still_climbin Posted May 5, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 (edited) OPPS!. Post number 100. Can't believe it, just found this site last fall. I'll have to say that after a long time away from the mainstream of the Northwest climbing community I've really enjoyed this site. It brings back a lot of memories, reading about others climbing routes I did in the 60's-90's and it's inspired me to retool and do some more. Last week I enjoyed some sport rock to 5.9 (never did "sport" before and its a little wierd) at Frenchman and had a blast. Have plans in the oven to return to Washington Pass this summer and will be visiting my son to do some relatively new Sandia Mountain climbs out of Albuquerque in a few weeks.... By the way, I've got some of the oldest restrung Chouinard hexes and stoppers around and they I wouldn't trade them for any of the new stuff. Edited May 5, 2006 by still_climbin Quote
EWolfe Posted May 5, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 Most excellent. You know you want some C4's - you're just in denial! See you up there Quote
still_climbin Posted May 5, 2006 Author Posted May 5, 2006 Actually I do have a few C4's. I've done a few alpine climbs with my son over the past several years using the old Camalots and Aliens and I admit I like them. Quote
PBRstreetgang Posted May 5, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 My dad might have you beat, hes got the slung chouinard hexes from when they were symetrical, hes also got some giant slung tube chocks Quote
Off_White Posted May 5, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 I'd guess you've even got the home-done drilled out version of the big ones, as well as numbers one and two on perlon. If not, I've got 'em, we should enact a costume drama down at Smith some busy weekend, walking along in wool knickers and Robbins boots with a Goldline in a shoulder coil and a rack of hexes, grumbling about the powder puff boys and the wack-and-dangle merchants. Quote
still_climbin Posted May 5, 2006 Author Posted May 5, 2006 I have two pair of Robbins boots. Ruined my Goldline dragging logs in the forest, howver. BTW.. I have several Bongs to add to the Smith Rock gig. Quote
catbirdseat Posted May 5, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 I'd guess you've even got the home-done drilled out version of the big ones, as well as numbers one and two on perlon. If not, I've got 'em, we should enact a costume drama down at Smith some busy weekend, walking along in wool knickers and Robbins boots with a Goldline in a shoulder coil and a rack of hexes, grumbling about the powder puff boys and the wack-and-dangle merchants. That would be uber classic! You could get some three-strand at West Marine that would pass for Goldline. It would be so much fun for the weird looks you'd get! Quote
EWolfe Posted May 5, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 There was some guy in Carhartt coveralls walking through REI in Bellingham the other day who had a coil of three-strand slung casually over his shoulder! I kid you not. He was a rugged-looking bearded type who also had a knife and other equipment clipped to his backpack. I was absolutely fascinated! I kept looking to see if what I was seeing was real, and if he was going to try and pick up a woman, or what??? Quote
Dechristo Posted May 5, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 There was some guy in Carhartt coveralls walking through REI in Bellingham the other day who had a coil of three-strand slung casually over his shoulder! I kid you not. He was a rugged-looking bearded type who also had a knife and other equipment clipped to his backpack. I was absolutely fascinated! I kept looking to see if what I was seeing was real, and if he was going to try and pick up a woman, or what??? well, we know what the rope was for. Quote
John Frieh Posted May 5, 2006 Posted May 5, 2006 By the way, I've got some of the oldest restrung Chouinard hexes and stoppers around and they I wouldn't trade them for any of the new stuff. PM sent Quote
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