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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 18, 2010 - 12:52pm PT
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Porta Bump!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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As a follow-up to this thread, who was the first climber to bivouac (on a climb) in a hammock in Yosemite, and when and where?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 4, 2010 - 03:33am PT
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Hammock bivis on the West Face of Sentinel in 1960. I will ask Tom about that historical detail. My guess would be a couple years prior to that. A night spent hanging in a butt bag would get a lot of folks thinking.
You folks with a good set of Chouinard catalogs should be able to narrow down the first appearence of the Robbins hammock. First use is going to be much harder. LOL
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 9, 2010 - 09:05pm PT
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Sufferin' Pioneers Bump!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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I've slept in a forest single pointer, many nights, kinda like traction. I've had more nights in an original 'micci parallelogram. That was a quantum leap. Now what must a state of the art Fish ledge, be like?
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Small Prize
1.Name The Portaledges all Three
2.Climbers
3.Bonus Question, mystry Tennis Shoe, Climbers Name?
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Johnson, Fogarty, with Dorton shooting the pic
On the Shroom early 80's, 4th/5th ascent?
No idea what ledges
Mucci
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Jul 10, 2010 - 02:01am PT
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MUCCI,
please pick two size new black diamond camalots & you WIN!
I will mail them to you, EMAIL me your address, I may send MORE!
Your a nice guy and always fair on your post. (GAME OVER)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Transporter Room 2
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Jul 10, 2010 - 02:13am PT
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Dude, Mucci kicks ass. He's on it. Yo.(or some such)
Dude, my ledge is SO dialed from the 1st ledges, it's just sick.
Living in the Lap of Luxury.
Whoa.
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Transporter Room 2
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Jul 10, 2010 - 02:28am PT
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Hey, Russ, we Used an Army cot on the second of Heading For Oblivion.
Hung out on it for 3 days.
Of course, we had some others, too, there were 3 of us.
It was actually a stretcher, though.
The daytime hang.
While toiling continues above. Oh, yeah.
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Transporter Room 2
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Jul 10, 2010 - 02:29am PT
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Linus used a Gramicci on South SEas, poor bastard.
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Jul 10, 2010 - 02:29am PT
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Fish, Russ it was called a _cot the poor guy LEDGE?
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Jul 10, 2010 - 02:33am PT
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Captain...or Skully
I agree it was like playing twister in the virtical world!
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Jul 10, 2010 - 03:10am PT
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They still have their place.
I designed a hammock, complete with beer holders, daisies, and a bitchin spreader bar system.
Had a guy make em in thailand, Except he wouldn't add adjustable buckles! Said he was worried about failure, no amount of convincing would do any good.
Oh and it had a pocket sewn in for the thermarest, way comfy.
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Jul 10, 2010 - 04:10am PT
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My First Ledge Was A CURRY COTT, That In My Mind was A Cadillac In The DAY.
Who on The Taco ever Used One?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2010 - 03:15pm PT
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Anders- To answer your question about the first hammock bivi in Yosemite I put Tom Frost on the case.
Second ascent of the Dihedral Wall in 1964 would seem to be the first use of hammocks. Tom said that Liz Robbins had sewn a prototype Robbins belay seat and simply expanded the design into the first Robbins two point hammock. Tom borrowed his european string hammock from Yvon Chouinard.
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delendaest
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Aug 28, 2010 - 03:26pm PT
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hey steve, the article that you posted of the interview, is Mike Graham the one being interviewed? the idea of soloing on LSD blows my mind
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delendaest
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Aug 28, 2010 - 03:52pm PT
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Mind blowing, that man is my hero. Great thread btw
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