The way we were...

[vandman]

Troutdog,
It could very well be that my friend Mitch and I gave you guys a ride back in 1977. We always picked up hitchhiking backpackers , and although I don't remember you and your group, the fact that you mention Guiness stout AND PBR makes it a most probable yes, because that was our signature combo and we were very generous with our beverages!

Here's a vintage Kodachrome taken in 1976, the summer i spent about 55 days in the Sierra. It was taken on the trail between Simpson Meadow and Tehipite Valley. It was the best Summer for a 17 year old!

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[Jimr]

Vandman & Troutdog::: now that's a cool "we've crossed paths before" story. What makes me smile is the "bitchin'" and "bodacious" terms. Ah, the terms of our youth. My kids think they originated and own their coolness. Little do they know that their parents paved the way.

[Allyn]

Okay. I'll Bite. First photo is of the family at the Cathedral Lakes trailhead in the late 1960's. That's me on the far left. Second one is from the JMT near Devil's Postpile in 1973. Me on the far right.

[Jimr]

You boys are definitely ready for high water

[Allyn]

You boys are definitely ready for high water

Hey we had to look good out on the trail didn't we!!!

[Jimr]

I looked the same way at that age. Parents couldn't keep me in fitting jeans, hence I had alot of cutoffs.

[LMBSGV]

As another geezer, I love this thread. It was fun searching through old photos. Since I took most of the family photos back then, there are almost none of me, but lots of great ones of my wife many of which I had forgotten about. Here's one I found of me in the Minarets in 1981.

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[vandman]

Here's a photo my brother Mike took of me as I begin the swim through Muir Gorge. I'm wearing Levis cutoffs, tennis shoes, no socks, and an Alpine day pack. I carried my camera and snacks wrapped in a garbage bag. Mike snapped this photo and joined me on an eerie float through the gorge which for a very short stretch was a dark steep slot. The water was cold, but tolerable. 1976 was a drought year, so the water was low. Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne, Yosemite.

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[fishmonger]

Mather Pass, July 1989 during my second JMT hike



before anyone knew what micro spikes were , descending from Monte Rotondo, island of Corsica, 1984



staying warm, somewhere off trail near VVR and lake T Edison, after a bear woke me up, July 1989

[Cross Country]

Back when long hair was in, before short hair was in before long hair was in again. What's in now?
I could always eat lots of fish!

Kid Lakes 1974. The fish were larger in 2003.