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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sweet Dolt dump, Marty! Did you notice that the Gruvy Chock in your collection is different from the one in the ad upthread. I have one like yours and I carried it on my rack for years! I was surprised that he didn't go off parallel to allow a third placement attitude. Is your Dolt rope fuscia colored?
Ever lay your hands on one of his gold plated pitons?
Somebody must have bought one! LOL From Summit 1968. I wonder if Fetish was Bill's middle name?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C. Small wall climber.
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Steve, is the woman in the photo you posted about ten back Ellen Wilts?
Awesome Dolt photos!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Anders- I can't identify her based on anything familiar.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Marty: Thanks for posting up your photos of Dolt Gear. When I saw the "Littlepeg"-----the memory kicked in.
I bought one back in 71 or 72 with the thought: "might give it to my girlfriend."
I've hung onto it all these years and I had memories that it was a Dolt item, but it is unmarked.
So------since you did not show size of yours: here's mine! Just over 1" long and yes, I am very proud of it.
Marty: how long is yours?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Very nice ,Fritz! I wonder if it was actually intended for use or purely sculptural jewelry! Anything stamped on the back where there is a little space or is the pin its own logo dimensionally? LOL
The funny thing is that it isn't even the smallest piton that he ever sold by a long shot!
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Fantastic thread. I recall seeing a Dolt ad, fall of 1967 in Summit advertising a gold-plated piton. Maybe in 1968 he had some left from the previous year?
Hard to imagine anyone buying such a thing.
Like buying a gold-plated Alien, perhaps even the yellow one.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Steve: They were definitely sold as something non-functional. Maybe jewelry, perhaps art is a better catch-all category.
Under 7X magnification, absolutely no markings.
I think I bought it in a long-gone shop named Snug Mountaineering in Ketchum, Idaho.
We are getting into old memories here, but I think there were also silver versions of the same item in Snug. I was too cheap to buy the silver one.
I do remember telling a slightly later girlfriend about how I regretted not buying the cool silver piton: because she had one made for me as a Christmas present. That one is closer in size to a Chouinard Lost Arrow----------and still cherished.
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old toad
Trad climber
yosemite, Ca.
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Bump for a real climbing thread, unlike most of the crap posted on this site.
Ron
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Don,
I must of missed this post when it first came around.
What great and thoughtful rock climbing history!
Two thoughts come quickly to mind:
First, thanks for opening a flood gate of memories from those wonderful times.
And, second how precious and important are my "crazy" friends of today.
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rockjockrob
Boulder climber
Tempe, Arizona
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Nov 11, 2009 - 11:15pm PT
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Wow! Marty, you have been promising me for a long time that I would get to see all those pieces! I never guessed How many you really had! After bidding close to a hundred dollars for just one nut, I am blown away at what your detailed collection must be worth!
As Marty Jr., I have a long way to go to have a more grand collecetion, but because of his collection I now have close to 500 pieces of my own!
Go gear heads!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 26, 2009 - 05:05pm PT
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Yet another Dolt Bump, on a wire.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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I thought you all might enjoy this.
Ken
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Jim Bridwells Dolt Jacks. Used heavily but still look new.
LONGware Jacks? Tacks? Rurps? What did LONGware call their bits?
Rope from Gerry Mtn Sports c-1948. Donated by Wally Vegors
Plymoth Nylon 7/16 rope c-1959. Purchased from Dolt in Tahquitz, CA.
Donated by William Straka
Rock on!
Marty
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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I've had this poster since '68. It was a present from one of my dad's climbing buddies.
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Gobee
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2008 - 12:13am PT
"Remember the reference to Dolt's feat at Stoney Point - climbing a route with a rock in his hand that no one else could repeat?"
I guess Dolt was the Org. Stonemaster?
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Any one ever climb in the blue Dolt shoes?
Ken
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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Here's another Dolt poster
Rock on!
Marty
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Mr. Vader
Boulder climber
L.A., CA
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Don:
Thanks for the stories. Keep them coming. Wonderful memories. Here's a handful of Dolt hangers I got from Westridge. Recently unearthed in my garage. Never used. Still have my Westridge Sierra Cups. See you in LP for WW Marathon?
Don Feinstein
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