Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 14, 2012 - 10:24am PT
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of legitimate partners, someone who contributed to the ascent, not just jugging the whole thing.
Cheyne and I are 35 years apart.
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Jeremy
Social climber
Albuquerque, NM
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Nov 14, 2012 - 10:33am PT
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Paul GAGner is 42 years older than me.
BTW Mark...I nominate you and Max as the SHORTEST El Cap Team!
Well...unless there has been an all midget ascent!
WOO HOO!!!
:-)
J
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Nov 14, 2012 - 10:36am PT
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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.....
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2012 - 10:41am PT
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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.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2012 - 10:48am PT
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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…"
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Nov 14, 2012 - 10:51am PT
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Yeah, Gagner is 85.....
Jeremy needs to back off the Modus.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Nov 14, 2012 - 10:52am PT
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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]
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2012 - 10:54am PT
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Wow, 81, that's impressive.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Nov 14, 2012 - 10:55am PT
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Most female teams beat short male teams for minimum stature.
Have Jim and Cara H. done El Cap yet?
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Nov 14, 2012 - 11:04am PT
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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.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2012 - 11:08am PT
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So what about the oldest team of two?
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Nov 14, 2012 - 11:13am PT
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Probably a couple of grizzled Germans on the Nose who didn't check in or consider themselves old.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2012 - 11:17am PT
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Melissa, do you still have that hook?
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Nov 14, 2012 - 11:19am PT
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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!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 14, 2012 - 11:19am PT
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I heard that Eric Pearlman & partner have the record for oldest team of two.
I remember that Summit article. I have the issue in storage
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2012 - 11:40am PT
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I know Eric really wants to get the oldest NIAD ascent with both climbers over 60 but I don't think it's happened yet.
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micronut
Trad climber
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Nov 14, 2012 - 12:21pm PT
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I wonder what the largest spread in IQ's is for a team.
I'm a 182. Mark? Please say we aren't gonna break the record this Spring.
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eKat
Trad climber
BackInTheDitch BackInTheDirt BackInTheDay
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Nov 14, 2012 - 12:22pm PT
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Paul GAGner is 42 years older than me.
HOH MAHN!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2012 - 12:25pm PT
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Uh, ah, we'll. I like eggs!
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ec
climber
ca
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Nov 14, 2012 - 12:33pm PT
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Bloch, a pioneering climber BITD, did jug his last ascent. Disqualified from thread.
 ec
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