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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Trip reports have a separate tab, why not history?
The political threads evidently keep the number of hits high which is good for attracting advertisers, but the history threads are of lasting value. If they keep the money earners on the front page, those with historical interests can easily click one more tab?
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Roy Naasz [Derrick Starr] -- who has posted here a couple times in the past -- should be added to the list.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Bud (Ivan) Couch should be added to your "virtual" list.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Thanks - does he post here? Anyone else to add? Not that the list is intended to be definitive or anything, but it's still interesting.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Should I add to the list the names of those who are no longer with us - that is those who signed the register, and would post here, but can't? If so, I may need some help, as some are unfamiliar to me.
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Dave Davis
Social climber
Seattle, WA
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Anders- I believe I saw Pat Timson and Pete Doorish signed in about 1970.If I just hallucinated that I do know for a fact that they did do the SS that very year as I climbed with those guys a fair amount back then and actually remember when they went down and climbed it.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dave,
You remember when they went down? Man, I want what you've been drinking!
I don't even remember when I went down.
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LongAgo
Trad climber
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Jul 10, 2011 - 02:16am PT
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Mighty,
So for the list you have, should add my partner for the climb, Lloyd Price, still with us I think, as I am as of this second..
Even LongerAgo
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jul 10, 2011 - 02:36am PT
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Well, I could make two lists, or have one list with two or three subsets. The original idea was to list only those persons who signed the register and who now post to SuperTopo. I thought it would be interesting to see the overlap. An alternative would be a list of every readable name, perhaps with asterisks beside those who post here and signed the register, and another symbol beside the names of those who post here, did Sentinel from 1934 - 1976, but didn't sign the register. (Was Steve doing a complete list?)
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Jul 10, 2011 - 04:50am PT
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I like the idea of a comprehensive list with subsets.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 10, 2011 - 01:40pm PT
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You folks are going to force me into buying a magnifying glass!
Sentinel is a unique situation for an outstanding register. A Who's Who was advertized...LOL
I wonder where the Middle Cathedral registers are? I never found that one.
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Jul 10, 2011 - 02:19pm PT
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My first trip up the Steck/Salathe was in '72 (I think) with Jim Orey (I know). In the following years I did it most every year with a stack of Englishmen including Chris Gibb, Jerry Peal, Ron Fawcett, Pete Livesly and others I can't remember. I first tried to free the West Face, in 74 or 75, with Gibb, later with Hugh Burton, still later with Kauk and various others and that was all before 76. As mentioned, I never looked (too impatient) for a register in all those ascents (at least a dozen before 76) and have to think MANY others missed it or couldn't be bothered as well.
So the list is interesting reading but I have to believe there are many more of us who got up Sentinel before '76. For instance, when I first tried to free the Chouinard/Herbert with Kauk in '75, it was already a trade route - quite possibly with 50 or more ascents.
So for me, the real history here concerns the ascents before my generation came along (pre-1971). Before this era, I think the list might be fairly inclusive and accurate. After about 1970 - not so much.
JL
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Jul 10, 2011 - 03:47pm PT
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I agree with John's post just above. Just about everyone in the 70s climbed Sentinel by one or many routes, but not many bothered to look for a register. I think that maybe the actual register, as it stands, sums it up: it was very cool and a big deal before about 1970 and just good, no-big-deal climbing after about 1970.
So, Steve, where would the register have been on the top of Middle? It never even occured to me that there was at top, much less a register.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 10, 2011 - 04:49pm PT
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Roger- Just a query because I never found one the handful of times that I didn't go down the Catwalk (Edit: Kat Walk).
If the Sierra Club set registers early on, a record of the locations should be part of the public record sitting somewhere in the Bancroft boxes!
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LongAgo
Trad climber
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Jul 10, 2011 - 05:26pm PT
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I think Roger hit it, pre-70 maybe the most interesting just because then it was still considered a significant challenge and notable climb of the day with less frequency of ascent, me suspects, so also more likely the register got signed then too, though still not perfect record obviously...
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jul 11, 2011 - 02:46am PT
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Katwalk?
Anyway, it looks like Steve and I may have to enlist Patrick Sawyer's help, in figuring out how to get some help whitewashing our wall/register. His distant relative Tom had that one all figured out.
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BBA
climber
OF
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Jul 11, 2011 - 11:07am PT
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Steve - It's the Kat Walk, not the Catwalk. Named for William Kat who told Brower how to get up Middle Cathedral Rock on that side without using pitons. Small point, I know, but he was my grandfather.
Bill Amborn
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SuperTopo on the Web
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Ascents up to autumn 1976.
Let us know!