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curt
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In reply to: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: OMFG, I'm rolling on the floor with these responses! Thank you all for a good laugh! macherry, you're in, but then you have connections! :lol: trophy bride sharing goes for guys AND gals, Jay. Be afraid. Be very afraid. I have enough ibuprofin and naproxin to supply us all for a year of climbing. Doesn't mean I'm old, just means I'm not into pain unless there's vinyl attached. :wink: I like the over 50 crowd because it means it will be small and (hopefully) mature. If there's enough interest from those young, 40-ish whipper-snappers, well, there's always room for Jello. :wink: Anything younger, however, need not apply. :P
Well, over Labor Day weekend, BobD and I did figure out that (as we were burning all the little grommets off the boulders) we do have a combined age of over 100.
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curt
Sep 14, 2004, 2:52 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: Well, over Labor Day weekend, BobD and I did figure out that (as we were burning all the little grommets off the boulders) we do have a combined age of over 100. Curt SCORE! Guess that means that you're, um, 36, eh curt? :P
I think I will let Bob comment on your math here. :D
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bobd1953
Sep 14, 2004, 2:58 AM
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In reply to: Well, over Labor Day weekend, BobD and I did figure out that (as we were burning all the little grommets off the boulders) we do have a combined age of over 100. Curt
Yeah Curt! The best part of the first day of bouldering was Curt doing this B2 twice at the end of a long day of bouldering. Whatever hope of hanging the little gromments had was soon put to rest.
PS: They didn't show up for the next session!
PS: I am 51: easy to figure that one out.
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cologman
Sep 14, 2004, 3:14 AM
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I'll bring the Father Knows Best reruns, pass on the Geritol, move straight to the Kentucky Malt and sharing sounds great to me. OOps did I just say that :shock: Instead of a silent auction on gear as is so fashionable now at major events we can offer, a years supply of Viagra, beat the solicitations with a pre-paid membership to AARP and sell fictitious plots at the Vertical World Memorial Gardens. Hell I feel old now, after all this that I might even bring an old Hemp rope to burn in memorium or is that smoke in memorium :?
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dangle
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When I first started (cough, cough, weez) we used hemp ropes and knew that if you had an unplanned bivy you could burn a bit off the rope end. (cough, weez) It didn't get you warm but the next morning you didn't REMEMBER that you were cold.
Nowadays the memory loss is more spontaneous, (weez, cough) but there is something to be said for tradition.
Hey Charley, so you have no idea what the diapers are for. Methinks thou dost protesteth too much...
Old Geezer gathering? I go climbing partly in the hopes of delaying such a thing. (Then I look around at who I'm climbing with...) The only thing more frustrating is climbing with people who should be geezers but aren't, like Donini.
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fanederhand
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ok you old geesers, you forgot what this thread is all about (that happens with us old folk). This grandpa suggests that we do it in June 2005 just after the overall (i.e. all ages) colorado gathering that is in very preliminary stages of planning.
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curt
Sep 20, 2004, 2:18 AM
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In reply to: ok you old geesers, you forgot what this thread is all about (that happens with us old folk). This grandpa suggests that we do it in June 2005 just after the overall (i.e. all ages) colorado gathering that is in very preliminary stages of planning.
2005? Half of us could be dead by then.
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In reply to: I'm getting junk mail from the AARP now, asking me to join. Sure, I'm 50 so I'm suddenly eligible, but I'm not ready to retire, really.
Man, I'm only 32 and just received a letter from the AARP asking for me to join their ranks! Part of me wants to just to see if they'll let me in and, well, so I can use it as an excuse to 'retire' early.
If grey hair was a prerequisite, though, I'd be in like Flynn... :P
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In reply to: In reply to: This grandpa suggests that we do it in June 2005 2005? Half of us could be dead by then.
Oh, I forgot :oops: , I already am.
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coach
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Skib,
This sounds like fun! Any dates planned yet? I'd love to get up that way and can maybe run down my old climbing buddy up there. Keep me posted when you set some date!
Coach
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fanederhand
Oct 4, 2004, 9:23 PM
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Dont knock it till you try it .... oops wrong thread. A lets see I almost forgot what this was about. So when is this thing. You know you have to give us old folks plenty of time (and reminders) so that they can make it on time! :lol:
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climb14er
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I like the way some of the really young 'uns want to come out and play with the ancient ones. :)
I'll bet the newbie climbers don't know the sound that a rock hammer makes while banging in a piton and how you could tell if the piton is in solid.
Or climbing on Plymouth Cordage's Goldline rope and how scratchy it feels compared to kernmantle ropes.
Forget about what type of harness you have...how about just climbing with a swami belt?
How about 'a leader never takes a fall' cause you'll rip your guts out on a swami belt.
Royal Robbins and EB's...rock climbing shoes that is.
Some 'ancient' climbers still look (and climb) damn good!
Plus if you mix Advil with beer (or martinis), the pain just goes away. :)
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sarcat
Oct 4, 2004, 10:49 PM
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My trophy wife never shares dang-it! Can I still come?
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mingus
Oct 4, 2004, 10:54 PM
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now you're talking climb14er - everyone bring their old school gear. Shoenards, EBs, PAs or RDs (Kronhoffers for the truly ancient); a swami, no cams.
Painters pants optional.
Ropes less than 20 years old can be the exception to the old gear.
We'll do all the 5.6s and jibber all the way through.
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dangle
Oct 5, 2004, 2:37 AM
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mingus,
I still climb in Kronhoffers, but I think I might have shorty's try-focals. They work better at handling exposure than placing pro.
Remember when placing pro was something you did when repeating an existing route? When people did their first climbs on real rocks? When people could enumerate the strategies in The Art Of Climbing Down Gracefully? When the pied d'elphant was special footwear for victims of frostbite amputation? When a summit bonus meant that Armand Charlet would beat you until you reached the top?
Ah yes. Those were the days
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corporatedog
Oct 5, 2004, 3:47 AM
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Ohh man - am I so ready for this.
Dug through the attic and found a pair of Fires (high tops no less), some honest-to-god-before-the-lawsuit Coonyard nuts and biners (Black Diamond is so new age), and yes - a 20 year old rope - in neon colors even.
But the Coup de Grace was digging out a pair of Hind lycra tights from the bottom of the pack. Tight as hell and day-glo paisley too boot. Wolfgang's got nothing on me.
Break out the Cold Duck and the 8-tracks baby - it's party time :D
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Very, very scary idea... but being 50 I'd be up for this.... you guys can use Goldline and tie in with a a bowline on a bight, put your hammer into that funky leather holster, and pull on your size 7.5 RR's... I'll bring my modern gear.
However, I still have long pieces of my '73 Chouinard "rattlesnake" rope if anyone is interested...
...my guess is everyone should bring their bottle of "vitamin-I" to satisfy the demand.
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dangle
Oct 5, 2004, 4:24 AM
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mingus,
I still climb in Kronhoffers, but I think I might have shorty's try-focals. They work better at handling exposure than placing pro.
Remember when placing pro was something you did when repeating an existing route? When people did their first climbs on real rocks? When people could enumerate the strategies in The Art Of Climbing Down Gracefully? When the pied d'elphant was special footwear for victims of frostbite amputation? When a summit bonus meant that Armand Charlet would beat you until you reached the top?
Ah yes. Those were the days
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rockvoyager
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I'm in, but my memory isn't what it used to be, so once the date and location are published you guys will have to remind me regularly. Uh, what were we talking about............
Brad
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climb14er
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I only have black lycra tights that I wear for running and climbing 14ers in colder temps. I still have a pair of Woolrich wool knickers that I climbed many rock and alpine routes during the colder months. The Woolrich cotton knickers that I used to climb during the warmer months have gone the way of most cotton garments. Terminated.
I've never worn lycra for rock climbing let alone the day-glo and multi colored varieties of lycra. About as retro as I get is with my Woolrich wool knickers coupled with a very RARE Dachstein oiled wool sweater with buttons and full neck protection. I ski in this and snowshoe as well and the wool is the way to go. I also like the Sporthill fabrics for wind protection.
Aside from wool, the newer modern-day fabrics, ROCK.
Still, alcohol and advil made a wonderful combination. Being a DOUBLE Scorpio, I DO NOT need viagra. :)
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killclimbz
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Maybe you guys could raid BobD's wardrobe for nice shiny, nostalgic lycra attire...
No offense Bob, you're still a way harder man than me, even in pink lycra.
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In reply to: When the pied d'elphant was special footwear for victims of frostbite amputation? Ah yes. Those were the days |
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In reply to: ... I still have a pair of Woolrich wool knickers that I climbed many rock and alpine routes during the colder months. The Woolrich cotton knickers that I used to climb during the warmer months have gone the way of most cotton garments. Terminated. ... :)
So do i !! Why dont we have a constume party after one of our climbs and wear our old stuff! Get a group picture for old times sake. I think we need to have a minimum age for this thing to. We dont need any wet nosed kids showing us up, now do we :lol: .
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