What is the largest El Cap team age spread?

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Mark Hudon

Trad climber

Hood River, OR

Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 14, 2012 - 01:24pm PT

of legitimate partners, someone who contributed to the ascent, not just jugging the whole thing.
Cheyne and I are 35 years apart.

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Nov 14, 2012 - 01:36pm PT

I am almost 52. My other me is 13.

So there's almost 40 years when I'm by myself......

But Jeremy's mom? mmmmmmm good.....

Mark Hudon

Trad climber

Hood River, OR

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2012 - 01:41pm PT

No way, Jeremy, Gagner is younger than me and you are older than Cheyne!

Max is not tall, he's about 5'8", but yeah, I bring the average way down.

Mark Hudon

Trad climber

Hood River, OR

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2012 - 01:48pm PT

Eric Sanford, who I did the NA Wall with, and who probably never cracked 5'4" wrote about us in a Summit article "our combined height is no where near eleven feet and we both use half bags as comfortable sleeping bags…"

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Nov 14, 2012 - 01:51pm PT

Yeah, Gagner is 85.....

Jeremy needs to back off the Modus.

Clint Cummins

Trad climber

SF Bay area, CA

Nov 14, 2012 - 01:52pm PT

Apparently ot the largest, but for reference:
Gerry Bloch 81, Mike Corbett 45, spread of 36, in 1999 - not much different than Mark and Cheyne!
Hans Florine 37, Scott Cory, 11, spread of 26, in 2001.

[sorry, I did not see the "legitimate partner" qualifier]

Mark Hudon

Trad climber

Hood River, OR

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2012 - 01:54pm PT

Wow, 81, that's impressive.

Melissa

Gym climber

berkeley, ca

Nov 14, 2012 - 01:55pm PT

Most female teams beat short male teams for minimum stature.

Have Jim and Cara H. done El Cap yet?

Clint Cummins

Trad climber

SF Bay area, CA

Nov 14, 2012 - 02:04pm PT

I don't think Jim and Kara have done El Cap yet, other than the West Face, and a run up to the Stovelegs where there was a a traffic jam of other parties. Their age spread is somewhere in the 30s, I think.

Mark Hudon

Trad climber

Hood River, OR

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2012 - 02:08pm PT

So what about the oldest team of two?

Melissa

Gym climber

berkeley, ca

Nov 14, 2012 - 02:13pm PT

Probably a couple of grizzled Germans on the Nose who didn't check in or consider themselves old.

Mark Hudon

Trad climber

Hood River, OR

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2012 - 02:17pm PT

Melissa, do you still have that hook?

Greg Barnes

climber

Nov 14, 2012 - 02:19pm PT

Reminds me of driving a 4x4 road into southern Death Valley when I was 15 - my grandmother was driving the other 4x4 and she was 81, my dad thought we probably had the oldest & youngest ever to drive that road, let alone at the same time!