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iamthewallress
Aug 31, 2005, 5:11 AM
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You mean you're not going to buy them? Isn't climbing something in EB's with hexes the winning maneuvre in any pissing match? :wink:
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slobmonster
Aug 31, 2005, 5:26 AM
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iamthewallress
Aug 31, 2005, 5:59 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: the winning maneuvre in any pissing match? :wink: Hold on. I have to go fill my bladder.
Good move. It's about the journey moreso than the destination, IMO.
However far you piss, may the wind be in your favor, and may your EB's remain dry.
--Old Irish Blissing
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curt
Aug 31, 2005, 6:07 AM
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I had those--they suck. Why would you want to buy them today?
Curt
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rainontin
Aug 31, 2005, 6:58 AM
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...Chuck Taylors with black rubber...
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cosmiccragsman
Aug 31, 2005, 8:05 AM
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Back in the Seventies, I was climbing F10 an F11 and an occaisional
F12 in EBs out at Joshua Tree so they weren't that bad of a shoe. I also used PAs, and sometimes some of Robbins old shoes. You couldn't fault them at the time, They were better than vibram hiking boots, hobnail boots and tennis shoes that I used when I started to climb in the early Sixties at Josh. My brothers and I used to get home from school, grab our PF Flyers and hiking boots, plus a rope we bought at the hardware store,
hike up about 3 miles from our parents house to Indian Cove and not get back til after dark. So, when I got my first pair of EBs in the Seventies,
I thought they were the wondershoe. I still have a couple of pair that I take out and practice in. They are great for improving your footwork,
and they are really pretty good for crack climbing.
If they had my size I'd probably buy a pair or 2.
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billcoe_
Aug 31, 2005, 2:50 PM
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In reply to: Back in the Seventies, I was .......
Wait, whats that background music? Is that Barbara Striesand? Why yes it is:
"mmmeeemmmmooorrrry
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again"
Dude, when you have those warm fuzzy moments, do what I do. Head for the basement and put those old EB shoes on, and let the painful memories.....live again.
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iamthewallress
Aug 31, 2005, 3:48 PM
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In reply to: Back in the Seventies, I was climbing F10 an F11 and an occaisional F12 in EBs out at Joshua Tree...
Thasss what I'm talkin' 'bout! :lol:
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cosmiccragsman
Sep 1, 2005, 1:44 AM
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Actually Billco, the music playing in the background was Led Zep, Black Sabbath, E.L.P., Deep Purple, Yes, and I can't forget Jimi and The Beatles!!! goo goo ga joob
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karlbaba
Sep 1, 2005, 2:04 AM
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Ebs used to be the best shoes in the world.
And the model T was the best car at one point.
The only reason to buy a pair now would be if you were just getting started and they were $10, or as a prop for imitation vintage climbing photography
No sticky rubber for one thing.
Torture of your feet for another
Peace
Karl
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bobd1953
Sep 1, 2005, 2:08 AM
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They are the shit model. They are the injection-molded model.
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curt
Sep 1, 2005, 2:12 AM
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In reply to: Ebs used to be the best shoes in the world. And the model T was the best car at one point. The only reason to buy a pair now would be if you were just getting started and they were $10, or as a prop for imitation vintage climbing photography No sticky rubber for one thing. Torture of your feet for another Peace Karl
They sucked even then. RDs, the old green Shoenards and Vasque Ascenders were better, IMO. As were the Galibier Contacts and Chouinard Canyons a little later on.
Curt
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slacklinejoe
Sep 1, 2005, 2:50 AM
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In reply to: They sucked even then. RDs, the old green Shoenards and Vasque Ascenders were better, IMO. As were the Galibier Contacts and Chouinard Canyons a little later on. Curt
Curt,
Its not like anyone agrees on how good current shoes are much less after twenty years or more to reminisce.
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omegaprime
Sep 1, 2005, 4:02 AM
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In reply to: Ebs used to be the best shoes in the world. And the model T was the best car at one point. ........ No sticky rubber for one thing. Torture of your feet for another Peace Karl
Always amazes me how a few mistakes could change the market's perspective on a brand. Wonder if anyone in Northern America has ever used an EB recently?
But lets not get off topic and get into a pissing match, I'm a bit dehydrated right now :D
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curt
Sep 1, 2005, 4:23 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: They sucked even then. RDs, the old green Shoenards and Vasque Ascenders were better, IMO. As were the Galibier Contacts and Chouinard Canyons a little later on. Curt Curt, Its not like anyone agrees on how good current shoes are much less after twenty years or more to reminisce.
Sure, but that fact hardy stops people from espousing their strong opinions on the topic, does it? :lol:
Curt
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tarzan420
Sep 1, 2005, 4:34 AM
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In reply to: Wonder if anyone in Northern America has ever used an EB recently?
Having never climbed in a pair of the old EB's, I don't know how bad the rubber was, but it was pretty poor on these ones too.
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karlbaba
Sep 1, 2005, 3:52 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: Ebs used to be the best shoes in the world. And the model T was the best car at one point. ........ No sticky rubber for one thing. Torture of your feet for another Peace Karl I'm using a pair of EB's now. Actually, I have 2 pairs. Cheaper than whatever else I can find in the market, and gets the job done IMHO. Always amazes me how a few mistakes could change the market's perspective on a brand. Wonder if anyone in Northern America has ever used an EB recently? But lets not get off topic and get into a pissing match, I'm a bit dehydrated right now :D
I climbed for years in EBs. I used to sew protective patches on the ankles. Miserably uncomfortable for my wide feet.
EBs were simply killed by sticky rubber Fires. That's all. OF course they made zero improvements to the shoe while I was climbing in them. Contacts finally came out but weren't overall superior.
Sticky rubber changed everything in shoes. It used to be a one horse town. The cool thing was, having only one viable shoe sort of leveled the playing field
Peace
Karl
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