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Lana dude
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Feb 25, 2014
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Apr 2013
· Points: 55
This North Face Poster is from late 60s or early 70s. It hung up in my family garage and since I was in diapers I remember it looked bad-ass but I've never known anything about the person, route or area? Look familiar to anyone?
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Woodchuck ATC
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Feb 25, 2014
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Nov 2007
· Points: 3,280
I gotta clear out books buried somewhere, but it seems to be a pic from the cover of a great mountaineering book from 70's,,,either Frost or Forrest I think is the person..I gotta go find it to be sure. Anybody else recognize this pic off of El Cap from the classic years?
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Chad F
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Feb 25, 2014
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Costa Mesa, CA
· Joined Jul 2009
· Points: 75
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Joe Palma
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Feb 25, 2014
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Stouffville, Ontario
· Joined Feb 2011
· Points: 35
Wonder if you're thinking of the cover shot of Tom Frost that's on the cover of Royal Robbins' Basic Rockcraft. That was my first thought when I saw the poster and took a look at the book...it isn't.
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Woodchuck ATC
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Feb 25, 2014
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Nov 2007
· Points: 3,280
Could be the cover I'm thinking of,,,or a mountaineering instructional big wall book of same era. I own them all, but they've been stored away in plastic bins, buried deep in garage for over a decade. I gotta do a spring clean out for sure this year to find all my historic books I put away when the bookshelves just overflowed in each room of the house.
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Eric Engberg
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Feb 25, 2014
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Apr 2009
· Points: 0
Frost FA of Salathe headwall. I think
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Joe Palma
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Feb 25, 2014
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Stouffville, Ontario
· Joined Feb 2011
· Points: 35
Thought that too, but the clothes don't match. Took a quick look through a few other Yosemite golden era books I have and couldn't find a match. This may bug me :).
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Alan Ream
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Feb 26, 2014
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Lafayette CO
· Joined Feb 2006
· Points: 5,405
Gaston Rebuffat perhaps? Or Bob Kamps? Kor?
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Mark Dalen
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Feb 26, 2014
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Albuquerque, NM
· Joined Dec 2011
· Points: 1,002
I'm going with Patey ... don't ask me why....
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Lana dude
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Feb 26, 2014
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Apr 2013
· Points: 55
Thanks for the ideas, good stuff... Looking closely I notice the rolled up socks and rounded boot in front aider. It looks Euro to me but maybe that was just normal in early 60s. Rebuffat is interesting and I see resemblance. Patey I couldn't find many pics on internet to compare. Kor would roll up socks and his hair was trim early on. Is this climber lanky enough to be Kor? Frost seems most likely, and I could see North Face choosing to use a California climber for this ad for their CA stores. But I think we ruled out Salathe Wall--different clothes and lighter rack from rockcraft photo. Hope we can solve the mystery!
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rgold
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Feb 26, 2014
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Poughkeepsie, NY
· Joined Feb 2008
· Points: 526
I've seen that picture BITD, and I don't think the mystery is solved. I don't think it is Frost and don't think it is El Cap. Some things it definitely isn't: Not Euro or British, those guys all used ladder etriers BITD, Americans where the only ones using webbing. It isn't Kor, he was much bigger, and it isn't Kamps either. I think the shot was taken on Lover's Leap. If anyone is familiar with the Leap, and if I'm right, they might recognize the locale; but of course by now the route has probably been done free. Added in Edit: Ken Edsburg?
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Russ Keane
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Feb 26, 2014
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Salt Lake
· Joined Feb 2013
· Points: 392
How old is North Face brand? Do they go back further than the mid 70's?
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Lana dude
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Feb 26, 2014
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Apr 2013
· Points: 55
Russ, The North Face website says founded in 1966 and by 1968 had 2 store locations. At the time this poster was made there were 4 stores total (SF, Berkeley, Palo Alto and I'm pretty sure 4th was Orinda but corner ripped off poster so can't be sure). Anyway I'd guess poster was made in 1969 or 1970 because 4 store count, although that's the date of poster, not date of picture used which could be older. Thx for comments. I edited my initial post which confusingly referenced mid 70s as when my parents got poster--too much information! Anyway I blame this poster for why I'm a climber today, especially why I'm interested in aid. I was an impressionable youth.
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Buff Johnson
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Feb 26, 2014
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Dec 2005
· Points: 1,145
might have an answer. we'll try to pull the archives we have which includes the '66 catalog, so maybe. good stumper. snodale was thinking tompkins himself could be a good possibility.
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Jeff Johnston
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Feb 26, 2014
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Bozeman, MT
· Joined Sep 2010
· Points: 110
The climber reminds me of some old photos I have seen of Royal Robbins. But without being able to see the face is hard to tell.
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Woodchuck ATC
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Feb 26, 2014
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Nov 2007
· Points: 3,280
Alan Ream wrote:Gaston Rebuffat perhaps? Or Bob Kamps? Kor? Kamps,,that does sound like a possible from the book cover I'm picturing...But alas I won't be cleaning out that part of the garage book storage area for another month, so no definite detail until then when I find the books in question.
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