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John Gill

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Aug 18, 2022 Baraboo Range > … 1 2 > E Bluff S Face > 07. E of CCC (G… > 4. Flatiron > Flatiron (V4 6B) Gill on Little Flatiron (photo taken ca1964) ● 1958/59 I don't recall the actual date. View Comment
Aug 16, 2022 Baraboo Range > … 1 > E Bluff > E Bluff S Face > 07. E of CCC (G… > 4. Flatiron The Flatiron V4 ● Here's what I remember about the climb (1958/59). When I reached up to the right there was a tiny very shar… View Comment
Jun 15, 2021 Tahquitz & Suic… > Tahquitz Rock > (g) W Face > W Face - Left Side Dave's Deviation 5.9 ● I just talked with Dave (Rearick) last week. He climbed it first but rested on a piton. Royal and Tom accom… View Comment
Apr 11, 2021 Custer SP > Picket Fence Incisor ● Bob Kamps writes in his guidebook(1971) that he and I made the FA of the Incisor in 1961. However, I rememb… View Comment
Apr 8, 2021 Custer SP > Picket Fence El Mokana ● In the summer of 1963 I recruited Pete Cleveland to accompany me on a FA of this spire. The bulge at the to… View Comment

General > General Climbing Reply: Topic deleted Apr 7, 2024 You might consider Fred's philosophy of climbing, his climbing style. Perhaps how his approach to climbing changed over the years. Just a thought. View Message
General > Memorial Reply: David Breashears Passes Away at age 68 (03-14-2024) Mar 16, 2024 Sad news indeed. I knew David as a very talented young climber in the Boulder area. He won four Emmys I believe. View Message
General > General Climbing Reply: YDS history question Feb 3, 2024 Joe Fitschen wrote: And I didn't feel like I was getting much female attention until some time after El Cap, but that's another story. Thanks, John, anyway.Welcome, J… View Message
General > General Climbing Reply: Climbing Philosophy Literature Recommendations Jan 24, 2024 Stu May wrote: John and Alan, do y'all think there's any credence to the statement that Dharma Bums played a role in influencing the climbers of that generation? Did e… View Message
General > General Climbing Reply: Dirtbag discussion Jan 24, 2024 Li Hu wrote: Yeah, John Gill was probably 6’2” 220 6'1" at 180. Still too heavy for modern problems. Plus climbers are much better now. View Message
General > General Climbing Reply: Dirtbag discussion Jan 23, 2024 Nick Goldsmith wrote: John. Didn't Robbins family own a dept store that he worked in when not climbing? Royal worked in his father-in-law's paint store early on. He be… View Message

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