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80-year-old Kiwi reflects on climbing in the '40s

 
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Francesca



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:53 pm    Post subject: 80-year-old Kiwi reflects on climbing in the '40s Reply with quote
Cragrat found this in the Golden Bay weekly....it gives a good insight into how tough climbers were back then, how manky their climbing food was, and has a choice photo....

http://gbweekly.co.nz/2009/8/26/no-mountain-too-high-mountaineer-recalls-climbing-adventures

This was Gillian's first alpine climb, which she led (presumably by the standard route, the right-hand skyline ridge)....



I think the story of how she met her hubby (also a climber) during a snow storm is very romantic Smile
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Curtis



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yeah that put us all in our spot ay.

cut up and dried potatos geezus. at least they had dried apricots they would have tasted godly after..... and what about the fried digestives. I think i would have been that guy carrying half an animal up the slope, haha.

good find fran
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ekul24



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Indeed very inspiring stuff. Always really enjoy hearing/reading about that generations experiences. Really good for curing 'gear freakitis'

Sharks tooth is such a nice looking peak as I often find it quite inspiring in itself...







That being said i've not still got around to climbing the thing!
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ooooh, I like da second photo. Purrrrty.......
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Has the face been climbed? In particular the right-leaning groove?
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