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MH2
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Mar 12, 2010 - 02:20pm PT
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Who was the boot repairman with Swallow's Nest under the bridge? He recognized and resuscitated a pair of Le Phoques.
REI was okay on rare occasions but don't they realize climbers are asocial and uncomfortable around crowds?
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Mar 12, 2010 - 03:33pm PT
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Stubai Nanga Parbat Extrem axe. I pumped allot of gas at $2.50 an hour to pay for this one back in 1975.
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Bobby Boucher
Trad climber
Auburn, WA
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Mar 13, 2010 - 10:02am PT
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MH2
what year was the battle of Hastings?
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Viktor
Trad climber
Leavenworth
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Mar 13, 2010 - 10:41am PT
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"Whats going on in modern day Leavenwirth ? Has it had the same kind of surge in interest that Squamish has seen since the mid 90's ?"
Buy this guidebook and find out:
http://www.leavenworthrockclimbing.com
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Mar 13, 2010 - 02:08pm PT
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what year was the battle of Hastings?
1056
Andy, those MSR Thunderbirds bring back memories. I got so excited when I got my first one that I raced out and got way over my head on a free-hanging ice curtain. One Thunderbird and one Stubai Walker ice hammer. I also had screws, but had no ability to place them on anything that steep.
Then I dropped the axe, but fortunately the sling caughht on my arm. So I'm hanging on with the one remaining tool, and can't let go, and the axe is dangling off my bent arm which has the sling in the crook of the elbow. I figured I was pretty surely going to die, but eventually managed to kind of toss the axe upward a bit and grab it.
And all of this took place not too far from Leavenworth. It was one of those winters in the 70s with a cold spell long enough to freeze the waterfalls on the trans-Canada west of Hope. There's a big waterfall called Bridal Falls or Bridalveil Falls, that's popular with tourists in the summer (has some sort of "Flintsones Village" theme park I think). It had been climbed, but there was a four-pitch thing a little way to its left that nobody'd noticed. Called it "Never a Bride"
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MH2
climber
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Mar 13, 2010 - 02:36pm PT
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MH2
what year was the battle of Hastings?
The same question Greg McKenna used as an example of Trivial Pursuit, if I recall.
Wow, Ghost. Any other great times with Bill Sumner/MSR products? Back when they first appeared I got one of his ropes, a stove, and a neon orange parka with a "rebreathing flap."
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mastadon
Trad climber
quaking has-been
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Mar 13, 2010 - 02:48pm PT
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Dave Davis was the Trivial Pursuit master. When the game first came out, someone brought a Trivial Pursuit game to Tuolumne, where we were hanging at the time. I guess his english lit degree had some use. Dave could answer just about every question on every card.
As for Leavenworth- Anyone remember the wild parties at Eightmile or Rat Creek in the evenings in the late 60's/early 70's? I remember having the sheriff show up at a party at Eightmile in the early 70's. Fortunately, I think most of the controlled substance had been consumed by that time as those were the days where people went to jail for weed. I remember the next morning: people were all over the place beneath Classic Crack, sleeping-beer bottles spread everywhere. Al Givler gave me a huge smile as he collected the bottles while everyone slept. He was always the responsible one. He was one of those people I thought would never die-he'd always be around. Guess I was wrong......
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11worth
Trad climber
Leavenworth & Greenwater WA
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Mar 17, 2010 - 12:10am PT
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It's true that in the last century you could trade climbing photos for food at Gustav's. In 1980 I traded a photo of the second ascent of Brass Balls on Castle rock for three lunches. (I think that was about $10.00 worth of food.)
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Mar 17, 2010 - 12:17am PT
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yeah, and I got one of Zeke's daughters in the caboose...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Mar 17, 2010 - 12:28am PT
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Well, I hate to brag but I did garner second in the first Seattle
Trivial Pursuit Contest with the inimitable help of my wife's
colleague. Major Booty!
N00bs attack Mt Stuart W Ridge in winter. You don't even want to
see those ice axes. Did I mention that I hate mosquitoes?
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
suspendedhappynation
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Mar 17, 2010 - 12:53am PT
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1066
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Mar 17, 2010 - 01:34am PT
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1066
Duh. Yeah. But 1056 is close, right. The Normans were thinking about the invasion by then. They must have been. So I get a 51% grade... Please?
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mastadon
Trad climber
quaking has-been
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Mar 17, 2010 - 12:22pm PT
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Mr Studly Sir,
I'd be careful what I bragged about, even in jest....Zeke's daughters were ABSOLUTELY GHASTLY!
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mazamarick
Trad climber
WA
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Mar 17, 2010 - 01:27pm PT
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Yeah, but the "honeymoon" burgers were stupendous (which might account for why the "Zekettes" looked like they did).
Is Classic Crack still only 5.7?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Mar 20, 2010 - 01:34am PT
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Bump?
Prusik Pk
So Givler took his class up the W Ridge (on left) once. He recruited
'assistants' by alluding to the 'benefits package'. "Yeah, Al, we
get it (drool, slobber, pant)." This was the final exam so the students
were 'sposed to get up it on their own. Us 'assistants' kinda just
soloed alongside leering and imparting pearls of wisdom from our vast
font of knowledge and perversity. It was pretty hilarious if a shameless
display of wanton lust is your idea of good humor.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Mar 20, 2010 - 01:39am PT
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and the High Priest on the right.
Prusik has one of the coolest summits ever, nice and flat and just big enough for a small group to hunker down comfortably and chill. It just occured to me its a great place to bivy if you don't have a overnight pass, as never seen a Ranger up there.
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MH2
climber
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Mar 20, 2010 - 02:41am PT
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View from ^^^^^aforesaid summit but no need to linger as it is a short drop off the back side.
Bryan Burdo planning to arrive on the summit via pussy-foot.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Mar 20, 2010 - 03:13am PT
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Dragontail (for those who don't know)
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Lionheart
Trad climber
Brier, Wa.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2010 - 11:49pm PT
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Great pic of Prussik Reilly.
Givler said he had started another route on Prussik. Left a fortune of iron-ware, but never finished. Anyone know if it was completed?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Mar 25, 2010 - 05:42pm PT
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How 'bout a Greg Markov, aka D'Artagnan, bump?
On our almost first winter and almost first clean ascent
of Half Dumb. I know it isn't about hand grenades but
a lot of climbing is about 'almosts'. That's why some of
us are still here. If we'd known they would have put us
on the cover of Nat Geo maybe we almost woulda tried harder?
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