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big ears
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 27, 2011 - 02:02pm PT
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was bored this morning and went to do this crack with the new helpmet cam. skip ahead a minute to get to the climbing. Who can tell me what I was listening to in the car?
the link to the video is below the pic
http://vimeo.com/21556116
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big ears
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2011 - 02:06pm PT
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where are those? they look rad. Getting down seems like it could be a problem
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big ears
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2011 - 02:12pm PT
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those are in denver?
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Mar 27, 2011 - 05:34pm PT
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They're just south of the Central Library--can't you recognize the
brown building in the background. . .big giveaway!!!!
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big ears
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2011 - 06:40pm PT
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I avoid downtown like the plague. My only experience downtown is the bike ride from the union station light rail, to the baseball stadium, to falling rock tavern, back to light rail. if its not on that route, i have no idea where it is
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Mar 27, 2011 - 07:34pm PT
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Fun vid! Looks like more of an actual jam for the feet than the hands. Am I seeing that right?
Thanks for the post.
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big ears
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2011 - 11:14pm PT
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yea its a jam for the feet and a layback on the hands
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waulrat
Big Wall climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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Mar 28, 2011 - 12:34am PT
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sweet! Looks like a little bit of gorilla buildering!
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OnL4ch
Sport climber
San Francisco
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Mar 28, 2011 - 03:41am PT
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cool vid. i think it's descendents.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Mar 28, 2011 - 12:42pm PT
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Big ears--it really isn't hard to find. Take the light rail to the Colfax
& Mariposa station. Get off and take a bus or walk to the Central Library
at 14th & Broadway. (East then south from the light rail). Walk south
on Broadway and you should be able to see the rocks.
Have fun.
(Years ago I did a similar type of crack on a bridge over
Rock Creek Park in DC. We were busted by the cops, but
fortunately let go--had it been after 9-11, we'd prolly still
be in jail). . .
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 28, 2011 - 01:23pm PT
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WOW
No pit bull at top to greet the unsuspecting building climber.
No bikini clad girl on a roof top swimming pool.
No homeland security swat tasks force of 30 guys with heavy armor.
No bar up there.
Nothing
Definitely lame .....
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Briantrad
Trad climber
Lakewood
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Nov 19, 2014 - 01:57pm PT
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Not downtown, but it is in Denver.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Nov 19, 2014 - 02:04pm PT
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Looks fun, but is there anything holding in those left-hand bricks besides mortar? Probably no big deal, but seems like an overzealous, outward-weighted handjam/lieback could pop one of those suckers out.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Nov 19, 2014 - 02:10pm PT
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There was a similar crack, three stories high, when I was at Berkeley, but right in a corner, so it could be liebacked or jammed. Liebacking was probably easier, but far less secure for we unroped builderers. I don't remember what street it was on, maybe Durant or Channing, but it's been at least 41 years since I did it.
John
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Bad Climber
climber
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Nov 19, 2014 - 04:20pm PT
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Neat. Looks like a burly flare to the right. Did some buildering in my wild yoot. Got on the front page of the Honolulu paper back in the 80's for climbing the Queen Emma building. My high school buddy took pics and got the paper to publish them! We were so stoked. We walked in with a "story" about seeing some crazy guy climb a building. That was my 15 minutes of glory. After age 17, it's been up and downhill all the way.
BAd
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Aurora Colorado
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Nov 19, 2014 - 04:37pm PT
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If you got busted at this particular time, they'd think you were like this dude in Longmont. He got up on the roof ok but somehow fell into the inside of a wall.
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TheSoloClimber
Trad climber
Vancouver
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Nov 20, 2014 - 12:01pm PT
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BITD I almost got a B&A charge for climbing a building. Ended up getting reduced to trespassing, possibly due to the fact that I didn't break anything or enter anywhere.
The building owner said he didn't want to press charges but the cop gave me a ticket anyways. What a d#@&%e.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Nov 20, 2014 - 01:22pm PT
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I was thinking of something witty to say about it being a lie-back and jam crack, maybe a lie-bam or a jamback and lo I see that's what you titled the video :)
Looks fun!
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