Bobbie Bensmen

spell it "Bobbi" theres plenty of stuff
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4TSHB_enU...

I know that American Furniture Warehouse had a framed poster of here in J-Tree for sale in a random rack for $20. last year. I don't think they even knew who it was, just something to hang on a wall.
Cheers!

Well her Stackpole published book called 'Bouldering with Bobbi Bensman' came out in 1999. As for her falling off the map, I think she took the 'low profile' ( how ironic that phrase, considering the situation) after those obviously rough interviews in mags. For those who don't know her, Bobbi was a top comp climber, often vs Alison Osius in the finals in late 80s and into the 90's. She apparently spent some of that new won cash on a boob job, so from then on the topic was not about her climbing but about if she was happy with her new boobs, or if they got in the way of tough roof moves.
For those who just gotta know, you can compare the 'old' Bobbi in her bouldering book, with the 'new' profile of Bobbi shown as Ms. December, 1999 in the Women of Climbing calendar.
---From the historic archives of the Woodchuck---

Thanks for the info. Surfing the web isn't my strong suit. Guess I should pay more attention to the credits on Moving Over Stone. Too bad that a few so called writers and interviewers had to be so inmature.

Thanks for the info.

I knew Bobbi back in the day when she was sending hard. I remember watching her doing one of the burly routes in the Hell Cave, in American Fork canyon. (That girl was stong) Last time I saw Bobbi was in Indian Creek in 2000 I think. We were all climbing at the Broken Tooth wall and she was pregnant at the time. Bobbi then, was still climbing pretty hard, leading a couple of 10's and at least 5 months along! She was even giving us the lowdown on how her "boob job" wouldn't be a problem with breast feeding. I haven't seen her since, but I'm sure she is still around, just a mom now.

My Bobbi 'experience' goes back to about '89 or 90. It was a year or so after Snowbird held the first world comp in the US on their big outdoor wall. A health club in downtown Chicago had built an indoor wall that topped out at near 110 ft I think, up through the health club levels next to the stairwell. A typical early Enterprise kind of panel wall, with few features other than a couple smaller roofs midway up and a big curving finish. The climbers were allowed to walk up the 10 flights of stairs to examine right up close what the route would be like, then kept behind and out of view in isolation during the comp. I was free to chase up and down the stairs to take photos, so I positioned myself right at the railing by the first roof. Took some great action shots of Alison and Bobbi pulling the roof. Bobbi won I believe that day, in her black mesh leggings. I don't remember any of the other competitors back then. Not very many made it up past the first roof moves. I know I have those photos buried somewhere in my 'archives' section of the museum here.

If I'm ever in Oregon, I need to do "Latest Rage", there's video of her climbing it in like moving over stone 1 or 2...

www.brayackmedia.com

The first time I met Bobbi was when she gave a slide presentation at Miami University. The last time she was in our area she went climbing with some of us at the Red. I got to belay her on Centerfire at Torrent. This was a number of years back. It's good to hear that she is doing well and still climbing strong.
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