Climber at Yosemite reclines against rock holding a Ghirardelli chocolate bar and an Allstate oil can, with a pile of gear in the foreground
Climber at Yosemite reclines against rock holding a Ghirardelli chocolate bar and an Allstate oil can, with a pile of gear in the foreground

ALLSTATE | 1960

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Two examples of the cuisine of choice, from divergent eras of El Cap exploration, are displayed by Joe Fitschen at Camp VI where we discovered this liquid refreshment container that had been left behind by the stouthearted first ascent team two years earlier. Our Ghirardelli’s bitter sweet bar seems to pale in comparison.

ALLSTATE, Joe Fitschen at Camp VI on the second ascent of the Nose of El Capitan, Yosemite, September 1960.

Photo: Tom Frost

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Two examples of the cuisine of choice, from divergent eras of El Cap exploration, are displayed by Joe Fitschen at Camp VI where we discovered this liquid refreshment container that had been left behind by the stouthearted first ascent team two years earlier. Our Ghirardelli’s bitter sweet bar seems to pale in comparison.

ALLSTATE, Joe Fitschen at Camp VI on the second ascent of the Nose of El Capitan, Yosemite, September 1960.

Photo: Tom Frost