid seventies, photos by Tom Scott
jb
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
boulder, co
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Jul 16, 2006 - 10:05pm PT
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maybe 1979...talk about style.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jul 17, 2006 - 09:07am PT
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Grade IV rack, 1969:
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Jul 17, 2006 - 09:12am PT
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Are those Clog Hexes?
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 17, 2006 - 09:38am PT
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Classic 1979 style, Bob
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jul 17, 2006 - 09:40am PT
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Are those Clog Hexes?
Yes they are. A few Clog wedges, too, if you look closely enough. The kind you threaded webbing straight through, side-to-side. (MOACs were such an improvement!)
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Gunkie
climber
East Coast US
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Jul 17, 2006 - 10:46am PT
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RRK
Trad climber
Talladega, Al
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Jul 17, 2006 - 12:01pm PT
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Dang - had to get in on this one even if it meant registering for this board. For the first few years I had nothing but the PA's (think roller skates) then Komito got smething he called Brand X rubber and I sent them off. When they got back I'd swear that they could stick to the ceiling.
I climbed for a bit with the bowline-on-a-coil tie-in but gav it up in favor of the swami, then swami with tied leg-loops (couple of overhand loops about 4 inches apart - much better than the "swiss seat" arrangement) Then my clmbing partner showed me how to sew a swami using auto seatbelt webbing and 25 lb braided nylon fishing line using a stitching awl. I was leary of using it until he took a 300 footer (no my zero is not sticking - it was full runout both ways) on the thing so I guessed it was ok to use. We plundered the wrecking yards for webbing until I wound up with enough bucks to buy a Forrest swami and legloops which I climbed in until just a few years ago. I still have it and would not hesitate to strap it back on.
I climbed with a lot of Forrest stuff and still use the middle sizes of Titons (through 9 - old blue #9) for passive gear. You can do some cool tricks with them. I've still got Forrest's single-point bivy loaned out to somebody - been gone for years but I could still get it back if somebody needs it. I'm thinking that they're using it to interrogate prisoners at Gitmo
The most worthless piece of machinery I ever owned was a CMI Kurt-cam. Unless you like the sound of gear sliding down the rope below you then there's really nothing good about it - not even the illusion of protection.
Oops - the real world's calling - gotta go
RRK
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jul 17, 2006 - 02:27pm PT
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Tied in and stokin'up:
Ready for Stoners Highway:
Questionable comfort, new routing on Majician, Needles:
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jul 17, 2006 - 04:30pm PT
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1" wrap swami, a few pitons and Clog hexes, RRs: John Byrd in Yosemite, 1968.
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Jul 17, 2006 - 04:39pm PT
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Tarbuster, is that Too Tall?
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Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
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Jul 17, 2006 - 06:17pm PT
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Yeah Billy, that is Too Tall. Where the heck is he these days?
Roy, you were/are so suave!
Bob D' remember a day in '78 in the Gunks? Back then you were called "the Philadelphia Flyer" and you introduced me to the time honored gunks tradition of the sandbag, I chickened out though, then you took a turn and flew!
Still struggling with the scanner so I can join the foto fun.
Peter
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Apocalypsenow
Trad climber
Cali
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Jul 17, 2006 - 06:20pm PT
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When was the bolt added to Lower Right Ski Track?
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Jul 17, 2006 - 06:52pm PT
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Peter, I went climbing with Too Tall two years ago, he was working with Hugh behind Lee Vining Mobil.
Last time I saw him he had two black eyes and was all cut up, after pitching over the handlebars of his bike.
I hear he is still seen, lurking on the East-side.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 17, 2006 - 07:01pm PT
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Apocalypsenow:
The bolt in the pic was there in the late '70s and early 80s at least, and was an old quarter incher.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jul 17, 2006 - 07:04pm PT
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Didn't see Too Tall at the JT reunion.
We tried-
Good luck with that scanner Peter, we know you got some stuff.
Chiloe, your archives are so well kept indeed.
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