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I'm doing that middle aged thing whereby I'm trying to remember things that I have forgotten! I can't remember my first cat's name, but I do remember an old articles I would love to read again. It;s going way back, probably an old Mountain, probably from the 80's, it featured a guy with a headband, white trousers stating on top of a boulder, the article was about bouldering, It was American and I remember it being the first inspiring article I ever read solely about bouldering. I think it was about Jim Holloway.

If anyone can help, maybe scan a page fro me I would be very grateful.

In reply to andy w bloc:

It doesn't appear to be the piece you're looking for, but John Sherman's "Pumping Sandstone: The Sequel" article about Colorado's Front Range bouldering - in Climbing #130 [Feb/Mar 1992] - has quite a lot about Holloway, his problems and the attempts by various local experts to repeat them. Do you have it?

In reply to Ian Parsons:

I don't have it no, sounds interesting.

In reply to andy w bloc:
Just skimmed through Mountain mags 27 onwards and can't spot it off hand.

In reply to andy w bloc:

Just PMed you; try sending one to me if it doesn't arrive.

In reply to Ian Parsons:


Reproduced in "Sherman Exposed" anthology published 1999 by "The Mountaineers". Sadly no pictures.

In reply to andy w bloc:

Oh, you're talking about some fairly *recent* articles! I'll have a look.

In reply to John Stainforth:

Well quite old! thankyou.

In reply to John Stainforth:

Ok I've thought some more about this and I'm pretty sure the issue will be somewhere between 1980 - 1983.

In reply to andy w bloc:
Hi, You might be thinking of a Pat Ament article about Christian Griffith. Griffith was a very young boulderer and I remember Ament doing a piece on him - with a photograph similar to what you describe - for his 'Ideas' column in Mountain. This would have been in the early 80s. I'm sure I have it somewhere. I'm away from home at the moment but will be back in a day or so. I'll have a look.

In reply to andy w bloc:

Mountain 74, "Ideas" column? Written by Ament, and features both Holloway and Griffith. It's on its way; see what you think.

In reply to Ian Parsons:

Yes, that's the article I'm thinking of. Well done. But I seem to remember (and don't ask why) that Griffith's trousers were not white but black.

In reply to Greg Lucas:

Yes - black with large white knee patches. He's the one standing on a boulder, and wearing a head scarf - pirate style - rather than a headband. Holloway's wearing a white cap back-to-front, which looks like it might be a headband in one photo.