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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 14, 2005 - 05:37pm PT
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Whoa Jeff! Dating yourself with that one!! That was a trip hanging with the Rolling Stone Crew! And Lad I've got to try to find one of the pics. from that contest, it was a Hoot!! I rember a dude that was dressed up as a giant friend!! Oh and those are just old Tiger tennies,before scats and a ways before 5-tennies.
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F10 Climber F11 Drinker
Trad climber
e350
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Jul 14, 2005 - 11:54pm PT
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Hey Mike, saw you in those tennies on "train" and the first thing I thought was they were "scats". First time I used them at JT it was amazing stuck like glue and kicked ass. They were super cheap and saved wear and tear on the rock shoes, Seemed like it was the "EB's" era. Those canvas uppers took a beating at Josh in those cracks. JB
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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been a while since Shawn took this shot of you MP.
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 8, 2005 - 11:30pm PT
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Wow! "Can't Say" that shot is definitely ancient...'81 I'd say, hadn't got the Fire's yet!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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no matter how far i wander, jtree will always be home. josh was the first place i cragged outside of san diego. the only available guide was the desert rats' guide -- the first wolf/dominique guide was still a few years off. we'd been climbing at mission gorge and woodson, in a vacuum, and were much stronger than we realized, so we did some pretty hard routes right off that bat. but the thing about josh was being so young -- 15 on my first visit -- and the desert, and the campfires, and living in close proximity to the other climbers we looked so much up to...i can remember it all so well, like it was yesterday. and as the years passed, season after season, meeting so many amazing people, many of whom have posted to this thread.
it's said that you can't go home again, but when the wind blows just so, sweeping a gust of chalk dust around a shaded corner and out into the light, i swear it's 1976 again and i'm right back there, young, my whole life stretching before me like an unbroken promise, and god i feel renewed.
i was asking a freind why one year in josh in the '70's felt like 10 years today, and he said hey, we were virgin, cutting fresh grooves into clean wax. it all made so much sense back then.
josh...if you were there, in the early to late 70's, throw a prayer of thanks up to whatever god you choose. there was never a time like it before, and i don't think there will ever be a time like it again.
and then there was the valley.....
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2005 - 12:41pm PT
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Nice Bob!! Well said!
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deuce4
Big Wall climber
the Southwest
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yea Bob!!
You're the man. Write some more about the old days, please!
(our respective old days were different but parallel, only to merge in our annual good ole days in Josh!!!)
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 10, 2005 - 02:37am PT
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Got to have the ultimate "Ol' Duffer's Gathering" someday! It would be huge!
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deuce4
Big Wall climber
the Southwest
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Aug 10, 2005 - 06:11pm PT
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I got a group site in Indian Cove for Thanksgiving--come on over!
Planning to hang in Hidden Valley as well. We'll go fire the Streetcar in tennies! After some quick Peyote solos naturally. Maybe Pope's crack too. Then we can go over and toprope the Mo a few dozen times, and watch Walt solo that scary 5.9 on the left...
Oh, wait, that was the few years back program...
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Aug 10, 2005 - 08:31pm PT
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yeah john, but if it don't snow down in indian cove this year how will we go on the 1am alpine bouldering tour???
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deuce4
Big Wall climber
the Southwest
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Aug 10, 2005 - 10:18pm PT
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with Bob's good single malt you can do anything!
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2005 - 01:40am PT
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That is priceless!! Awesome! It would be great to be a part of that this year! I know Walter will be with us!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Aug 11, 2005 - 03:12am PT
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teh mortimer abides.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
on a rock or mountain out west
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Hey pat, is that old pic taken at Hilltop Hot Springs??? Looks almost the same today. One of my favorite places on all the Earth. Nothing like climbing hard all day then hitting the springs for a sunset soak.
Wow...judging by the facial hair I'll guess 1978?
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WoodyS
Trad climber
Riverside
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You guys are all just kids; I started climbing in JT in 65. Campers would set up their lawn chairs and applaud us if we did something that appeared impressive to them. There was only one ranger who lived with his family in the house at the end of Lost Horse Road. He'd come out in his pickup and visit with us; it was a lonely job in those days.
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WoodyS
Trad climber
Riverside
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You guys are all just kids; I started climbing in JT in 65. Campers would set up their lawn chairs and applaud us if we did something that appeared impressive to them. There was only one ranger who lived with his family in the house at the end of Lost Horse Road. He'd come out in his pickup and visit with us; it was a lonely job in those days.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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i'll take this one, mike.
10-4.
best part: he was dressed as a skeleton.
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Wonder
climber
WA
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Sewellymon, thanks for the bump! watusi, i dont know who you are, ive been gone along time, but if you live next to donny we must have met. tell him punk roy wants to get in touch with him. in those days i was just a follower. but i remember the picknic table. me and yabo would hickhike out there or maybe get a ride from bachar in his vw bus. i was told we could smoke some but i had to solo to the top. i made it but but was shakin'. got totaly smoked out. and then they told me we had to down climb. yabo talked me down. i would never remember this stuff but you all keep coming up them. thanks for supertopo.
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loads
Trad climber
Phoenix AZ.
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First time in JTREE was summer of 73'...My only climbing had been at Williamson Rock and the San Gabriel Mt. Water falls..Eaton Canyon, etc.
My first route was Mike's Books....Watusi, the first time I met you was in 74'or about ...you had just finised the "Middle Band" on Old Woman Rock...Rack full of nuts and pins...Just a child....
Sewellymon....How many years, weeks and weekends together out there...How many times have we done the now non existant bolt ladder at night on Headstone...in yes, a somewhat altered
state of mind....And the night time solos are countless..
Wish you were around Sewellymon cause I'll be there this weekend.
Larry
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Hey 'Tusi, the story above sounds kinda like you, could it be...
Halloween, skeleton, crash in Josh, little finger???
Peace bro! and happy new year
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