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dagibbs
Trad climber
Ottawa, Ontario
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Sep 11, 2017 - 12:03pm PT
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Hm... keeping this climbing-focused:
Canadian Shield Granite that I climb on. About 4 Billion years.
House I store my climbing gear in. About 145 years old.
Some of my older climbing guidebooks: 70s & 80s.
Some older 'biners I've found: probably 80s.
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Fossil climber
Trad climber
Atlin, B. C.
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Sep 11, 2017 - 07:09pm PT
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I'm with you on the compass, Fritz. You can call in an aircraft from miles away with the mirror. Or find the angle for your dish. Or your sweet young companion can refine her eye shadow with it. (Yes, still used, except for the latter.)
Vehicle: 97 RAV4. Best car ever used.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Outside the Asylum
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Sep 11, 2017 - 07:13pm PT
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And we haven't even discussed rap-trilobiting yet.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Sep 11, 2017 - 07:44pm PT
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Fossil climber! Re your mention! Or find the angle for your dish.
I did do that with the Silva Ranger for my Satellite dish about 20 years back. We upgraded this year & the technician checked the dish angle & declination. He then congratulated me for being right on.
Re Mighty Hiker's mention:
And we haven't even discussed rap-trilobiting yet.
In 1978, I found a nicely preserved Trilobite near the top of 3-4 Couloir, above Moraine Lake, Canada, on our way up to the Chouinard Route on Mt. Fay. We did do a rappel off the "Prow" below Mt. Fay on our way down, but as I recall, the anchor was not a fossil.
I was impressed at the time by the Trilobite, & both the quality & quantity of loose rock in steepish 3-4 Couloir, & the fun of the North Face of Mt. Fay, but I was then unaware of the Burgess Shale fossil treasures only a few miles north. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgess_Shale
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Sep 11, 2017 - 08:34pm PT
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Don Lauria - Total Wowness!!! Chouinard stamped fireplace tool set. Absolutely amazing!!!
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Sep 11, 2017 - 08:57pm PT
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Not as old, but maybe this wins the old combined with obnoxiously loud color category...Patagonia reversible wind fleece from the day-glo late 80s.
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nah000
climber
now/here
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Sep 11, 2017 - 09:09pm PT
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i dunno Don Lauria, whether i would have posted those pics publicly or not...
while i can't say nothin for sure really, i got a funny feeling that michael chessler might be making some phone calls to some guys he knows from the ole town right now... like, as we speak...
if'n you know what i'm sayin...
i.e. if you haven't bought tickets already... now just might be a good time to take that vacation you've been putting off...
'cause like chessler says: all's fair in love and authentic chouinard memorabilia...
[in all seriousness: those are fuggin sweet... and nice job on getting him to stamp them!]
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Sep 11, 2017 - 09:17pm PT
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I visited the Chouinard tin shed just last week. Yes magical place to be at!
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Sep 12, 2017 - 12:05am PT
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Yes, Marty, and there will never be another.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Sep 12, 2017 - 05:47am PT
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Don - I sent your photos of your Chouinard fireplace tools to the gals over at the Patagonia Archives. I believe they mentioned that you visited them not too long ago. While in the Chouinard tin shed I dug around a little with the Archive department and found two of the Chouinard logo stamps. So I may have touched the tool that made the stamp on your fireplace set.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Sep 12, 2017 - 06:23am PT
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this is the forum on all four cylinders!
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Sep 12, 2017 - 07:52am PT
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Waaaay cool Marty. Hallowed ground there.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Sep 12, 2017 - 07:54am PT
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I have a pair of baby blue Patagonia longjohns that are 23 years old.....wore them this weekend in Tuolumne. I'll post up a photo but they are so thin and tattered they are practically transparent and not ok for viewing with women and children around.
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gruzzy
Social climber
socal
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Sep 12, 2017 - 11:10am PT
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Care bear backpack, late 90"s. Pretty durable.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Sep 12, 2017 - 11:53am PT
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Marty,
If I'd known those photos were going to the Archives I'd a used a different camera!
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clode
Trad climber
portland, or
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Sep 12, 2017 - 11:57am PT
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One of the oldest pieces of gear I still use is a Sacs Millet, from the early 70s. They don't make 'em like they used to! This pack definitely shows signs of use, but it has stood up amazingly well to a lot of use/abuse.
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
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Sep 12, 2017 - 01:40pm PT
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Marty, cool photos of the tin shed.
Don, that has to be the coolest fireplace set ever!
Trilobites...ammonites. On the Traverse of the Gods - the British limestone sea cliff girdle traverse - often your best protection is slinging ammonite fossils.
Told myself I'd only keep old gear that I'd actually use after gettin' crazy collecting old Chouinard gear got really close to having everything from the 1972 Chouinard catalog. Then decided I wasn't going to open a museum and sold it down only stuff I'd actually use - the 70cm bamboo axe, rigid crampons, ice hammer, some cliffhangers and pins, and a 60s wall hammer.
The wall hammer is cool cuz you can tell it was hand forged. Probably Coonyard himself pounded it out.
The axe and the crampons are beautiful tools. The axe sets with authority and the thickness of the shaft gives more control than the new ones. The crampons work better for neve and French technique than the new styles because of having points under the instep. Do love those new Snaggletooths, though!
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Sep 12, 2017 - 03:29pm PT
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Been on my rack ever since I acquired them (never had to "buy" hardware.
Wouldn't climb without them.
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