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cpm
Dec 19, 2005, 5:07 PM
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Ummm, think that painter's pants, rugby shirts and ebs are too new school.
Got tossed out of the shop next to the post office because your partner lit
up.
know what seeds actually are,
lead the gendarme naked, THEN realized you couldn't
duffler off.
actually dufflered as common practice.
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thegreytradster
Dec 20, 2005, 3:14 AM
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You know how to spell Dulfer :wink:
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mesomorf
Dec 20, 2005, 3:55 AM
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...were in Camp 4 when you heard the rumor that "Long and a couple of kids" had climbed the East Face of the Column FREE. And renamed the route!
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oldtradman
Dec 22, 2005, 4:10 AM
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Have a Justrite headlamp with that big honkin' 4 D-cell battery pack...like the one that's on the back seat of my Explorer!
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powair
Dec 22, 2005, 6:26 AM
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I'm the son of a babyboomer pit caver
1. We still have a full length Goldine rope (dad still thinks its bomber)
2. I still use 2" webbing harness (well, i did...until last year)
3. Carbide is amazing (dont melt your rope!)
4. I still use the Justrite 4d battery pack lite
Army Greenline is Hi-Tek
Think Gibbs acenders are way cooler then CMI's or Jumars
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squierbypetzl
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Dec 22, 2005, 7:00 AM
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Sorry to take you away from your rocking chairs, but what´s duffler/dulfer?
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cpm
Dec 22, 2005, 7:33 PM
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In reply to: Sorry to take you away from your rocking chairs, but what´s duffler/dulfer?
A duffler is an old fart can't spell dulfer :) Is also slang in some circles for the Dulfer body rappel. Hans Dülfer was a turn-of-the-last century bergsteiger/alpinist most excellent rad fellow. Came up with wierd ideas like decent belays, retrieveable ice screws, a way of rapping line around the body so that when clad in wool, you could free descend in good control.
In short, it's a body rappel. Like a body wrap, only different ;)
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kings_peak1
Dec 22, 2005, 9:08 PM
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colorful spandex
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oldtradman
Dec 23, 2005, 2:08 AM
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And another 10 if you can name the guy on the front of Basic Rockcraft. I'm 99.9% sure I can.
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thegreytradster
Dec 23, 2005, 2:24 AM
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Tom Frost
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oldtradman
Dec 23, 2005, 2:38 AM
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greytradster,
Thanks for confirming that I do have a couple of brain cells left!
Edited because I was too dense to use the spell check the first time around. Comfirming?
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mugwa
Jan 14, 2006, 3:27 AM
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...you might be a boomer if... you wore Whitney's with a cast-iron midsole; your Levi's were so heavy they stood up in the corner, you had to make your own ice-ax to get into a club, you were careful not to get caught with ya knicka's down, you still have your Holubar Ultimate bag a half-bag parka and two "man" tent with snow tunnel, women stayed home and worried that you might get killed...ooga-booga
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blocx
Jan 14, 2006, 5:20 AM
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In reply to: Sorry to take you away from your rocking chairs, but what´s duffler/dulfer?
Dulfer is actually spelled Duelfer or Dulfer with two dots above the U, however, in English language this vocal is not used, hence the adaption into Dulfer. Hans Duelfer was the first to come up with the lay-back technique, and in German this technique is still called "Duelfer" or "Duelfering".
Another guy who practiced this technique at about the same time was the Italian Mountain Guide Giovanne Battista Piaz, so some refer to the same technique as "Piaz" or "Piazing".
Duelfer or "Sachsen-Seat" is also the word for a body rapelling technique invented by Hans Duelfer.
When I was a child my Father tought me this technique and we actually used it till the late 70ties. Its actually not a bad thing to know how to Duelfer, as it still could be used in worst case szenarios
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12volt_man
Jan 23, 2006, 12:33 AM
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In reply to: ...you might be a boomer if... you wore Whitney's with a cast-iron midsole; your Levi's were so heavy they stood up in the corner, you had to make your own ice-ax to get into a club, you were careful not to get caught with ya knicka's down, you still have your Holubar Ultimate bag a half-bag parka and two "man" tent with snow tunnel, women stayed home and worried that you might get killed...ooga-booga
:lol: :lol: :lol:
I would add: If you remember when Eddie Bauer was an outfitter.
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healyje
Jan 23, 2006, 7:01 AM
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If you remember when the clothes from Abercrombie & Fitch made LL Bean look like Banana Republic...
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heximp
Mar 24, 2006, 6:23 AM
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"Laughing so hard I fell out of my chair."
Too young to be a boomer, but old enough to appreciate my elders. I am lucky enough to be taught by a few "old school" climbers. They all insisted that I climb with only passive gear for my first year. "Best teachers a Girl can have."
The years must have mellowed them; they did let me lead the crux.
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t0mhans0n
Mar 31, 2006, 5:31 PM
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I still have my Chouinard laminated bamboo piolet, Kronhoffers, warthogs, original stoppers and hexes, Clog, Peck, and Troll unslung "chocks", Joe Brown helmet, bongs.
I still use the piolet, considered by many to be the best ever made.
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franko
Apr 2, 2006, 8:56 PM
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Remember Trapper Nelson backpacks. Bonus points if you actually carried one.
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oldandintheway
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This deserves a "Bump" in my not so humble opinion
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curt
Nov 17, 2008, 6:25 AM
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Hey, I climb with people who still only tie-in with swami belts, but now at least allow themselves the luxury of using the more comfortable 2" stuff.
Curt
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onceahardman
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Great bump!
I met Chouinard and Rick Ridgeway in the Tetons. They were guiding (no shit, I swear it's true) Tom Brokaw.
We all rode the Jenny Lake boat together to Cascade Canyon.
Have led ice with warthogs, when hollow ice screws were new.
Have led ice with the old, cylindrical-head, tube pick, Hummingbirds.
I still have a pair of old EBs kicking around. Women's size 8, they belonged to an old gf.
Have placed forrest Titons on lead.
Bought a #4 green tricam when they very first came out. 8 bucks. No lightening hole.
Used a Ruapahu as a belay/rappel device. Looked like an ancient fertility idol.
Still use a spring sticht plate.
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LamontagnedeGatineau
Nov 20, 2008, 9:26 PM
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You might be a baby boomer climber if you still have Terrordactyls in your equipment box - and a set of permanently swolen finger joints ...
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oldandintheway
Nov 22, 2008, 3:40 AM
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[quote "mugwa"]...you might be a boomer if... you wore Whitney's with a cast-iron midsole; your Levi's were so heavy they stood up in the corner, you had to make your own ice-ax to get into a club, you were careful not to get caught with ya knicka's down, you still have your Holubar Ultimate bag a half-bag parka and two "man" tent with snow tunnel, women stayed home and worried that you might get killed...ooga-booga[/quote]
Indeed!
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