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Ray Jardine on The Phoenix (5.13a), Yosemite Valley<br> <br> Photo by George Meyers
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Hidetaka Suzuki, 1987<br> <br> photo by bob gaines
1979
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C Miller
Dec 16, 2012
“Ray Jardine on The Phoenix (5.13a), Yosemite Valley

Photo by George Meyers ”  

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C Miller
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C Miller   CA  
The birth of sport climbing in The Ditch. Apr 8, 2013
Doug Hemken
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Doug Hemken   Madison, WI  
There are those who maintain that the introduction of pitons into the climbing world was the birth of "sport" climbing ... Apr 9, 2013
Bill Price
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The birth of "Hangdogging" (working routes). Jan 18, 2017

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