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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Trivia Challenge

HBFC. These initials adorned the helmet of a well-known American climber from the 1960s. Anyone know what they stand for?

6 comments:

Hans Mundahl said...

Was it Hugh Banner? Not sure what the FC would be for though . . .

Lawrence Van Garrett said...

Hugh Banner For Climbing

Dougald MacDonald said...

Hint: HB is not Hugh Banner. However, HB is a climber's initials.

Anonymous said...

Henry Barber Free-Climber

Dougald MacDonald said...

Nope. The person wearing the helmet was not HB.

Anonymous said...

Harthon (Sandy) Bill

First ascent of Lotus Flower Tower

Mark