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Rick A
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Boulder, Colorado
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Mar 21, 2008 - 01:03pm PT
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What a fun clip. Sobering to think that Dick Jones and Glen Dawson did the impressive Mechanic's Route (5.8) the year before the film,using the same shoes and equipment. Anyone who has not done that historic route should get on it right away.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2008 - 02:52pm PT
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The traversing fall is on Switchbacks...
I wonder if that piton is still there. I've clipped a lot of those old things, now I'm wondering how old they are.
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graham
Social climber
Ventura, California
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Mar 22, 2008 - 05:02pm PT
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That was pretty cool!
They were on the south face of Tahquitz there too. You could see Chingadera’s future line in the back ground.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Mar 22, 2008 - 05:33pm PT
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I'll have to try that "replace the broken hold and re-use it" trick--hehe.
edit: Herman from the Bronx gets pwnd!
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Mar 23, 2008 - 12:21am PT
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They were on the south face of Tahquitz there too. You could see Chingadera’s future line in the back ground
The start of the Left Ski track was fairly obvious in a couple of those shots. Some of the others looked like maybe Jensens Jaunt / Traitor Horn area. Given that the typical movie camera of the era weighed north of 15lb and needed a tripod, it isn't suprising that most of the shots are from first pitches.
I think about everyone that grew up in the SGV and ended up climbing soloed those falls at Baldy.
This needs a bump anyway
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2008 - 05:37pm PT
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Maybe Chris can put it in the news.
BTW, thanks to Bill Oliver. His ongoing series of the history of climbing in the Sierra Nevada that appears in the Sierra Echo was where the link to this little gem was reported.
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Anastasia
climber
Not here
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Mar 23, 2008 - 06:26pm PT
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This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing!
Now please answer this question... When the climber fell on his hip, what did the announcer mean that "he won't be feeling like doing the big apple?"
(I don't get it.)
AF
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Mar 23, 2008 - 06:27pm PT
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Maybe a dancing reference, Ana.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Mar 23, 2008 - 06:30pm PT
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The Big Apple was a popular dance at the time.
During the summer of 1937, the students from the University of South Carolina started dancing the Big Apple at the Pavilion in Myrtle Beach.[3] Betty Wood (née Henderson), a dancer that helped revive the Big Apple in the 1990s, first saw the dance there, and six months later won a dance contest and become nicknamed "Big Apple Betty".
Wiki
Looks like the term Betty may have originated there also.
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