The Thief, Leaning Tower area

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Mike Bolte

Trad climber

Planet Earth

Oct 13, 2008 - 12:45am PT

not so easy to find your way up to there. Long time ago climbed something called Plumpkin (nice little adventure) thinking we'd get up for a look at Atomic as Jardine was raving about it. But that didn't work as it looked too hard to traverse off to the right. Didn't know there was an approach from above. Must be other ascents of Atomic Finger Crack. Isn't there a picture someplace of Bill Price on it?

le_bruce

climber

Oakland: what's not to love?

Oct 13, 2008 - 01:34am PT

Excellent thread, thanks. Nothing to add except the ".10c up in that area" could be Bridalveil East?

Clint Cummins

Trad climber

SF Bay area, CA

Oct 13, 2008 - 04:07pm PT

The Thief is very nice. Another great one up there is Megaforce.

scuffy b

climber

On the dock in the dark

Oct 15, 2008 - 01:56pm PT

Mondegreen alert, everybody.

Kevin's version of the lyrics is not a perfect match
for Dylan's.
Dylan's first verse ends

"none of them along the line
know what any of it is worth."

Thanks for playing, Kevin. A great entry.

scuffy b

climber

On the dock in the dark

Oct 15, 2008 - 04:55pm PT

Kevin, Jimi sounds to me like he's using Dylan's words in those lines. Lots of syllables, yes.
There were a couple times we discussed Mondegreens on ST. Some pretty funny ones came up.

Elitist??? Me??

Sure I'm an elitist, but a down-to-Earth kind. I hang out with Sport Climbers, Liebackers, even Aid Climbers (a little)

EDIT: on Wikipedia (maybe) there are some quotes from Dylan that more or less make it seem almost as if he (Dylan) is performing covers of Jimi's song.

Jaybro

Social climber

wuz real!

Oct 15, 2008 - 04:59pm PT

and classist, I hear.

scuffy b

climber

On the dock in the dark

Oct 15, 2008 - 05:49pm PT

Kevin, I looked at Dylan's website.
But it brought up another thing. I think he made a Mondegreen of his own.
You know, "barefoot servants"
I think he originally wrote and sang "while all the women came and went, their footservants, too"
But the words on the website say barefoot servants, like most people sing.
The lyrics are copyright 1968 on the site, even though the song was released on record in 1967.
I always thought the footservants line made sense gramatically while the barefoot servants seems nonsense to me.

Jaybro, yeah, I'm still practicing the Class warfare thing (eating Aves and Pisces but sparing Mammalia) but in a flawed manner (had a bite of chile verde today)

Jaybro

Social climber

wuz real!

Oct 15, 2008 - 06:13pm PT

I always thought "barefoot servants" was old testament, if not babylonian, or something, wish we could ask Joe Campbell, he'd know...

there's "tubes" in green chile, Scuff? Oh well, we try as we can, lard keeps turning up in chips, even today...

scuffy b

climber

On the dock in the dark

Oct 15, 2008 - 07:01pm PT

It was a conscious act, Jay.

But about climb names. Obviously, there are many puns and intentional misspellings out there.
What about the names that are simply spelled wrong by somebody who can't spell? Should they be corrected?

Melissa

Gym climber

berkeley, ca

Oct 15, 2008 - 07:40pm PT

There's a nice professional picture of Jobee on this climb. I don't know if it was published.

Another lovely Chapman/Worrall addition to the 10d 1-incher circuit. Beware of PO on the approach!

JOEY.F

Social climber

sebastopol

Oct 15, 2008 - 09:35pm PT

"Naming routes after songs, or lines from them was popular in the seventies - music was a big part of life in Camp 4. Seems we always had the lines of a great tune running through our heads. That song captured the mood and power of the era, and of the place. "

That was nicely put, and really sent me way back in my head for a spell.

Serious flashback.
Thanks you guys!
Joe.
(ps beats debates)

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

Oct 16, 2008 - 12:14am PT

one fantastic picture of Jobee on The Thief

gotta post it here... even with the link

Jo Whitford on The Thief Yosemite Valley. Photo by John Bachar

JOEY.F

Social climber

sebastopol

Oct 16, 2008 - 03:29am PT

wow!
Thanks Ed.
Joe.

mucci

Trad climber

sf ca

Oct 16, 2008 - 11:06pm PT

Fantastic job on that route man! You guys looked like you had just found a pot of gold,...... then sent the SH$$ out of it. Way to go!
*mucci* AKA the chef
thanks for the pic of us on the way up!

kev

climber

Oct 17, 2008 - 01:08am PT

That looks stout and fun. Hmmmm I may have to head back this weekend!

Thanks for all the history - great stuff!

kev

Dolomite

climber

Oct 17, 2008 - 03:20pm PT

Bump for an great thread. Dang, this slipped to page three in a hurry. Maybe it should have been posted to a climbing forum instead of ST. Okay, that was harsh, but seriously, this conversation is awesome. Thanks for sharing it with us--

Studly

Trad climber

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 17, 2008 - 08:47pm PT

Here is the link to some video I took doing The Thief and the Princess. There is a pretty good shot from above at the anchors of the main hand crack of The Thief which is elusive in photos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyf9Hdd0B78