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Karen
Trad climber
Prescott, AZ ~
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May 15, 2016 - 06:45pm PT
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I'm pretty sure the woman sitting in front of the Hidden Valley sign was Woody Stark's wife Mary.
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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May 15, 2016 - 07:01pm PT
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found some old scans
EE
Owens River Gorge
Josh
Not E
First ropes on "Black Diamond"
Wow!!!!
use the wrong words and I get this?
I fixed it, now I'm not wrong
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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May 15, 2016 - 07:18pm PT
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Pics of E on Bloodline...NOT the FFA.
Already documented in previous threads.
Nice photos though.
CF just thinks that every repost is going to rewrite history.
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L.A. Woman
Social climber
Buggerville
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May 15, 2016 - 08:55pm PT
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Craig, I for one, appreciate ALL the superb photos...what great memories : )
Some of which are blurrier than others...it's OK DE.
Good stuff!
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Spencer Lennard
Trad climber
Williams, Oregon
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May 15, 2016 - 09:48pm PT
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This is another award-winning thread packed with inspirational images, memories (accurate and fantasy)and brilliant and never ending slander.
I sure wish I had carried a camera back in the day.
Bushman, have you ever climbed (or mostly climbed) the longest route on Tahquitz rock? If so can you please report that detailed saga?
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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May 15, 2016 - 09:55pm PT
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And let's hear about skateboarding from Humber Park to Hemet...
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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May 16, 2016 - 07:14am PT
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This is a great thread with some good stories and cool photos.
I climbed a lot at the Monument starting in 1972 and around 79' I didn't go there as much opting for other climbing areas.
I guess I should have hung around more in the 80's it would have been cool to see some 2 legged sheep.
Keep the posts and photos coming.
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L.A. Woman
Social climber
Buggerville
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May 16, 2016 - 07:39am PT
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Rellly- check out the Angel of Death thread with the Melodic Viking Death Metal on it...favored by many Vikings.
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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Topic Author's Reply - May 16, 2016 - 07:56am PT
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Infamous rescue on the WMW on Tahquitz?... Was actually my 2nd attempt at a fifth class route. Regardless of the quality and experience of my partners and mentors, I had a pretty rocky (no pun intended) start at climbing which I found needless to say, quite demoralizing.
Spencer, I'll add the White Maiden's tale to my list and save the story for a later post, but will be happy to tell it.
For now, I'm off to work , busy trying to keep prospective customers from the clutches of my competitors.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 16, 2016 - 08:46am PT
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Roy,
We spent a bunch of wasted hours finding different ways to enter the Water Chute. I think we came up with 5, 3 of which involved running at the thing and jumping into it. I think the best was running and doing a 180 mid-air to land arse first.
I think my stepdad's (John Wolfe) brother stuck it first with a flying double arm-bar. He took some gymnastics was reputed to be able to do a standing double backflip. I did seem him do it into a pool once.
After we did the upper spire we were getting ready to step off to start the rappel. We heard a siren go off, and remembered they were getting ready to blow up a bunch of loose rock on upper Yosemite falls after some tourists were killed on the trail. We decided to stay and watch ;-)
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 16, 2016 - 10:50am PT
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Sewellymon,
Yep! My brother and his bride to be lived there for a while. Had some good parties too! I was actually born in Sierra Madre. I'm sure we hung out at some point.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 16, 2016 - 11:23am PT
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Doing it in Robbins added another level of challenge as well!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 16, 2016 - 12:12pm PT
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From a thread Largo started about Mount Rubidoux History:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1795656&msg=1795656#msg1795656
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In the middle of the photograph from this bouldering competition are Vikki Vernola and Russ Walling, maybe Doug Munoz or Dick Cilley on the right?
photo, Guy Keesee/Yafer collection
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I would guess Doug Munoz to the right of them. Though, that's pretty hard to know unless Doug tells us he was there that day.
Doug used to sit that way with his legs together. Could be Dick Cilley, as noted below. (This person appears shorter than Doug).
Another look:
Commentary about the picture, from the man with the animal nickname:
Damn! Looks like me right in the middle and Dick Cilley just to the right. The chick down and left might be The Creature and bottom left corner might be Banny Root? Is that Loomis down there too?
The lower right hand corner looks like a couple of kids we called the Bowling Ball Twins. Just left of them looks like the Rubidoulux aka Chris Hartfield or maybe Dave Tapes.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 16, 2016 - 12:38pm PT
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I remember watching Millis on the Water Chute. He had it wired.
I walked up in my RDs and stepped right into it. He was...confused.
How in hell did I do that on the first try when it had taken him several to get it down?
I had no answer other than it was sheer n00bish luck, but with a good teacher, obviously.
This was in the week prior to Christmas in 1970, a bitter cold experience in the high desert, and it even snowed one night, chilling the Red Mountain to perfection.
Tad, nothing like having an extra challenge by using RRs! Why no friction boots, bud? Were those all you had?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 16, 2016 - 12:39pm PT
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I thought it was a pic of him when he auditioned for Caddyshack!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 16, 2016 - 12:57pm PT
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Steve Sutton, Fire or Retire, 1987:
Tarbuster, Butterfly, 1984:
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L.A. Woman
Social climber
Buggerville
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May 16, 2016 - 01:12pm PT
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The Fish said " The chick down left might be The Creature"...WOW! His memory is back. Yep, that's The Creature.
Where is the venue? SD? Rubidoux? V- Thanks again Roy. Nice shirtless photo of the Butterfly, great looking stone.
Are you sure that's Dick behind you Russ? Kinda looks like Mooney...where are those glasses when you need them?
Mooney, were you there that day? Person does appear shorter than you and face is looking more like Cilley's...
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Lassitude 33
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May 16, 2016 - 01:21pm PT
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The Rubidoux Bouldering Contests (all two of them) were loads of fun and attracted climbers from near and far. [They were held at Mt. Rubidoux near downtown Riverside]
KP and Hensel selected almost all the problems... my job was to keep them from sandbagging the ratings too much. Rob Raker used his portable personal computer (when these were a real rarity) to help tally the scores and get results out in a timely manner.
Lots of people volunteered their time, ropes and effort to pull them off. The payoff was so many people getting together and having a blast.
There is a thread/TR about the 1984 Contest http://www.supertopo.com/tr/The-1984-Mt-Rubidoux-Bouldering-Contest-with-some-Legends/t11301n.html
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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May 16, 2016 - 01:30pm PT
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The Rubidoux Bouldering Contests (all two of them) were loads of fun and attracted climbers from near and far.
Randy, what year was the other one?
I went to one of those, but don't remember which one.
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