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Brandon-
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Done With Tobacco
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I'm glad that this thread is alive. My earlier posts were under 'Ricardo Cabeza', and I am so proud of my Grandpa. I was wrong in my earlier statement of his age. He's 91 and still workin' the Bowflex every day.
Much Respect...
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Nohea
Trad climber
Living Outside the Statist Quo
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Just Pau watching off Netflix. Those are incredible adventures those guys had. Great story out of such a troubled part of the worlds history.
Aloha,
Will
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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I went through Army Basic Training at Fort Carson, Colorado in the late Fall of 1961. That was the headquarters of the 10th Mountain, and high altitude/ski training was conducted at Camp Hale in the Sawatch Range near Leadville. There was virtually nothing available at Carson while I was there, that would indicate it was the Army's center for Mountain Warfare training. It later developed into the center for Mountain and Cold Weather Command, but that was disbanded in...1956 or 1957, and again all evidence was gone by the time I was there. Two well-known Colorado rock climbers were in M&CWTC: Ray Northcutt, and Harvey Carter. I knew and bouldered with Ray in the 1960's.
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Licky
Mountain climber
California
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Mini Dole was in the 10th Mountain Division. After WWII he returned to the US to help found the National Ski Patrol
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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It would be interesting to find more details from the old guard.
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Would appear they had FreeHeel skis.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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All skis were free heel in those days. My grandpa trained at Camp Hale and has lots of old video from there.
The cold weather research center has since relocated to Lebanon NH.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Who's John Duffield?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Ignore that dumbass post of mine then. I was focused on the picture and didn't look at the poster.
Hello John Duffield!
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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No, you're outed. And you have content to add. No more lurking.
I love seeing the history in the Lake Placid area.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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I knew several members of the 10th back in the 50s. Dick Pownall was a guide working for Exum in the Tetons and a fine all-around climber. I think Dick Emerson was also an ex-10th, but I'm not sure.
More recently I talked with Crosby Perry Smith - youngest son of the incredible Oliver Perry Smith - and he told me of returning from the campaign in the Dolomites and his father telling him to be careful with all the traffic in town! Crosby was an instructor at Ft Carson in the 1960s and one time took a group of soldiers up to Boulder to let them climb in the Flatirons. After they came down one of them said "we were passed by an old man climbing by himself", and Crosby knew who the old man must have been. He called his dad who at that time was living in Denver and asked him to be more careful, and Oliver said "It wasn't that hard - there was only one place I might have used a rope."
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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I think Bill Putnam, Ad Carter and Fritz Weissner haven't been mentioned. Also there were several climbers who worked in the Quartermaster Corps developing mountaineering equipment for the 10th: Bill House, Bestor Robinson, Brad Washington. Raffi Bedayn has already been mentioned.
David Brower was an accomplished ski mountaineer long before WWII and the 10th Mtn Div. He had made several winter ski ascents of Sierra Peaks.
Glen Dawson and Fred Beckey were ski/climbing instructors.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2011 - 11:05pm PT
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hey there say, brandon-
as to this quote of yours:
I'm glad that this thread is alive. My earlier posts were under 'Ricardo Cabeza', and I am so proud of my Grandpa. I was wrong in my earlier statement of his age. He's 91 and still workin' the Bowflex every day.
Much Respect...
wow, thanks for the share...
this is so full of special things, and deep memories for all, thanks for all the share, you all...
:)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2011 - 11:10pm PT
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hey there say, john duffield... wow, neat share, with the picture, ...
thanks so much...
:)
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landcruiserbob
Trad climber
BIG ISLAND or Vail ; just following the sun.......
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Buena vista Dave passed away this year. Another hero moves on...
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Mark Rodell
Trad climber
Bangkok
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In the late 80s I fell for a girl and her dad had been in the 10th. Got on Shasta with him. He is still alive and doing well...Frank Roda, a hero and a great guy.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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My wife's uncle George was a mule skinner for the 10th in Italy during WWII.
I had the pleasure of taking him to Stoney Point once and he chatted while I bouldered.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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First things first. Is Geno still around? Hasn't posted in a long while on this thread.
"Yes sir ....
All glories to the 10th MOUNTAIN DIVISION - SKI TROOPERS.
The were tough and hard core.
I feel like nothing compared to them, but then I'm worhtless anyways."
We could all say that; Werner happened to have beat me to it.
Strange how things work. I love doing this mindless sort of task, the scanning of magazines and photos. It is mindless but one still manages thoughts, some of which are related to the task at hand.
As I scanned the men of the 10th and their animals, I thought just how tough mules are compared to horses and how tough these ski troopers would be compared to such as, let's see, and this is the absolute truth, That Dude came to mind, in terms such as these: they were the equal of him in everything except his talent as a rock climber. given the skis they used, etc., some of them would have skiied circles around that boy on modern equipment. and so forth. It is with pride in knowing that the 10th lives on here on STuportaco that I lay these on you.
Who is the cover boy?
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