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throwpie
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2015 - 07:11pm PT
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You should've seen what he had on under the parka.
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Gypsy
Social climber
NC
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Jan 31, 2015 - 05:55am PT
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Gypsy
Social climber
NC
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Jan 31, 2015 - 05:57am PT
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What I like about this photo is the Kelty frame pack, the handmade leather sheath for Randy's Swiss army knife, and the Chouinard crampons by his bare feet.
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dickcilley
Social climber
Wisteria Ln.
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Jan 31, 2015 - 11:27am PT
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Keep them coming, Gypsy.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 31, 2015 - 01:33pm PT
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Those sunglasses that I am modeling are a pair that Dolores used.
That down hood was not my head gear of choice.
I preferred the crocheted hat that Dolores made for me.
She sold these little hats for ten bucks at the TNF in Berkeley in the winter of '72...the line was called Aunt Ord's Hats.
And it was definitely NOT called a toque or a tewk, as our BC friend Sandra calls them.
But like her, I eventually lost the thing and replaced it with the balaclaca in my avatar.
Randy was the guy who explained the Kelty to me when I began at TNF.
His pack is the largest, the C model on a Mountaineer frame, I think it was called.
We never sold many, most smaller specialty shops would special order them, as they were overkill unless you were going...MOUNTAINEERING WITH A NEW BABY!
Reminds me of the Adventures of Alex Honnolove.
Toad Hall.Next to Badger's House.
Turd Hall, or Snow Creek Ski Cabin.
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Gypsy
Social climber
NC
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Jan 31, 2015 - 01:42pm PT
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Wish I had photographs of the time I spent at the Snow Creek cabin. Lee Bibby (now Lee Lalone) and I used to go up there with our x-country skis and spend the night. One day we skied over to the Tioga Road from there the day before it opened. A ranger saw us as we were playing on the road and stopped and said "you know the road isn't open" and we said "yeah, we just came over from the valley on our skis". He was a little taken aback. (this was about 1972 mind you and before that cabin was well known and rediscovered, even before Hermit Jack lived there)...
I still have Randy's Kelty and mine too.
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C4/1971
Trad climber
Depends on the day...
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Gypsy,
I just discovered that you were posting here. I still remember the Guinness that you and Liza brought to Randy and myself as we came off Sentinel in 1972....we were so dehydrated....
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Gypsy
Social climber
NC
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Feb 11, 2015 - 02:44pm PT
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I guess when we were living in Camp 4 in the early 70's we never thought it would be given a plaque for being a "historic place"...we just thought it was a place to live.
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 11, 2015 - 02:49pm PT
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we just thought it was a place to live.
Are you dead when you step out of Camp 4 ??
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John M
climber
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Feb 11, 2015 - 02:54pm PT
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come on Werner.. you know what she means.. haha.. a place to plop down and call home.
It must have been a magical time when camp 4 had no time limits.Thanks for sharing all the stories and pictures Gypsy.
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 11, 2015 - 03:00pm PT
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Some people die within when they lose their free spirit.
Losing the days of ones youth thru faded memory can cause this ....
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 11, 2015 - 03:21pm PT
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Quote: "Gypsy has not left the building."
She has retained that same attitude of being a gypsy her whole adult life.
Home is where the heart is and mostly,
but for some of us, Camp 4 was the best home we ever knew.
I admit, Mr. Be the Duck,
That's sad-sounding
And it's past-pounding
On the old back
Of yesteryear.
But were'nt those some shinin' times?
Drinkin' free beer on Pete T.
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