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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 2, 2015 - 06:22pm PT
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The fiasco unfolding with moderator deletion of threads and posters got me thinking about what I'd be most sad to see trashed. Of all the threads I've started on SuperTopo this one came to mind first, it's a personal favorite.
Closing shot: Joe Herbst on the first ascent of Solar Slab, 1975:
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curt wohlgemuth
Social climber
Bay Area, California
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Since I have this weird habit of reading Red Rocks guidebooks religiously, I've always wondered what became of Joe Herbst. Is he still climbing, still in LV, ... ? (I saw some photos early in this thread that might be him, but weren't captioned...)
The guy is kind of a hero to me, just from the FAs he did there.
Curt
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Wow! Great thread Chiloe!
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Incredible photos and history lessons . . . thanks.
That is an Edelrid 11.5 . . . still have a chunk of mine, bomber.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 3, 2015 - 10:30am PT
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That is an Edelrid 11.5 . . . still have a chunk of mine, bomber.
I knew someone here could ID it. The thick, stiff and creaky shape it was in for our Beulah ascent made it the worst rope I've ever used, though. Would much rather have had my old goldline.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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According to the English visionary poet William Blake, Beulah is a place where all contraries are equally true. A realm of comfortable illusions where his character Thel (i.e. The Book of Thel) decides to remain, instead of confronting the hard uncomfortable realm of painful life experience.
Good name for a climb I'd say!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jun 20, 2016 - 11:24am PT
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Beulah is a place where all contraries are equally true Yes, and much like this thread, that concept is so out back ...
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Jun 20, 2016 - 06:52pm PT
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Paris Beulah was an indolent and vapid pop-tart celebutante who ditched school one day and stole an antique 250 GTS Ferrari.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jun 20, 2016 - 08:08pm PT
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Ha ha. Yaniro had one of those 11.5 monster Edelrid.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Jun 20, 2016 - 08:16pm PT
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Why is an 11.5mm Edelrid rope funny?
The last rope I bought was an 11mm Mammut, and I'd buy another one.
Those super-skinny ropes may be OK for Sportos in Spandex™, but they're not for me.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jun 20, 2016 - 08:19pm PT
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Ferris Bueller and the Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder.
Any excuse to bump Larry's historically rich and whimsical thread!
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