denalidave Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 one of my first clibms, back in '99...someday when the unnamed glacier on forbidden melts all the way out i gotta go see if i can find my sweeeeet red helmet! Cool shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 On 'The Wizard' (as in "help me, help me, Mr. Wizard!!!") - Crow Hill, '86Â Â Â is that a slather bag hanging from ur waist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Piston Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Right all around. The MSR Thunderbird...my brother worked at MSR and got me a lot of my gear for cheap (helmet, stove, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Isn't that ax one of Larry Penburthy's creations? An ultralight in its day, "The Thunderbird" Â Yep sure is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepires Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 (edited) Â Â you go to extremes to poop in a crevasse. Edited November 14, 2010 by genepires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Â you go to extremes to poop in a crevasse. dood, that's my coil i'm letting down there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YocumRidge Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Crimean mountains, 1991.   Emergency bivy  "Light and fast"   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 nice socks  is that some russian version of spin the bottle in the last shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevetimetravlr Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Krasavitsa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YocumRidge Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 is that some russian version of spin the bottle in the last shot? Â Something more like "spin the axe" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Â "belaying" in Canon Tajo, circa 1978 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaidman Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I was a happy little guy. Still am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBC Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Â Wilson Headwall on Rainier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirp Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Classic! Â Wilson Headwall on Rainier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drederek Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Â Wilson Headwall on Rainier. Now we know where Zoolander got "Blue Steel"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephH Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 is that a slather bag hanging from ur waist? Yeah, my buddy Marco's (and his shoes, too) as it was about 95 and a thousand percent humidity. I chalked up at the start, but then I can never remember to chalk again and didn't/don't have the head to do it in the middle of a sequence. You'd be able to tell if I had been using it because I'd have chalk up to my elbows and all over my face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Lets see some old pictures of you guys (and gals) climbing. I expect to see some great beards and haircuts. This BITD thread is perfect, since today is my berffday! And since you specifically asked for great beards... here ya go: Top right: Ski trip w/Cherie to Apache Sunrise, Mogollon Rim, AZ, Dec. 1982 Bot right: 1/4-mile-long zipline across the Pembroke Quarry, WV, w/VA Tech Cave Club, Fall 1983 Bot left: Chugging a beer after jugging up 1,000+ feet on Whitesides Mountain, NC, w/VT Cave Club, Spring 1984 Top left: Preparing to rappel Whitesides Mountain w/VT Cave Club, Fall 1984. Â Then I discovered climbing, and I was never the same again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstach Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Now I know I am old when folks consider the 90's "back in the day". Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfinley Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Bot left: Chugging a beer after jugging up 1,000+ feet on Whitesides Mountain, NC, w/VT Cave Club, Spring 1984 Top left: Preparing to rappel Whitesides Mountain w/VT Cave Club, Fall 1984. Â Whitesides as in Whitesides NC? You rapped and jugged it? Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Eeee-yup! Twiced! Whitesides was also my very first big wall (Original Route w/Frank Gibson - RIP) after I gave up rappelling and started climbing (shortly after these pics were taken). It made for a very thirsty endeavor because of the heat and humidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevetimetravlr Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Thats a Whillans harness you got on there Sobo, nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Thats a Whillans harness you got on there Sobo, nice! Eeee-yup! My first harness was indeed a Whillans. What a fuq'n ball-buster that thing was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldManRock Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Sobo - Based on your post on a different thread, it might not have mattered what kind of ball-buster it was it was in the past - Been there, done that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Oh Man, you're so right! The fraternity grows by yet another member... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 One day ascent of Liberty Crack in '73. Interupted by a 150' fall onto a hip belay from almost exactly this same position   Summit bivy, Alaska May '76.   Snowed off a 5.11 FA in the '80s   Back to finish it later   A decent solo in '88   But who cares about BITD  This is from 3 days ago. Life is very, very good! Get out and rock!   End of the guiding season...mid '80s...and a belated toast to all of you!   This thread got me so fired up this morning I am now singing, "I am too sexy for my pants, I am too sexy for my ants, I am too sexy for..what my dog? .... and on and on No wonder i climb, i'm truly nuts...thanks for the help here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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