How long have you been climbing?
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:20 am
The are old climbers, and there are bold climbers. But there aren't any old, bold climbers.
How long have you been climbing?
What gear were you using back then?
I started climbing 37 years ago.
When some young punk gives me any shit about my age, I just tell him:
"I've been getting laid longer than you've been alive."
I started climbing on yellow polyprolyene rope, but quickly moved up to Goldline. We used machine nuts with the threads filed away. Our rocks shoes were PAs. I had Galibier mountaineering boots. Our bamboo ice axes were 70cm long and I had to file teeth in my pick. We used 2-inch webbing to make a swami harness. Dachstein mitts.
And we wore knickers.
The year was 1973 B.G. (Before Gortex)
Summit, Glacier Peak, North Cascades, 1977
How long have you been climbing?
What gear were you using back then?
I started climbing 37 years ago.
When some young punk gives me any shit about my age, I just tell him:
"I've been getting laid longer than you've been alive."
I started climbing on yellow polyprolyene rope, but quickly moved up to Goldline. We used machine nuts with the threads filed away. Our rocks shoes were PAs. I had Galibier mountaineering boots. Our bamboo ice axes were 70cm long and I had to file teeth in my pick. We used 2-inch webbing to make a swami harness. Dachstein mitts.
And we wore knickers.
The year was 1973 B.G. (Before Gortex)
Summit, Glacier Peak, North Cascades, 1977