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Posted: **Fri Dec 25, 2009 4:36 am**

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Sorting out pitons for the third ascent of the Nose on El Capitan, 1963. Photo by Glen Denny.[/img]

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Posted: **Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:23 am**

Classic.

Posted: **Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:36 pm**

Great photo.

Posted: **Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:11 pm**

Storm.... good one. I was 10 yrs old when this one was taken, Mark Powell is sitting there with the torn shirt, he got me into climbing 10 years later.

The "racking up" is a old custom, when I was 11-12 years old we hiked out of Humbler Park almost every weekend. I always went and looked for climbers who were "racking up", and getting ready for the "big stone" .....

Good Memories. :wink:

Posted: **Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:20 pm**

That stuff sure looks heavy. That is one of the biggest improvements since then.

Posted: **Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:32 pm**

Climbing with goldline rope, steel biners, a hammer, goldline runners and wearing hiking boots.... sort of puts 5.6 in perspective.

When I started "clean climbing" Powell was very skeptical..... I assured him that you don't need to drive hexes into cracks...... :wink:

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