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The Alpine
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 7, 2012 - 10:19am PT
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What did you guys do on Angel Wings this summer??
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gonzo chemist
climber
Fort Collins, CO
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"Summit day started at 3 am with a little bit of food and just the right amount of too much coffee."
love this quote.
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The Alpine
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2012 - 12:25pm PT
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Wow, thats an allstar lineup, most likely having put an all stars line up. Croft, Nettle, Thau and Eppi!
Brandon - you around?
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Worked on Eppi after this adventure, should be good to read about it and see some photos. Glad it went well and the route finally got finished.
Peacee
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Impaler
Social climber
Berkeley
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I saw Vitaliy's link as well and was wondering about that about a month ago. It's hard to believe that they didn't even bother naming the route. Too bad PC wouldn't post here - we might just never find out.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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He posted like a mofo in the Squamish thread. Maybe this will resurrect him
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Brandon - you around?
I'm here.
Just goofing off, I'd like to hear about this as well. Nettle is one of those dudes I look up to.
I'm not Brandon Thau.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Maybe if we mention his name in this thread enough, he will get sick of it, and write us a TR so we shut up?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Who are you referring to, Peter Croft or Brandon Thau or Dave Nettle or Greg Epperson?
They all post here.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Would love it if they draw their line on that photo. Angel Wings is a beautiful peak. Hope to make a trek to that area next year.
Yummm
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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I'd still like to see pics of that thing him and Conrad Anker climbed in Pakistan back when (98) Spansar Brakk? An 8000' 5.11 simulclimb?
If I recall correctly all the pics were interdicted for some North Face ad campaign that never came out
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The Alpine
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 8, 2012 - 09:47am PT
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C'mon Pete...
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Sonic
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Climbing Info Bump
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adikted
Boulder climber
Tahooooeeeee
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Angel Wings is one the most inspiring peaks.....i psyched to see Nettles presentation at Squaw on Wednesday. I hope he talks about the climb some....
Greg
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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I don't want to hammer on your line and need a topo! : )
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Wings bump...
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peter croft
climber
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We had a blast in there - had the luck to be in the right place and the right time (course it took 4 or 5 times between us in as many years to find that luck) If you check the pic that GF sent in the line is in the center of the shot - the sweeping buttress between light and shade (just left of some black streaks) Real varied - low angle to overhanging face, thin cracks to chimneys and about twice as tall as the Hulk. We called it Valkyrie - google that and you'll find a bunch of good reasons to die in battle. The next day I took off into the next valley and climbed the Saber Ridge. Heard it was good - Man, like Mathes Crest except in another league of good. Of course we apologize for not reporting earlier. Speaking for myself, before I could facebook, post, tweet and twerp I first had to catch up on Tivo-ed episodes of Daily Show and some primo adventures of Archer. I'm sure the others had equally important stuff to do as well. As far as Merriam goes, the left route is the Flying Buttress and the right one is Gargoyle. Went back in with Andy Puhvel this summer for a long day and did both again. Both of us thought the right route was even better. We also thought the last half mile to the car is actually more like 4 or 5
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Cool! I'm glad you had (what I assume is) a successful summer. There is just SO MUCH ROCK out in the sierra it is NUTS! I scrambled around for 4 or 5 hours through brush to look at some dinky 40 foot decomposed chosspiles in San Diego, keep forgetting that up north there is, like, ROCK climbing.
Weird, huh!??!
Good on you for catching up on Archer, I'd hate to miss out RuPauls Drag Race All-Stars for any rock climbing.
You think I'm joking......
:]
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