New and Experienced climbers over 50 #23

Todd Berlier wrote:

i was definitely there almost all those years. i moved tgere in 91 and left in 2005 to go back to school in fort collins. 

in the nineties i was mostly sport climbing in AF and BCC with occasional LCC, Bells and lone peak trad. late 90s early 00s almost exclusively bouldering in joes,  ibex and lcc.

what about u?

Learning the trad game for the 90s, lived at the mouth of LCC so some bouldering, then it branched out to everything you mentioned and more. Spent lots of time spent out there past Delta calculating if the lake bed was actually passable. Almost always ended up in Triassic over joes but that was usually a side trip to the swell. Lots of west desert exploring.

No offense to anyone there now but SLC is beyond fugged now, its sad to see. Apartments everywhere, smog almost daily, little water and a previous lake/dustbowl of heavy metals that wont magically fill up from the recent snow. 

M Mwrote:

No offense to anyone there now but SLC is beyond fugged now, its sad to see. Apartments everywhere, smog almost daily, little water and a previous lake/dustbowl of heavy metals that wont magically fill up from the recent snow. 

Even in the late 80's to early 90's it was known as "Shit Lake Salty" instead of SLC to those not enamored by the area.  They can have it.

Russ Wallingwrote:

Even in the late 80's to early 90's it was known as "Shit Lake Salty" instead of SLC to those not enamored by the area.  They can have it.

My old buddy Kent used to call it that, we just said salt lake shitty. I remember whenever a front came in and all the brown air would get pushed over our cabin at the mouth of LCC, similar to watching turds get flushed from inside of the toilet bowl!

Happy birthday Helen!

Happy birthday, Helen!  

Jack Bruce.  Like no other voice.  

Happy Birthday OLH!

Cheese Cake day? 

Happy birthday, Helen.

Happy birthday. Have that damn cheese cake,

Happy birthday, Helen.

Todd Berlier wrote:

i was definitely there almost all those years. i moved tgere in 91 and left in 2005 to go back to school in fort collins. 

in the nineties i was mostly sport climbing in AF and BCC with occasional LCC, Bells and lone peak trad. late 90s early 00s almost exclusively bouldering in joes,  ibex and lcc.

what about u?

You spent a fair bit of time in Rockreation too, if I recall correctly.

That MC video brings back a lot of memories.  RIP Maria and Dave Bell.  Jeff Baldwin signed the Pusher poster with his recognizable photo for me...

Yep, good ol' shit lake salty.  Got here in '85 and still haven't left.  Skiing still sucks...especially this season.  Tell your friends...(ha ha).

Better than cheesecake, still second best to the Golden CO competitive cake baking team, I'm sure! It's a great thing to have top notch bakers in town at all, and I've got 2 James Beard regional bakers here! Thanks, all, for the birthday wishes! My 2 local guys will remember the birthday...eventually, lol! But I'm on my own, for now. Having a good day anyway.

Those pics upstream....just looks so improbable! I've stared at the stuff put up by strong climbers at COR, and even close up, it still looks like a lot of wishful thinking on imaginary "holds" lol! Respect!!

Snow here today, but only a few inches, and it's turning to slop now. Hoping it's warmer, and dryish, in February, at least enough so to get out bouldering. Here, that's more doable in cool/cold temps than roped stuff. You don't have to be barehanded for very long!

City of Rocks is my "local" go to, I suppose. There's climbing only 15 minutes from my house, but I'm not exactly devoted to it. What was really good about traveling at least a little bit, early on, is that having been to COR, Smith, Maple Canyon, and whatever the heck overly popular thing I was on in CO, I at least have a really good idea of rock climbing grades, from areas with a big consensus. Ice, from a trip to Hyalite. And, a little taste of the variety of stuff that's out there, too!

Best, Helen

I also wanted to say sorry, for the loss of someone who seems to have been such an influence on so many! Oddly, I really feel like I crossed paths with her, seeing that clip and the pics. No idea at all how, where, or when, except not bitd, cuz I wasn't a climber back then..

Anyway, condolences to friends, families, associates, and the larger communities she was part of.

Helen

Brian in SLCwrote:

You spent a fair bit of time in Rockreation too, if I recall correctly.

That MC video brings back a lot of memories.  RIP Maria and Dave Bell.  Jeff Baldwin signed the Pusher poster with his recognizable photo for me...

Yep, good ol' shit lake salty.  Got here in '85 and still haven't left.  Skiing still sucks...especially this season.  Tell your friends...(ha ha).

Wasn't trolling you FYI but gotta ask how the parking lots look on all those great ski days?

M Mwrote:

Wasn't trolling you FYI but gotta ask how the parking lots look on all those great ski days?

Pretty full.  Definitely a timing thing.  Amazing how many folks get out and git 'er done.  What's really blown up is backcountry.  The skimo thing is in full effect here.

Pretty weird though...parking lots can be topped off...and...still...we never seem to wait in a lift line when area skiing.  Not sure where everyone goes...but...damn, we have some low skier density.  

Did manage to ski Sugarloaf in Maine over the holidays.  Spring slush.  52F.  Was actually a brown creek running across one of the runs near where we were staying.  Nutty.

Brian. welcome to eastern sking ....  sometimes the trails are grade 1 ice climbs....   seriously... 

Brian in SLCwrote:

Pretty full.  Definitely a timing thing.  Amazing how many folks get out and git 'er done.  What's really blown up is backcountry.  The skimo thing is in full effect here.

Pretty weird though...parking lots can be topped off...and...still...we never seem to wait in a lift line when area skiing.  Not sure where everyone goes...but...damn, we have some low skier density.  

Did manage to ski Sugarloaf in Maine over the holidays.  Spring slush.  52F.  Was actually a brown creek running across one of the runs near where we were staying.  Nutty.

Man i hope you didn't pay good money to ski Maine in those conditions! Half of the skiers i know from SLC left the valley because of massive amounts of ski traffic, no parking at the resorts and no parking at the trailheads. Even when i left in 2007 it was getting redonculous! 

Kent McClanahan, funny dude, great climber, never stayed anywhere too long

Never climbed commercial plastic in SLC except a few times, did have a steep 60 degree wall in the living room though. I believe it was Kent who brought Lynn Hill and Jay Smith over for a session once during a trade show. I didn't know who they were!

Todd Berlier wrote:

yup. worked there for about 2 years as well. an old friend got me the job that allowed me to move there in 91ish. i loved good ol salt lake shitty, but my wife and i didnt want to raise kids there. hated the inversions. 

the only crouds i experienced were at division wall on a sunday, but other than that fresh powder for weeks in the backcountry. but yeah, the snow sucks.

i remember one brian fondly--mecham--that you?!

Nope.  I know that Brian though.  He wrote a guide for Ogden then moved to Chicago?  Nice guy.  Worked BD a bit?  Then Patagucci?  Ahh...linkedin has him in the people's republic now...Osprey.  Was a fairly strong climber as I recall.  Now that OR has come back 'round to Utar...I'll likely see some of that crew again.

I think the entire medical community got burned out, last couple years. It's still backed up, and/or shortstaffed, even for odd things. Rescheduling a followup appointment at the Hearing and Balance place put the appointment far enough out to be sorta pointless, for me.

My friend has a cough and sinus mess that's been going on for far too long. Just seeing his doc took a couple tries sitting in their office. Basically it's now down to waiting to hear from an ENT, trying to get an appointment, to see if he can get a diagnosis. Weeks, probably. 

So it's otc stuff. Oh, and it also could be fatal, if it's a fungal infection and gets worse. If it gets worse, go to the ER cuz yer gonna die.

Best, Helen

M Mwrote:

.... did have a steep 60 degree wall in the living room though. I believe it was Kent who brought Lynn Hill and Jay Smith over for a session once during a trade show. I didn't know who they were!

LOL.  How did they do?  Crushed it?
Did you also have a less steeep wall for warmup aand cooldown?  Kinda of hard to do that on a 60 deg overhang.  At least for me! :)