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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 15, 2007 - 05:53pm PT
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A new old scan for Tarbuster and Cowpoke: Fantasia at the Voo, 1974. It's a bad photo, the crack's eating my head and I'm cleaning on rappel (my sweetie having been too smart to second) -- but, swami belt, EBs, and who recognizes that vintage pro?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Dec 15, 2007 - 06:46pm PT
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Nice Fantasia photos, Chiloe, you did it when it 'was' 5.10! I didn't climb it till spring '77 (onsight) but I had the advantage of cutting edge gear; tube chalks, and green nards, like Roy showed, up thread. I soloed it, most recently, about three years ago, and breathing still seems to be the crux!
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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Dec 15, 2007 - 07:06pm PT
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lovin this thread!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 16, 2007 - 01:06am PT
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Vintage pro?
Gotta be a Colorado Nut I Beam, cuz all the Forest Titons were anodized.
Lovin' that photo of Ron Cox too (end of last page), prolly on Hair City, West Butt, or somethin', but I can't place it for sure. You captured his handwork real nice.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Dec 16, 2007 - 01:16am PT
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by anodized do you mean "colored"? I did a google image search for Forest Titons and you should see what I got.... scary stuff.
I have 6.5" Titon over here that is just plain aluminum... at least silver... Forest called it a #5. Nice unit.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 16, 2007 - 08:50am PT
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Lovin' that photo of Ron Cox too (end of last page), prolly on Hair City, West Butt, or somethin', but I can't place it for sure. You captured his handwork real nice.
Direct start to the W Buttress, I think. Sibley is belaying off-camera. Later that evening I took a stupid fall, hurt my knee, and couldn't climb again for months.
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cowpoke
climber
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Dec 16, 2007 - 08:51am PT
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thanks, Chiloe! fun climb -- had a good laugh over your second not seconding!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 16, 2007 - 08:51am PT
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Vintage pro?
Gotta be a Colorado Nut I Beam, cuz all the Forest Titons were anodized.
Knew I could count on Tarbuster. That's a Sibley & Roos Colorado NutCo I-beam, all right. With just those and a couple of wobbly tube chocks, leading Fantasia felt a little bit nervy.
Here's another photo, nearing the top. Rope and gear all set deep in the crack. I sure was young.
Fantasia was my first climb in the Voo. It looked so cool, sitting up on that hill.
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cowpoke
climber
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Dec 16, 2007 - 09:19am PT
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fabulous shot of your sweetie surveying the land, beaver ponds and all...remarkable for the lack of wind.
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Dec 16, 2007 - 10:44am PT
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Fabulous thread I can't believe I missed it the first time around. Keep the vintage stuff comming all you old guys hehe!
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Dec 16, 2007 - 11:56am PT
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Chiloe, Raydog, and any others--tell me your experience with
your slide scanners--how much, quality of the images, etc.
I've got boxes of old slides from the 70's & 80's and can't afford the Slideprinter in town--they do great work, but $$$
Thanks!!!!!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 16, 2007 - 12:06pm PT
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hey there chiloe... say this is GREAT STUFFFFF!!! i have to get off line now, but i'm COMING BACK... THANKS for these shares...
say, the only rock i ever enjoyed were the large granite ones all around yosemite... but me and mark/chappy, and matt, and all the rest--we DID scramble over breakwall rocks at santa cruz--course you got watch out for wave-dangers ...
love these rocks,etc... chiloe.. thanks..
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 16, 2007 - 12:12pm PT
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Mine is a Primefilm 3610AFL, the slides feed straight in through the front and it will scan negatives too.
I just wish it had a car wash feature, too remove all the dirt from my slides, but hey...
$300.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 16, 2007 - 12:22pm PT
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Little thread drift here:
Hey there Neebee....for me, an Russ Walling may agree, one of the better Chapman posessions was Howard's early 70's vintage convertible Corvette Stingray.
Great big long block motor, requisite faded brown paint job with primer accents and those muscular man-sized side pipes running proud right under the rocker panels.
When he pulled that beast into Camp 4 lot, we swooned and felt the call of pure American muscle. Behind the wheel of that glorious thumper, Howard Chapman knew he was king!
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prunes
climber
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Dec 16, 2007 - 12:48pm PT
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I just bought a pair of EB,s never used in my size on ebay. It should be interesting to see how much better I climb. I used to also climb in PAs,RD,s and BBs. Has anyone heard of BBs?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 16, 2007 - 12:53pm PT
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BB's: blue w/red trim.
Kamp's edged about on the sandstone boulders of Stony Point in those during the mid/late 70's.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 16, 2007 - 12:55pm PT
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Chiloe, Raydog, and any others--tell me your experience with
your slide scanners--how much, quality of the images, etc.
I'm running an Epson 4990, literally running it right now 'cause we've got a Nor'easter howling and not even the dog wants to go out, so what better to do.
The scanner seems to work well for me. I got it whenever this thread started, Amazon or somesuch will give you the latest prices (and whatever models are newer). It scans 8 slides at a time, but also scans prints of any size, negatives, books etc. Like Tarbuster I wish it had that carwash feature for dirty old slides. I've tried brushing and blowing on the slides with poor results, now I clean up the skies mostly with PhotoShop.
Haven't tried other scanners so I can't give you comparisons. At the time I bought this, I did read a lot of reviews and it seemed like the best choice for me.
More scanning results of this snow day coming soon to a SuperTopo near you.
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Prod
Social climber
Charlevoix, MI
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Dec 16, 2007 - 01:11pm PT
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Chiloe,
I know I'm late on this, but I just saw the post... Anyway I lived at Sibleys place about 16 years ago. There were buckets of Co nuts out behind the shop. Most likely still there.
Did you ever fall on that stuff?
Prod.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Dec 16, 2007 - 01:20pm PT
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I have a Epson V 750 pro which seems to work very well. Larry...nice tread you got going here.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 16, 2007 - 02:00pm PT
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Did you ever fall on that stuff?
You mean the I-beams? Probably fell on the narrowest one, 1.75", several times. I liked it the best, one size larger than the largest Colorado Nut Co hex.
The 3" and 4" I-beams were the best things we had for cracks in that size range, but it took a special crack to make one look secure. Chouinard tube chocks were easier to set, but they'd often have just a thin bit of metal touching -- I never thought those would hold much, unless the crack really choked down.
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