EISPIRATEN

You were at my office and didn't come in and say hello???? I'll forgive you this time... just don't let it happen again :P Yes I knew Wilson Harvey and his dog Space. I climbed on Baldy several times with him. I have not heard much about him in quite a while now. I'll ask my father and see if he kno...

Hey Everyone, I'll be in So Cal doing an A16 slideshow tour and am planning to hike Baldy on October 23. If anyone is interested in joining me we'll be meeting at the Manker Flats trailhead at 6 AM. This should give us enough time for a nice hike. I'll be giving my slideshow at Adventure 16 in Costa...

Yup they're finishing up the Swiss Arete. They didn't call it by that name back then. They called it the Northeast Buttress. My father seems to recall it was named by Ruth Mendenhall. As in Mendenhall glacier? I've never asked but I assume that is the case. John and Ruth Mendenhall were pretty acti...

Here's another vintage shot. Check out the hip belay with no belay anchor. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/kurtwedberg.smugmug.com/photos/390327610_szxfh-M.jpg Reaching the summit of Mt. Sill, circa 1962 wow, I love old photos. Are they finishing up the Swiss? Yup they're finishing up the Sw...

Yup, that's a hemp rope with a single bowline tied around his waist. I was raised to believe the leader doesn't fall. Yes, I do hope to digitize all his slides. Most from his collection were taken on Kodachrome 15. He was later forced to switch to Kodachrome 25, which is what I started shooting with...

That's a great idea. I actually have a scanner here. I have so many slides from trips taken up through 2002 before I switched to digital I needed to get a scanner to deal with them. I'll try to see if my father has any of piton rock. I've seen a lot of nice vintage shots of the Baldy and other So Ca...

Hi Ryan, Alan, and all, It's a great question. The rock got its name because there used to be a piton on it. My father climbed on it in the 50s with some of his climbing buds at the time. They saw a piton on the rock but it has long since been removed. We don't know who removed it. The way they used...