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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Nov 25, 2008 - 06:25pm PT
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Good night, monkey of steel...
Geez, I think have a few you don't, but, you have a TON that I don't.
Scared Silly, "Desperate Grace by Rex Green". Probably more accurate to say it was by Dennis Turville and another guy. "Rex Green is a nom de plume.
That's a good trivia question. Anyone know what "Rex Green" is/was? And, what the author's real name?
Favorite guidebooks:
I'll have to say, Marty's AZ stuff is pretty cool. Queen Creek is a neat guide with plenty of stuff to keep the weather bound climber enthralled.
Dome Drivers Manual (maybe partly because I have a filled out and signed Dome Drivers License). Guide to Enchanted Rock in Texas.
Bozeman Rock Climbs. Great art and some fine author quips. The description for Diesel Driver is fun (wish I could remember the quote, maybe someone can post it?).
Even though its a falcon press guide (I can hear "someone" sighing), the Ruckman's Wasatch guide is amazing. Route topos and descriptions are superb. Guess since its the home turf, I'm biased.
The So Ill guide for the history and labor of love that it is.
Any Vogel guide!
-Brian in SLC
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2008 - 08:02pm PT
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I try to keep ownership to a minimum but don't suggest that others do. That guidebook collage is one of the most eloquent posts I ever hope to see. Very happy to see it in this thread.
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Nov 25, 2008 - 08:07pm PT
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Frickin awesome, unreal, how long did that take?
Funny, nary a one Supertaco guide in the lot?
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 25, 2008 - 08:23pm PT
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Dude, I see at least four SuperTaco guides in there. Check out the California section... and I have a couple more now that aren't in the pic.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 25, 2008 - 11:02pm PT
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Bummer. Only takes PayPal and I don't do that. There's a couple in there I wouldn't mind having.
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Nov 25, 2008 - 11:05pm PT
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What's a STonemasher?
Is that like a rival Stonemasters gang from SoCal?
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Nov 25, 2008 - 11:17pm PT
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For a liitle more than 95 bucks it can be yours.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 26, 2008 - 12:00am PT
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I have only 99 or 100 climbing and mountaineering guidebooks, not counting duplicates and maps w/o annotations. In three languages, four if you count American-climber as a language. Ranging from one page topos to books.
So many areas and guidebooks, so little time... But 650?
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pk_davidson
Trad climber
Albuquerque, NM
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Nov 26, 2008 - 03:25pm PT
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OK Greg,
I'm modifying my will so you get my puny collection.
Gads, who knew there were so many guides to so many Az areas...
Started seeing double though...
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2008 - 04:20pm PT
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Brian in SLC, for you--regarding the description of "Diesel Driver" in the Gallatin Canyon:
"Old timers like to sandbag young upstarts on this "standard 5.9". Many climbers, especially those who have quickly reviewed the moves on a downward flyby, feel that the route is harder."
--Bill Dockins, author "Bozeman Rock Climbs"
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Ditto on nice page there Darryl! Thanks for putting up the link.
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2008 - 05:37pm PT
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Way to go, Darryl.
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ec
climber
ca
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" What's a STonemasher?
Is that like a rival Stonemasters gang from SoCal?"-Dr.Rock
LOL
On a trip to the Domelands Wilderness, 07/04/76, two parties summited on Radiant Dome via separate routes as we were joking around, for some random reason I used the moniker "Stonemashers" for the small group of climbers in the area, as we were so not 'Stonemasters' of the SoCal variety.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Cool thread!
For cleverness and sheer ingenuity of descriptive prose,
I've long appreciated Erickson's work here:
Examples:
THE VAMPIRE II, 5.8
"The strenuous crux pitch will drain your arm's blood, though, hopefully, it won't draw any."
DEAD ON ARRIVAL I, 5.11
"A devitalizing climb for any-body."
THE DIRTY DEED III, 5.4
"This once derogatory climb has apparently cleaned up its act, for it seems to be popular."
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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All you have to do is crack the book to almost any page and you can find stuff like that;
I randomly opened the guidebook at three different points to pull those three quotes.
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