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New and Experienced Climbers over 50 #33

Tim Bratten · · Balcarce, AR · Joined May 2017 · Points: 4,421

Recycle? I gave away stacks to Club Andino years ago. They were interested in that stuff before internet. Now they could care less. I still have some stacks that have lost their value to me. 

Alan Rubin · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2015 · Points: 10
Nick Goldsmith wrote:

I thought Dick Willimans was one of the Three , so who's the 4rth? 

I think that Gabe was thinking of Rich Gottlieb--former owner of Rock and Snow, but I, too, initially thought of Williams. But other prominent Gunks 'Richard's'--including Ross, Perch, and Dumais who come immediately to mind.

T Hocking · · Redding CA. · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 210

Hey apogee, I have the same problem.

50-year-old Summit and Mountain mags, even that same Ascent on the lower right of your pic. 

Would a local climbing gym want them?

Brian in SLC · · Sandy, UT · Joined Oct 2003 · Points: 22,794
apogee wrote:

What the hell can I do with them?

One I'd be interested in is the snowbird sport climbing program!  Was there, didn't grab a program.  Let me know if I could pay shipping (unless you happen by SLC/Sandy Utah sometime).

Those magazines are great.  I'll bet a local climber would pick them up from you.

Nick Goldsmith · · NEK · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 470

 I had a bunch of Summits, mountain, Ascent R&I , Gripped, Climbing etc that I got lucky and a young stoked guy. Josh Harrison who is opening up a new climbing gym in central VT NH Upper Valley took them off my hands.  

Sam Findley · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2021 · Points: 0
Nick Goldsmith wrote:

 I had a bunch of Summits, mountain, Ascent R&I , Gripped, Climbing etc that I got lucky and a young stoked guy. Josh Harrison who is opening up a new climbing gym in central VT NH Upper Valley took them off my hands.  

The notch?  I was just there a couple of times while at my in laws…seems like it’s meeting a need, and the people seemed very cool.  I brought my old climbing and rockandice mags to my local gym (only a few left). The young punks loved the article about the newly discovered area in West Virginia in the new river gorge.

Brad Young · · Twain Harte, CA · Joined Apr 2009 · Points: 620
Nick Goldsmith wrote:

...I got lucky and a young stoked guy....

I did exactly the same thing - a younger, very enthusiastic climber took two full bankers boxes of old magazines off my hands. He and I agreed that he wouldn't read everything there, of course. But he'd find lots to interest him.

apogee · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2009 · Points: 0

Well, Brian in SLC, the Snowbird Champ program is the one I'll prolly hang on to (sorry about the tease). Why hang on to it? I don't know. Because I did actually go to that event, and somehow I think I ought to keep it. 

That Summit mag with the Headstone has this pic inside:

Dog Day Afternoon, I believe, right Bob ('Gaynes')? Remember the story around that pic?

Edit to below: Ah, yes. I'm always mixing those two up.

Jay Goodwin · · OR-NV-CA-ID-WY · Joined May 2016 · Points: 13

Diamond Dogs, Hall of Horrors 

Li Hu · · Different places · Joined Jul 2022 · Points: 55
GabeO wrote:

I assume this is a pretty overhanging wall. Is the gym okay with toproping on this wall?  Most gyms I've been to that have a severely overhanging wall make it lead only for exactly this reason. Fall low down on the wall and you could really hurt yourself or someone else.  Imagine they're standing 20 feet from the base, looking away from the wall.  You fall, swing out, and try to lift your body above them but wind up clocking them in the back of the head with your knees. Not good. 

Another option aside from leading it could be following/seconding it. Then you only swing from the next clip up.  Or if you must mock lead, have a second belayer on the mock rope who could brake your swing. 

Cheers,

GO

They weren’t actually allowed to be where they were, but the people at the gym are generally pretty cool.

Lori Milas · · Joshua Tree, CA · Joined Apr 2017 · Points: 250

You mean the Bonzo dog band wasn’t the first to do hunting tigers out in India?  Oh no! What other misconceptions have I had?

How about Tubas in the Moonlight?

rgold · · Poughkeepsie, NY · Joined Feb 2008 · Points: 526
Nick Goldsmith wrote:

I thought Dick Willimans was one of the Three , so who's the 4rth? 

Me, Gottlieb, Romano, Williams. There are others, but they have mostly headed West or vanished from the scene.  Still, there's an embarrassment of riches.

Bob Gaines · · Joshua Tree, CA · Joined Dec 2001 · Points: 7,988
apogee wrote:

Well, Brian in SLC, the Snowbird Champ program is the one I'll prolly hang on to (sorry about the tease). Why hang on to it? I don't know. Because I did actually go to that event, and somehow I think I ought to keep it. 

That Summit mag with the Headstone has this pic inside:

Dog Day Afternoon, I believe, right Bob ('Gaynes')? Remember the story around that pic?

Edit to below: Ah, yes. I'm always mixing those two up.

Yep, it's Diamond Dogs (10a). I think it was an article about how to take good climbing photos?

Why am I soloing with a rack on? 

EBs with socks! 

Obviously a poser shot!

Carl Schneider · · Mount Torrens, South Australia · Joined Dec 2017 · Points: 0
apogee wrote:

For the last week or so, I’ve taken on the massive project of thinning out the collection of Krap that is my garage. There’s stuff in there that I’ve been carrying around for decades, and some recent events have heightened the need to finally do something with it (i.e. get rid of it). I came across these over the weekend:

What the hell can I do with them? Several years ago, I got rid of about twenty years of Climbing magazines- I gave them to the local library, but I don’t think they’re going to be interested in these. Periodically, I’ve seen people post up on Supertopo (bitd) or here on MP with this kind of stuff, and I don’t recall any good solutions coming forward. I just can’t bring myself to toss them in a dumpster somewhere, either. Suggestions are welcome.

Wallpaper your den with them. 

GabeO · · Boston, MA · Joined May 2006 · Points: 302
Alan Rubin wrote:

I think that Gabe was thinking of Rich Gottlieb--former owner of Rock and Snow, but I, too, initially thought of Williams. But other prominent Gunks 'Richard's'--including Ross, Perch, and Dumais who come immediately to mind.

Yup, I was thinking of Rich Gottlieb. I guess i never thought of Dick Williams as a "Rich". But now I'm embarrassed at all the other Richards I left out!

GO

GabeO · · Boston, MA · Joined May 2006 · Points: 302
rgold wrote:

Me, Gottlieb, Romano, Williams. There are others, but they have mostly headed West or vanished from the scene.  Still, there's an embarrassment of riches.

Ha!  Too rich!

Cheers, 

GO

GabeO · · Boston, MA · Joined May 2006 · Points: 302
Tim Bratten wrote:

You're right Gabe, I am fine with this! It's a steep route, a totally clean fall, there's a lot of rope out, there's a bolt at my chest, I'm taking a short rest in a completely secure position  and she's ready for me to move again. Plus I hate it when the belayer tight ropes me or yanks my chain.  Why do you think a couple of feet less of slack makes things better in this situation? Cheers!

Everyone likes to do things their way, totally up to you. Only an issue when the belayer and the climber are not on the same page. Just letting you know in case that was the case. 

For me, I never like to have more than a couple feet of slack, and if I have a bolt at my chest, I would expect less slack than what i saw in the video. But again, that's just me

Cheers,

GO

Idaho Bob · · McCall, ID · Joined Apr 2013 · Points: 757
apogee wrote:

For the last week or so, I’ve taken on the massive project of thinning out the collection of Krap that is my garage. There’s stuff in there that I’ve been carrying around for decades, and some recent events have heightened the need to finally do something with it (i.e. get rid of it). I came across these over the weekend:

What the hell can I do with them? Several years ago, I got rid of about twenty years of Climbing magazines- I gave them to the local library, but I don’t think they’re going to be interested in these. Periodically, I’ve seen people post up on Supertopo (bitd) or here on MP with this kind of stuff, and I don’t recall any good solutions coming forward. I just can’t bring myself to toss them in a dumpster somewhere, either. Suggestions are welcome.

Your local climbing gym might be a place that would be interested in adding them to their "library"

ErikaNW · · Golden, CO · Joined Sep 2010 · Points: 410

Anyone else having issues with the COR campsite booking? The link to Reserve America on the COR page goes to a 404 and searching Reserve America directly only brings up the private RV campgrounds outside of the park. Tried last night and this morning to get a sense for what was left. 

Tim Schafstall · · Newark, DE · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 1,358
ErikaNW wrote:

Anyone else having issues with the COR campsite booking? The link to Reserve America on the COR page goes to a 404 and searching Reserve America directly only brings up the private RV campgrounds outside of the park. Tried last night and this morning to get a sense for what was left. 

That’s an old link. Reservations now done through Idaho State Parks

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