Dru Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 What defines old skool to you? 1) Alpenstocks and hemp rope 2) Tennis shoes and ropes tied around the waist and Army surplus ring angles. 3) webbing swamis and Terrordactyls. 4) White canvas painters pants and whillans harnesses 5) EBs worn with striped socks, chalk bags the size of basketballs hung on a biner from a tube webbing belt, and Adidas track pants 6) Lycra, Fires, and quickdraws made of two D biners. 7) 3-layer Goretex, simond pirahnas, purple fleece, and a carpet chunk for a crash pad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 I've seen both 1 and 2 used in the past 2 years by teenagers from small rural washington towns attempting mountaineering. It ain't old skool for them folk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 14, 2001 Author Share Posted December 14, 2001 http://www.bivouac.com/TripPg.asp?rq=Pg&TripId=1463 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Dru, if # 2 said clothsline instead of rope, probably 1/2 the people reading this would fit that catetgory, or did at one point in their life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Dudes leading desert splitters on hexes...in painter paints and a rugby shirt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Anyone that has previously climbed a big wall without cams is old school. Hemp Ropes and sling harnessesTenniesFred Beckey TerrordactylsSumner Ice axesThose fruity looking pants they used back in the day. (short and wool)Hobnail bootsRatty pitons like army surplus yesSisu SuomiPrusiking to a summitShoulder stand aid movesWooden skisthere is more but........ [ 12-14-2001: Message edited by: Cpt.Caveman ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottP Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Ring angle pitons Steel carabiners 1/4 inch star drivin lead sleeve bolts 120 foot goldline ropes Goldline slings Swami belts Shoulder stands Dulfersitz Standing shoulder belays Wood shaft ice axes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 15, 2001 Author Share Posted December 15, 2001 Skins and furs, wooden club, bone tipped wooden arrows, hemp fiber shoes stuffed with straw, hemp fiber sun hat, beard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottP Posted December 15, 2001 Share Posted December 15, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Dru: Skins and furs, wooden club, bone tipped wooden arrows, hemp fiber shoes stuffed with straw, hemp fiber sun hat, beard. Like that dude they found in the Alps on the Austrian/Italina border in 1991.He was oldschool (like 5000 years old.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 17, 2001 Author Share Posted December 17, 2001 quote: Originally posted by ScottP: Like that dude they found in the Alps on the Austrian/Italina border in 1991.He was old school (like 5000 years old.) And Kwadai Dan Sinchi in the Yukon. Yeah... and they went and got Messner to come and take a look ot "Otzi" the Iceman, and Messner just grabbed the body and yanked it off the ice. And it turns out the Iceman's dick was still frozen to the ice and when Messner did that the poor ice man's whole genital apparatus was ripped right off the body and remained frozen to the ice. Which goes to show you that climbing 8000m pks without O's does not make you an archaeologist. I was waiting for the headline in "Hot Flashes" - REINHOLD MESSNER RIPS DEAD GUYS BALLS OFF - but they never ran it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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