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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Jul 12, 2012 - 10:27pm PT
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When I find my Roper/Pratt list I think there will be a few
more changes, or additions (times, etc.). It must be in my pile
of history for Wizards.... I shall keep looking.
Hard to believe three and a quarter days were considered
a fast time, at one point in time. When nuts came in, better
rope, etc. etc. things radically changed. It was so much smoother
and less exhausting to simply place nuts and remove them.
Now also there are lots and lots of fixed pitons.... and
the bolts don't take a special mental transcendence to hope they will
stay in!
Pat
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Jul 14, 2012 - 04:17am PT
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Clint, not sure where you get the "14" in the date
of my ascent. I know it was the second week of July
but could have been early in the second week, such as
from the 8th to the 10th or 11th, who knows? Almost
no one was in the Valley at the time, because of the
heat, and those few who were there strongly recommended we wait
until a cooler period. So it surprises me still to
think two parties went up not long after us.... When
you want to climb, you just go and do it I guess....
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 14, 2012 - 12:16pm PT
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Anyone ever take a look at the summit register from the 1960s?
I wounder if it made it to the Bancroft intact.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Jul 14, 2012 - 03:16pm PT
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If there was a summit register, I didn't know about it.
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River.Rider
Trad climber
Campbell River
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Dec 27, 2013 - 02:15am PT
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While at Christmas dinner last night, discussing my latest climbing adventures with family friend Stevie Smith, he mentioned the first article in this thread. Thanks for putting it up Guido, by the sound of it, his copy is starting to disintegrate.
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