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Adk
Nov 28, 2008, 11:48 PM
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...and those shirts with rubber buttons. Talk about a way to piss you off first thing in the morning.
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oldandintheway
May 29, 2009, 4:49 PM
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Your old partner's grand kids are now climbing.
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oldandintheway
Feb 24, 2010, 7:06 AM
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Bump
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airscape
Feb 24, 2010, 9:20 AM
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I like this thread.
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airscape
Feb 24, 2010, 9:38 AM
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If you went to the drive-in with your Dad and came home with your Mom.
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dan2see
Feb 24, 2010, 1:19 PM
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airscape wrote: If you went to the drive-in with your Dad and came home with your Mom.
I went to the drive-in alright. I was the dad.
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AuburnClimber
Sep 4, 2012, 4:40 AM
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Man you guys are old...Well, older than me:) I started at the age of 12, ~1980. Used EBs then Fire then La Sportiva. Used a 1 " swami then REI harness. Hip belay with rope burns. Started out with a rope from my dad's garage.
Is it bad, I climbed in those shoes this weekend--the ones in the picture? I wish I took pictures as a kid. This is the only pic I have from ~ 1989 at Emeral Bay.
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exhentric
Sep 13, 2012, 11:34 PM
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Ain't any doubt about it...I am a Baby Boomer; IN FACT, the Dad's office buddies named him Boomer the day after I was Boomed.
I was born under Mt. Shasta.
I have climbed it with those glacier goggles with rubberized bands around your head and 2 holes molded in front for the metal disks with slits in them. POS garbage. REI stupid buy #2.
The old classic shot on the NA Wall with the Quad 4s? They're all snugged up in string hammocks? Have you never had the experience of trying to set one up on a wall less than overhung and try to get comfortable? Then you're no BB. And that was stupid buy from REI #1.
Ever had a pair of Galibier friction boots made in the same shade of blue rough-out suede as 'RRs' and flashy red panels on the sides and called 'BBs'? Which happen to be my real initials, BTW. Loved them, then came the Fires.
Ever had a ripstop North Face Sierra Parka, before they started making one with 60/40 and were only available in Forest Green, Navy Blue, and Chianti Wine?
Ever own a pair of Nike running shoes called Waffle Trainers?
Did you ever get to drive a vehicle thru the loop in Camp Four?
Have you ever been to Lover's Leap and had your pick of lines, no waiting, in July or August?
Do you remember Degnan's Irish Soda Bread loaves, hot out of the oven?
Did you ever sew leather sides on to your EBs so they wouldn't wear thru in the uppers from rubbing in cracks?
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oldsalt
Dec 21, 2012, 1:12 AM
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Nike Waffle Trainers....a few thousand miles, a half-marathon, and a right hip ago. I understand that the first pairs were actually cured on a waffle iron.
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oldsalt
Dec 21, 2012, 1:16 AM
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Knickers...first time outdoors in 2003. Fortunately, we did not encounter any other climbers that trip.
Knickers...second time outdoors in 2004. I can still hear the howls of laughter when I showed the pictures back in the gym.
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Grodny
Dec 25, 2012, 7:27 PM
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I am Baby Boomer Climber and can not find a Baby Boomer Climber, any recommendation?
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jorgegonzalez
Dec 28, 2012, 1:48 AM
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Old school = knickers and knee socks, three wraps of the goldline around the waist and a bowline tie-in, EBs and a four-finger bag of dope. Didn't realize routes were recorded in "guide books" until ten years after I started.
First time I set a cam for pro I dove for a piton lower down when I fell. Damn thing held but I realized I put it where my best hand jam would fit. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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