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survival
Big Wall climber
arlington, va
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Nov 27, 2007 - 09:41am PT
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Tom Patey, couldn't agree more. So much clever stuff.
The Solo Man Gambit is great. "The tension traverse was a bit thin.....a rope would have been useful" Ha!
The Ice Man Ploy- A humorous friend of mine used it for half a summer in the Valley.
The Chossy Climb Ploy- Nothing is up to his standards....
The Too Much Like Hard Work Ploy
The Responsible Family Man Ploy- "Can't take the same risks, wouldn't be fair to the kids..."
Good stuff for us old timers! We've all known those guys. (or been those guys!)
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Festus
Mountain climber
Enron by the Sea
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Nov 27, 2007 - 01:06pm PT
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Vertical World of Yosemite, and everything in it.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Sep 16, 2009 - 09:30pm PT
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this should make another round
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise....
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Sep 16, 2009 - 11:06pm PT
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Whoa.
Some damn good shizz there.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Sep 16, 2009 - 11:20pm PT
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Bump for good shizz to quote: "Captain or Skully"
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Sep 17, 2009 - 02:57am PT
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Sorry I'm late to this one, but I just saw it.
The introduction to the 1964 (Red) Roper Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley will always influence me, probably because it was the first one I read about modern Yosemite climbing. His discussion of the philosphy of climbing still stands the test of time.
I think DR's article in the 1972 Chouinard Equipment catalog, together with various ones from jstan, influenced almost everyone who started climbing before 1972. The speed with which clean climbing took over is a testament to the strength of their arguments, writings, and lives (I don't think we'd have followed them if they didn't practice what they preached).
Bridwell's "The Innocent, The Ignorant and the Insecure" in the 1973 Ascent remains highly relevant today.
"The Murder of the Impossible" by Messner and "The End of the Mountains" by Chris Jones also remain important and relevant today.
Robbins' articles on soloing the Muir Wall in Summit and the AAJ (two very different ones) inspired a love of soloing in me that I retain to this day.
Finally, Patey's brilliant "The Art of Climbing Down Gracefully" is one whose study would surely benefit me now.
Thanks for the thread.
John
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Bump
Growing up in the Idaho Sawtooths established love for the mountains
Disney's movie 'Third Man on the Mountain' tantalized
Herman Buhl's 'Lonely Challenge' inspired
'The White Spider' educated
A National Geographic article on national parks contained a map with a tiny name 'Exum School of Mountain Climbing'...my first inkling of climbers in this country (I went to the CCC Camp at Jenny Lake and met Gill, Fitchen, and Robbins; but never had direct contact with the Exum School)
Climbing with Gill, Royal, Jane Taylor, Chouinard, Margaret Young, Sacherer, Baldwin, Powell, Kamps, Higgins, Fredericks, Schmitz, and Kor confirmed climbing as a way of life
Returned to lonely challenges...
Making the 'Solo' movie with Hoover told my story without words
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