Cleopatra's Needle @ Devils Lake Wisconsin. This photo was taken perhaps at the turn of the century by legendary lanscape photographer H.H. Bennett. If the photo is not "doctored" and I have no reason to believe it is it shows a fairly bold ascent. The easiest route up Cleo's is rated 5.4. Today a "ring" is at the summit for a rap off. I detect no rope in this photo so we are looking at an exposed down climb. Kinda Cool!
Have you seen "Three On A Rope," It featured climbing in Tahquitz in the 1930s? What an inspiration these bold, early climbers were! ; )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvJK5IuS5Z4
Edit: I noticed your thread is listed in "General Climbing", and not in the Midwest forum, so I thought it would be okay to throw a little Cali climbing history in. : )
Pete: mail sent with info. Keep posting the black and white stuff from DL that you found at the Wisc. state website, or give us a link to search it out ourselves.
JML
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Jul 23, 2010
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Unknown Hometown
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· Points: 30
Cool old shot!
Here is my dad on the summit of Symmetry Spire, mid '50's.
And here he is on the summit of the Grand after a FA on the east face with Bill Cropper, late '50's.
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