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Dragon with Matches
climber
Bamboo Grove
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Jul 22, 2008 - 03:05am PT
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What got climbed?
Wisdom?
Awesome photo.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 22, 2008 - 03:07am PT
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hey there all.... so its the "ol' window in time" now, is it... :)
... oh, you guys...
thanks for the fun, at looking back... say, pics like that make interesting conversations pieces on the front room mantles, did you know?
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Anastasia
climber
Not there
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Jul 22, 2008 - 03:54am PT
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I love this picture for it shows a very special moment in their lives...
It was a time when climbing for them was more about playing on the rock with their friends than impressing the climbing world, getting sponsorships, arguing over ethics, etc. This picture shows them when they were really happy without the problems of the world on top of them. Metaphorically, it is the time before Eve ate the apple and got everyone kicked out of Eden.
AF
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Jim E
climber
Mountain Road
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Jul 22, 2008 - 11:18am PT
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"I love this picture for it shows a very special moment in their lives...
It was a time when climbing for them was more about playing on the rock with their friends than impressing the climbing world, getting sponsorships, arguing over ethics, etc. This picture shows them when they were really happy without the problems of the world on top of them. Metaphorically, it is the time before Eve ate the apple and got everyone kicked out of Eden."
Dead on AF!!!
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graham
Social climber
Ventura, California
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Jul 22, 2008 - 11:41am PT
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So true Anastasia
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Jul 22, 2008 - 12:17pm PT
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Warbler got it.
I think Paul Sibley clicked the picture at the base of the Bastille Crack in Eldo. Me and Kauk had hitch hiked to Colorado. I forgot how Pettigrew and Braun got there. Werner rode freight trains back to Yosemite!
Cheers, JB
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Jul 22, 2008 - 12:34pm PT
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what anastasia said. that was exactly what i had in my mind when i saw that pic, but she articulated it better than i ever could.
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WBraun
climber
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Jul 22, 2008 - 02:36pm PT
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I had a pack and a haul bag.
I'd run and throw the haul bag on the train first and then grab on and climb aboard with my pack on.
Not so hard, even a hobo can do it .....
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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Jul 22, 2008 - 02:38pm PT
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I still see folks hitching up here, in the summer. Suprisingly this summer there have been less then previous years. I guess the economy is even hitting those traveling super saver class.
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Roman
Trad climber
Boston
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Jul 22, 2008 - 02:45pm PT
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Absolute badasses.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Jul 22, 2008 - 03:13pm PT
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Gezzzz, ekat, what a sheltered life I've led. Gonna have to work hard this next year to make up for it..... lrl
"I think I hear my train acomin'"
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Jul 22, 2008 - 04:47pm PT
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our trick was to buy thick surplus coveralls before we went on the bindlestiff. it was nice to jump off the train at your destination, take the filthy coveralls off, wash your face, and you were good to go. one time we were hopping freights from seattle to the tetons and we had one coverall that had "frank" monogrammed on it, and another had "todd." we modified them so they read "rank" and "odd".
the hobos in the yards got a huge kick out of that.
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Jello2
climber
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Jul 22, 2008 - 05:11pm PT
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The guy on the left looks much more like Warbler, than JB. Is this some sort of test? I remember them dudes in them days and it looks like Kevin, not John. But maybe it's the stopper in the nose thing that's confusing me.
-Jello
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Jello2
climber
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Jul 22, 2008 - 05:40pm PT
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You could be right, Kevin. I'm too confused to remember. I do remember great times, though.
-EldoJello
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Jul 23, 2008 - 02:11am PT
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Yep...Now that's a classic shot to be sure!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Jul 23, 2008 - 02:31am PT
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yeah, well I'm still not so sure ekats first response isn't correct and jello may not be confused. Look at those mischievous grins...those dudes haven't changed...who be the fools and who be doing the fooling...?
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jul 23, 2008 - 09:52am PT
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Hey Werner
Did you ever run into any bada$$es on the trains?
I hear now there are like hells angels types who
gang up on hobos and rob/rape/kill people.
Any comments?
Or was it still safe back then, in our childhood
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jul 23, 2008 - 10:10am PT
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Nice picture. How refreshing!
Somebody should do a book...
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seamus mcshane
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 23, 2008 - 11:08am PT
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WBraun- there HAS to be more classic shots from this time period is your archives!?!
Maybe one with the Warbler?
You know, pictures Meyers wouldn't have dared to put in the seminal "Yosemite Climber", a masterpiece on it's own.
The one (although there's many) picture from "YC" is my favorite.
Dale Bard giggling at rurp belay, 1st on The Sea.
Double D (taco) took that shot detailing the prerequisite gallows humor.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jul 23, 2008 - 11:27am PT
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Seamus
I got to climb with Mr. Myers waaaaaay back in about
1975? (oh, that single brain cell is being stretched). . .
He used to live in this gorgeous brownstone that even had
gargoyles on it, which turns out just around the block
from where I ended up buying a house. Unfortunately, he'd
moved out by then. . .
Ahhhh, such super trivia. . .
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