Posted by: JoeKayak
NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/14/05 02:40 PM
Just when we thought we could find mainstream wirting about climbing that was palatable....there's this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/13/fashion/thursdaystyles/13Physical.html(but the pictures are pretty...)...
Posted by: oenophore
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/14/05 03:59 PM
The NY Times CEO climbs at the Gunks.
Posted by: Mark Heyman
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/14/05 05:00 PM
So, shoes were provided by manufacturers for free, and weekend climbing trips and other gear were expensed. Probably tax deductions too. Maybe the house in the area!
Posted by: Mike Rawdon
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/14/05 06:58 PM
Another sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
Posted by: Julie
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/14/05 10:03 PM
Why is he hanging from the pin on Birdland?
I mean, I know why *I* hang there; that route has it in for me, and that move in particular. But he's tall. What's his excuse?
Posted by: dalguard
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/14/05 10:28 PM
How else do you test shoes but to see how comfortable they are to hang in? For my gym shoes particularly, it's a requirement.
Posted by: Charlie
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/15/05 06:25 PM
"Why is he hanging from the pin on Birdland? " 
To show off the shoes? Look at the position of his feet.
Posted by: Jannette
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/21/05 01:25 AM
From Wikipedia:
The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide.
Jannette
Posted by: GeeVee
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/21/05 06:37 PM
And if you don't believe Marc here it is straight from the horse's mouth...
http://www.nytco.com/company-executives.html
Posted by: crackers
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/21/05 08:50 PM
At first, i thought you were going to be talking about
these absolutely god aweful things... I am afraid i linked to a webstore because i couldn't find the offending manufacturer's website itself...
Posted by: pedestrian
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/22/05 05:08 PM
file under "shoes never to be caught dead wearing"
ugh. i've seen those on the street lately. talk about posers...
Posted by: pedestrian
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/23/05 11:19 PM
Well yea, but I hear there are alligators in the palm gat lot too...
Posted by: Mike Rawdon
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/24/05 02:15 AM
Palm gat lot??
Sounds like a Yuppie with a PDA in one hand and a cappuchino in the other.
And a longtail? Ain't that a Harley? Oh no, that's a hardtail. Longtails is them non-returnable beer bottles...
Posted by: yorick
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/24/05 11:28 AM
Don't think they were frappin cappucinos back in the day. Some fool went an Shon-gummed it.
Palmagat - The name first appears in a deed of September 18, 1823 that refers to the "Palm Gat lot."
Shawangunk Place-Names, Marc B. Fried. 2005.
As for them phantasmagorical long-tails, well, me an my coonhound are headed down to North Gully this mornin tracking down a sightin or two. Wish'd I was cloakin in a pair of them Puma clambering shoes. These 5.10s stand out like a busted thumb.
Posted by: Mike Rawdon
Re: NY Times Climbing Shoe Review... - 10/24/05 06:33 PM
Eddie knows a thing or two about longtails, I suppose.