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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Thanks to all for posting significant images. They are all awesome!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Oct 16, 2014 - 10:53am PT
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Two old friends....
Bonus points for the first to ID the venu...
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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Oct 16, 2014 - 10:59am PT
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^ Great Falls Basin near my favorite Ca. town, Trona CA.?
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BillO
Trad climber
Yachats, OR
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Oct 16, 2014 - 11:31am PT
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Leading the roof on Moosedog Tower, Joshua Tree around 1982. And being belayed by Doug Robinson on The Nutcracker, Yosemite around the same year.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Oct 16, 2014 - 12:00pm PT
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2nd ascent Soft Shoe Ballet, or as we called it Zortex Thrux.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Oct 16, 2014 - 12:05pm PT
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August 1971 on top of Gannett Peak Wyoming. Fritz at lower left. We went up the East Face on a route not in the guidebook that was pretty easy. Ran into 3 Texans that had climbed the regular route and smoked dope with them on the summit.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 16, 2014 - 12:10pm PT
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^^ Nice, Bruce! Looked at that thing many times!
Err...I thought the first pitch of Zortex Thrust was now "The Big R", and that Soft Shoe Ballet's first pitch is "Snack Crack"? My memory may be fading...
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Oct 16, 2014 - 12:23pm PT
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Thanks E! Yes, I'd say memory is flexible and mistaken at times. HA!
During the first ascent, which I was also on, but only up to the bivy "hole", Scott Davis and I definitely tried to talk Bob McGowan into the name Zortex Thrux, which he didn't buy, but we preferred.
Therefore, the exact line of Soft Shoe, including the difficult and dangerous seam directly above the death flake, will always be Zortex Thrux to us others that were there.
Scott put up a very difficult couple pitches to the right, which he called Bat Chain Puller. I think it turned into some 5.13 route.
The other names are not familiar to me.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Oct 16, 2014 - 12:34pm PT
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photo by J Yablonski !
'80's the Valley
Right to left, Standing; Sandra McNutt,
sitting; with the red bandana Mark Lyman...
The sister, Joanna McNutt,
Fearless leader in tie-dye
in yellow a nonclimbing putz
next to the rock is Bryan Kay
please if you know, or are any of these, sweet people post up......Thanks C B Box for the names.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Oct 16, 2014 - 01:21pm PT
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Donut.... you win, you win, wait you win, oh heck that was easy.
So you know Trona?
a bunch of new climbing going on around that place. it will one day regain its status as California Climbing Mecca.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Oct 16, 2014 - 01:59pm PT
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Trona, a mecca?
heh
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ninjakait
Trad climber
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Oct 16, 2014 - 03:32pm PT
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This picture of my Dad is hilarious. Seriously, wish I had that sweater... and those shoes...
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WyoRockMan
climber
Flank of the Big Horns
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Oct 16, 2014 - 03:58pm PT
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Fremont Canyon, 1990
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Oct 16, 2014 - 04:13pm PT
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This was not at all an awkward period in my life...
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Oct 16, 2014 - 04:33pm PT
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36 years ago, Josh
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 16, 2014 - 09:21pm PT
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Bruce, our times were very different. I checked the new guide and apparently things have changed. Awesome picture and ascent.
Very proud - that first bit is seriously X. Big props.
James: great BITD shots!
So you know Trona?
a bunch of new climbing going on around that place. it will one day regain its status as California Climbing Mecca.
Haha! See you up there soon, Guyman - we are living closer now.
Send you a message coming November...
E
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 17, 2014 - 06:27am PT
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Notice, no Conger line, no conga line, just two young studs.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Oct 23, 2014 - 03:17pm PT
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Oct 23, 2014 - 04:01pm PT
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Here's a slideshow of old climbing shots I put together in 2009 for a CascadeClimbers.com sausagefest party at Shultzy's Sausages in Seattle. As fitting for the era, the soundtrack is all Hendrix.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Oct 23, 2014 - 05:15pm PT
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Off-White... you have raised the bar.
I need to go dig in the rafters for that lost box of slides--- I know its there.
Thanks for pointing out Guy Andrews. Us Guy's always stick together, I do remember him from the "WEEPING WALL HANG" that went on every Sunday.
EDIT: Gome is that you?? L or R???
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