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Chicken Skinner
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Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 12, 2012 - 03:15pm PT
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Park Rat is indeed correct. Good eye. Sorry about the confusion. Mary Lou Long has confirmed that the picture is of Admiral Basil Beryl Knauth's father. It is RUMORED that Basil once fired a canon at the Coast Guard. Can anyone confirm this? Guido? BooDawg? Anyone else? Basil was also said to be one of the few people that could drink Warren under the table.
Here is a picture of the real Batso and Beryl that was used in his book Downward Bound.
Ken
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jun 12, 2012 - 03:32pm PT
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Ken-Spoke with Harper who had a zillion miles on Bimi and he thinks it is Basil. About the cannon shot will have ask Harper but the possibility of a "shot across the bow" by either party would not be a surprise.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 12, 2012 - 04:33pm PT
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Thanks Guido,
The more I hear about Basil the more I wish I had met him.
Here's another Warren photo taken well before he met Beryl.
Ken
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Jun 12, 2012 - 04:53pm PT
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This is so cool, thanks for posting these. Love seeing old Batso pics.
Edit: He looks like Bono in that last one with Beasto.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 14, 2012 - 04:29pm PT
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Cool shot.
Ken
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John M
climber
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Jun 14, 2012 - 04:36pm PT
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OK this is gonna be one of the greatest ST threads ever.
Bingo.. Thanks Ken! And thank you whoever sent along Warren's photos. Great stuff.
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neversummer
Trad climber
30 mins. from suicide USA
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Jun 14, 2012 - 04:38pm PT
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Thanks for sharing...WH was hard to the core...
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Park Rat
Social climber
CA, UT,CT,FL
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Jun 14, 2012 - 04:51pm PT
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Jun 14, 2012 - 04:58pm PT
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So is that some kind of winch set up for hauling the cart?
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 15, 2012 - 05:09pm PT
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labrat. They used a capstan to haul up the cart. Must have been heavy.
Here is another photo of Warren.
Ken
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Jun 15, 2012 - 05:48pm PT
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Geez, Ken - quit hangin' out at the bridge and sit down with yer scanner!
Pouring myself a Christian Brothers cab and awaiting the next scan and uploading.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jun 15, 2012 - 05:57pm PT
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I can't tell who's scarier looking.....the bat, the beast or Basil.
Didn't Dolt's daughter start a thread here a while ago? I believe she hadn't heard of the Dolt Cart. Someone email her to come here to see the Dolt cart pics.
Never mind that, I've just sent her a message. D'oh
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Jun 15, 2012 - 06:01pm PT
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Summit photo top left is von Derryberry, Bev, and Blind Glen Denny.
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
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Jun 15, 2012 - 06:54pm PT
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WOOHOO!!!!! The Dolt Cart in action! Awesome beyond cool. :D
TFPU, Ken!!!!!
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 15, 2012 - 08:04pm PT
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Here is another.Wayne Merry, Rich Calderwood, and Warren Harding at the start of the fixed ropes during the first ascent of the Nose of El Capitan.
Ken
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
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Jun 15, 2012 - 08:38pm PT
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Wow...so much history in four corners.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 15, 2012 - 09:42pm PT
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Anyone know where this is? I do not recognize it.
Thanks,
Ken
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jun 15, 2012 - 09:47pm PT
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Firefall Wall?
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Jun 15, 2012 - 09:54pm PT
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Ken, have seen that pic before in a book/magazine and I think it may be reversed. Could that be? I will do some investigating in my library.
First guess is SFHD but reversed image.
Either way, after a respite from ST I come back and this is the first thread I clicked on. This will be a classic thread! Congratulations Ken!!!
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 15, 2012 - 09:54pm PT
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Guido, That would be my guess too. I think you are right. The climbing looks better than advertised. Perhaps another?
ken
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