“Height has nothing to do with it, it is your strength that counts.”
– Lynn Hill

“Climbing is a team sport for individuals.”

Bob Proudman

Bob, eventually the Trailmaster for the AMC Trail Crew, introduced our “first year men” team to rock climbing.  I haven’t been the same since.  He was my multi-pitch rock climbing mentor and was also responsible for my first attempt at a real snow climb: “South Gully” in Huntington Ravine on Mt. Washington.  Mark Lawrence, Bob and I drove up to Pinkham Notch on Thanksgiving weekend, 1967.  That same year, he and Mark achieved the remarkable first winter ascent of “Sam’s Swan Song” (5.7, 9 pitches with a bivouac) on Cannon Cliff.   “Mixed climbing” was a European concept from a book they’d read by the great Italian mountaineer Walter Bonatti.  Bob solved one of the cruxes with a barehanded layback up an icicle – while gaining purchase on rock with his special, customized for winter, Limmer Boots.  Their two-day, one-night ascent ushered in a new level of commitment to New England's winter climb.

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“Climbers are a universal tribe: we share the knowledge that things are not important.
Experience is important. Feeling is important.”
– Steve House
“I only knew Dan (Osman) a year, but in that time he welcomed me into his world and gave me a taste of an untethered life.  A life which success is not measured by material gain, but in overcoming mental obstacles and creating experiences with friends”
– Lee Pruitt

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“I think that the mental aspect is one of the most important things…
Our mental power pushes our body to go further; in other words, our body follows our head.”
Josune Bereziartu
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