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Show Russell Jacobs 19 March 2010 MD: Really? RJ: Yeah. MD: I thought they were ... that was an area that was sort of closed off for climbers at this point, no? RJ: No. No, I'm sure. There's many ... there's a guidebook, you know, and, uh, yeah, some of the biggest climbers have done some pretty big routes. Henry Barber, for one, from Colorado. Just. .. he's so far out there. He would be a, you know, if he was back in the 1800s, he'd be the equivalent to like Geronimo or Sitting Bull or, you know, or Carzy Horse or ... he's one of the wild ones, old Henry, Henry Barber. Yeah, there's stories about Henry Barber, awesome stories. But he's put some lines up on the Towers. This particular, uh, The Titan, which is, uh, 900 feet tall, uh, was ... the route was established by Layton Kor and George Hurley in May of 1962. Uh, and Layton Kor has a pretty good reputation of his own. He was one of the hardcore, uh, no pun intended, uh, hardened climbers in that time period. He did some pretty good stuff and with some pretty manky equipment back then. I mean, just, in comparison, junk, you know. I mean, you wouldn't ... you'd never use it in these days. I mean, you just wouldn't. You'd ... you know, they should be put on your mantelpiece or above your fireplace or something. But my partner and I, we managed to get back there and parked. And, uh, all he had, I think, was like some ... to eat, some baloney sandwiches on white bread with yellow mustard. You know, I don't know ifl had much more. I don't recall what I had, but that kind of stuck out in my mind as, my gosh, he's eating that junk. But he ... this guy was ... he was tall. He was like 6'2". MD: What was his name? 13 |
