Climbing trivia - a fun way to learn
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World war 2 had a HUGE impact (science/inventions/discoveries) on climbing. Name 3 "things" that we use today that can be traced back to world war 2. |
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Ryan Kempf wrote:Great thread. Alright "Stoned" Let's do this! Paul Petzoldt was the leader of the 1938 K2 expedition. Petzoldt was annoyed with Weissner because Weissner would not allow him to be included in the ascent party. Weissner also publicly opposed Petzoldts inclusion in the American Alpine Club after Petzoldt nabbed the FA of the north face of the Grand Teton while Weissner was sleeping (Weissner was sleeping at the base of the route planning a morning ascent).I thought Charles Houston was the leader of the 1938 American K2 Expedition? Houston was not happy with Wiessner for taking over the next years expedition, and not using any of the information that Houston had gathered on their trip. |
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Reinhold messner free climbed the first known 5.11a in europe. What route and where in europe? What year? Who was his partner? Hint: his partner would die on a 8000m peak years later and messner would catch a lot of shit for it. |
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"I thought Charles Houston was the leader of the 1938 American K2 Expedition? Houston was not happy with Wiessner for taking over the next years expedition, and not using any of the information that Houston had gathered on their trip." |
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Nylon ropes for one. I think aluminum biners were mainstreamed about then too, right? RADAR was awesome too. |
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Does anyone know if houston and weissner ever became friendly? On a side note/fact: houston was able to return to k2 in 1953 and was a part of the "miracle belay", so at least he was able to use weissners and others beta then for a "fair" shot at the summit. |
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I see your post greg and I want to see if someone else can get more... |
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The Stoned Master wrote:What is the speed record, car to car, to climb Wallface Mountain, Adirondacks? What route did Ray Jardine climb in Yosemite with his new camming units that caught everyones attention and threw cams into the mainstream? Hint: it was the hardest route ever free climbed in the valley at the time.I'm pretty sure it was the Phoenix. The story i've heard is that he graded it like 5.11, then when someone finally repeated it they upgraded it to 13a. I've also heard that what Ray called climbing a route would today probably be called hang dogging a route. |
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Which of these summits are climbers asked NOT to fully ascend. That's is they have to stop x feet below the summit proper. Why? |
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Drock3: I believe you are correct. That's the story I was also told. I wasn't there though so all I have is info from books, "borrowed knowledge". |
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Where was the Yosemite Decimal System developed and first applied? |
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Brian asked: Where was the Yosemite Decimal System developed and first applied? |
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The Stoned Master wrote:Does anyone know if houston and weissner ever became friendly? On a side note/fact: houston was able to return to k2 in 1953 and was a part of the "miracle belay", so at least he was able to use weissners and others beta then for a "fair" shot at the summit. Houston was a HUGE pioneer in high altitude medicine/understanding if I remember correctly. He was an ivy league doctor who had a fascination with the effects of high altitude on the human body. Am i correct in stating this? Anyone?Correct. He used several hyperbaric chambers to induce the effects of altitude on people, and would have them do vigorous excercise while in there. It was originally used in the military, mostly, but become a huge deal for acclimatization on bigger peaks. Interestingly, he also worked on an artifical heart that would pump blood and function like a normal heart. The results never fared well, and several dogs died from the work, but he did have one dog live for several minutes on the artifical heart. |
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Brian asked: Where was the Yosemite Decimal System developed and first applied? |
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The Stoned Master wrote:Brian asked: Where was the Yosemite Decimal System developed and first applied? Good one dude! We all use it daily so it'd be nice to know more about it. I don't know the answer and I'm not going to google.Tahquitz is usually the answer. There was probably some "prototyping" done at Stony Point Who were the Harvard 5? From what world class climber did a young imexperienced HMC crew scoop the first ascent of Huntington from? |
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Here's one: What is the past tense of "lead"? |
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Yup Tahquitz. It's amazing how soft climbs have gotten compared to testpieces at Tahquitz but that is a whole different discussion. |
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Em Cos wrote:Here's one: What is the past tense of "lead"? As in: "I am going to lead this climb today. I _____ that climb yesterday."That is basic English grammer. Nothing to do with climbing. "Led." grammarpartyblog.com/2011/0… |
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The Stoned Master wrote:Reinhold messner free climbed the first known 5.11a in europe. What route and where in europe? What year? Who was his partner? Hint: his partner would die on a 8000m peak years later and messner would catch a lot of shit for it. Truthfully my memory isn't perfectly clear on who his partner was, I "believe" I'm right. If I'm wrong. Oh well. Well get the truth then somehow.Messner had just climbed the Rupal face of Nanga Parbat with his younger brother Gunter who died during the descent. Minus 148 Degrees refers to what, where, & whom? |
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Tom-o Erectus wrote: Messner had just climbed the Rupal face of Nanga Parbat with his younger brother Gunter who died during the decent. Minus 148 Degrees refers to what, where, & whom?Limit on the wind chill charts at the time of the first winter ascent of Denali. Also the title of the book cronicalling that ascent in ~1967 |