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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Jan 26, 2017 - 10:18am PT
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Jaybro, would that be coaches or couches? :) I need both.
And you may climb the tower, I will follow.....
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 26, 2017 - 11:39am PT
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I think that was autocorrect...
For the record,
A futon and a divan😎
And I can round up helpful, insightful, if sometimes critical, friends!
A future photo of Lynnie in the new year!
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Bill Noble
climber
Golden BC
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Jan 27, 2017 - 08:56am PT
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Check out the 49 minute film "Sheer Sport" on the National Film Board of Canada website. The eight minute mark is noteworthy as it leads into a brief segment featuring the silver haired John Brett and Fritz Wiessner climbing together in 1968.
During the mid 70's in Vancouver B.C. you could get any 16mm film you wanted at the National Film Board office downtown and take it home for two days. With a library card and driver's license you could get a 16mm projector (free) at the local Douglas College. On rainy days I'd sit in my apartment watching this one on the wall over and over again.
Classic NFB. I think you'll find it highly entertaining. [url="https://www.nfb.ca/film/sheer_sport/"]
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Not really full pullups but impressive, nonetheless. jgill, we need another video of you cranking pullups.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Aug 22, 2017 - 11:17am PT
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Missed this thread until now. Great content!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 22, 2017 - 12:04pm PT
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I'll climb for as long as I have the verbal and mental acuity to make my partner understand and abide by the one climbing command I still remember...."Up rope, I'm not moving!"
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Aug 22, 2017 - 12:07pm PT
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Missed this... Thanks for posting.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Aug 22, 2017 - 01:17pm PT
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climbing is only one aspect of life. As life is short, I try and experience as many things as possible.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Aug 22, 2017 - 02:45pm PT
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^^^ FWIW there is life after climbing.
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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Aug 22, 2017 - 03:21pm PT
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"Up rope, I'm not moving!"
I made this as big poster and place above my bad. As preparation and acceptance to be old
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 22, 2017 - 04:29pm PT
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Three septuagenarians, New Fork Canyon, Wind Rivers.
Myself the bouncing baby boy at 73, Wind River Guidebook author Joe Kelsey, and Dick Dumais. Not sure of the exact number, but more than 150 years of widely and deeply travelled climbing experience between us.
I had a great trip to the Tetons and will post some pics in the fullness of time, but hangin' the these home-geezers---all of us with roots going back to the Gunks in the 1960's---was definitely a highlight.
Some Teton scenery Teasers:
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 22, 2017 - 04:41pm PT
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Good on you Rich. I know it's no trouble to get Joe into the Winds, but getting Dick away from the golf course....now that's saying something!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Aug 23, 2017 - 06:47am PT
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One of my partners revealed this New Years resolution, "don't moan when you get up, sit down or bend over". It's hard not to moan these days.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 23, 2017 - 06:54am PT
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Ah......the benefit of aging partners tying in together. When one moans the other doesn't hear him.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Aug 23, 2017 - 07:03am PT
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Staggering ever up ward !
Upward & Onward that is the light of grand visions
reflected in the teary eyes of old goats,
Who still get a tingly feeling from the sound and smell of a good trundle. . .
Congrats professor !
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Aug 23, 2017 - 08:39am PT
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Looks like an awesome crew!
Looking forward to the pics and seeing all the wonderful smiles. :)
What an adventure!!!1111!
Cheers
LS
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Aug 23, 2017 - 10:01am PT
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I'm 85 in December. Was actively still guiding through 2015. Took a year off for cardio rehab. Should be back at guiding next month. When Kelsey gets back from the Winds we might do a little climbing in the Alabama Hills - nothing harder than 5.7 for me. Old age is a pain.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Aug 23, 2017 - 02:33pm PT
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IMO Mr. Lauria wins the prize on this thread. Way to go, Senior Citizen!
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Aug 23, 2017 - 02:59pm PT
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They're certainly not the hardest, probably not the highest quality, but the the new routes i' m putting up in my 60's are the most enjoyable.
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