Re: Downward bound -

The "bat cart" was actually invented by Bill Feuer, the Dolt, and was called the Dolt Cart. Dolt also invented a lot of other stuff, and is the person Dolt Tower on the Nose Route is named after. Dolt pitons were one of the most sought-after kinds of pins, plus he made some of the earliest US-made chocks. I had a rope (120 ft 7/16 white nylon rope I bought from Dolt from the back of his car - a collector gave me a brand new 70 m Dominator in exchange for the 60 foot piece I had left after using it to tow cars after I retired it from climbing). Barb has a miniature Dolt piton (brass) that Dolt gave her that we have been offered several hundred bucks for (no way you sell a gift from a friend like that), plus I still have 2 Dolsters (hammer holsters) and some other items. Crazy guy (in a good way for a climber), who became very paranoid over others stealing his designs and eventually committed suicide. A very sad day for those of us who were his friends.