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MH2
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2008 - 12:26am PT
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Quirky and small-time but a sentimental favorite.
Under the Pink from the front, figures added for scale
Under the Pink from the side
The Joe Rockhead's area of the Bedrock Town Dump
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MH2
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2008 - 12:58am PT
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perswig
Mountain Climbing in Maine offers very little in the way of attribution. All I can find is:
Published by
Department of Economic Development
Room 211 M
State House
Augusta, Maine
Published under appropriation No. 3920
Tumbledown Mountain is in the guide
Jaybro
The Needles Guide is from 1971 by Bob Kamps, "based on an earlier mimeographed guide" by Herb Cohn. In the preface it also says that Kay Arnott and Richard Goldstone did the finish work on the author's sketches of the Ten Pins.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 25, 2008 - 11:25am PT
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A little classic guidebook bump...
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Nov 25, 2008 - 11:29am PT
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In the spirit of Greg's post ... here's another one a few of you might recall.
Like Ament's blue book, Roper's red book fueled a lot of dreams.
Am I the only one who wrote notes in his classic guidebooks?
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Nov 25, 2008 - 12:31pm PT
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Some First Guides
Gran Guide with dust jacket
Coulter & McLane Tetons Guide
Conn Guide to Needles
Mountaineering Freedom of the Quad by Stanford Alpine Club
Midwest Mountaineering Devils Tower Guide
1956 Tahquitz Guide which first introduced the Decimal Rating System
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Nov 25, 2008 - 12:46pm PT
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Do any of you collectors have the Jim Halfpenny guide to Vedauwoo, circa 1970?
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The Librarian
climber
Golden, CO
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Nov 25, 2008 - 12:48pm PT
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Hey - these are great! Would any of you be interested in sending me the images so I can make a Guidebooks set in the AAC Library Flickr page? The library would be glad to make a central place for all your collections - we can't scan everything, but if you guys do the scanning, we can do the archiving and make it all accessible. And the best thing about flickr is if you join Flickr too, you can comment and link on all the photos to keep the conversations going, without having to constantly find and bump the thread.
Our flickr page is here:
http://flickr.com/photos/aaclibrary/sets/
or email me at bheller AT americanalpineclub DOT org if you want to talk about it!
Beth
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 25, 2008 - 02:09pm PT
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Sorry Clint, my website changed...found 'em...
Randy - you just gotta rub it in, don't cha? :-)
You asked for it... although I'm pretty far behind now...
* WATCH OUT DIAL UP GUYS!!! ***
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Nov 25, 2008 - 02:33pm PT
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Greg, there's probably a 12-step program for people with your addiction. I think you should seek it out while there's still time.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 25, 2008 - 02:35pm PT
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I hear ya... I've slowed way down the last few years. Had a relapse the weekend of the Kor show, but Neptunes is right there, so you can't hardly blame a guy.
There's one guide in there that nobody but me has... see if you can spot it. Hint... Arizona.
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Nov 25, 2008 - 02:57pm PT
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Greg, I'm not sure which AZ guide it is, but there are many great ones pictured -- The Granite Dells guide is particularly neat. Thanks for reposting all those.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Nov 25, 2008 - 03:18pm PT
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I have that Granite Dells guide, too. Steel, I think you showed me parts of at least one guide that no one has but you.
Keep an eye open for that 1/2¢ guide. It might have the first use of the Word 'Offwidth' in it. I have a xerox copy of it back at the Ranch, but I'm not going to be able to get there for a bit.
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steelmnkey
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Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 25, 2008 - 03:24pm PT
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Guide I never published...and likely never will.
Still a work in progress...almost 20 years now.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Nov 25, 2008 - 03:25pm PT
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Does it have improbability drive?
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 25, 2008 - 03:27pm PT
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Of course... :-)
Ain't that a bolt ladder on the left side?
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Scared Silly
Trad climber
UT
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Nov 25, 2008 - 04:20pm PT
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I will see if I can get a picture of one of my (and one of my good friend's) favorite guides; Desperate Grace by Rex Green. It is an old Wasatch Guide full of little quips like the discussion on pitons where the author states "The rock, like a good woman, can only take the occasional pounding." OUCH!!
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2008 - 04:45pm PT
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Greg, I'm not one to niggle about straying from a subject heading, just curious: I count around 500 titles, so if that's your idea of "a few", how many guides do you REALLY have?
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Basilisk
Ice climber
New Hampshire
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Nov 25, 2008 - 05:05pm PT
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Alright, I'll be the one to ask: Got any higher res scans of those books/collages? I'd love to get a better look at them
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 25, 2008 - 06:08pm PT
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MH2 - I realize I may have overtaken your thread. Let me know and I can remove my humongous post. No worries.
Oh... a few... 650 or thereabouts...
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