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whitemeat
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 20, 2014 - 07:44pm PT
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I was reading the speed climbing book by Hans and came across the records section...
It said that the fastest time on snake dyke car to car is 3 hours by Dean Potter.
Now if you were to SPRINT down the death slabs it would take like 45 minutes at least, right? that leaves 2:15 minutes to go from the car to the top of half dizzle?
does anyone know what kind of tactics he used for the approach/descent? he for shore soloed and didn't stop for shoes or water or break but what way did he approach?
I can see 5 hours being a realistic time for a speed ascent but 3, holy moly!
how did he do it?
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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May 20, 2014 - 07:46pm PT
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dude was MOTIVATED!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 20, 2014 - 08:02pm PT
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More like MOTORvated.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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May 20, 2014 - 08:28pm PT
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Mountain bike.
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gunsmoke
Mountain climber
Clackamas, Oregon
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May 20, 2014 - 08:29pm PT
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Last summer I made it from Mirror Lake to the base of the route in about 3 hrs.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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May 20, 2014 - 08:30pm PT
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I don't know what the big deal is. I got to the base of Snake Dike in well under three hours.
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Erik Sloan
climber
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May 20, 2014 - 09:18pm PT
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pretty sure he did Mist trail to Snake Dike trail between Liberty Cap and Broderick. Animal!
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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May 20, 2014 - 09:21pm PT
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At least he doesn't suck.
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adrian korosec
climber
Tucson
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May 20, 2014 - 09:30pm PT
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Who cares about speed records anymore?
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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May 20, 2014 - 09:58pm PT
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I didn't realize Potter is into dykes.
Oh, you meant Snake Dike??
(couldn't resist)
Two hours up seems reasonable for Potter. Back in the Day I made it to Lost Arrow Notch in 3 hours with rack and ropes.
After the first 30 feet he would have run up Snake Dike. It's not nicknamed Snake Hike for nuttin'.
Potter running back down Half Dome seems plausible in less than 1 hour. Although I have to wonder how he got past the Cables Cluster F**k
Still a mighty fast round trip.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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May 20, 2014 - 10:23pm PT
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If the reports are to be believed, then I'd go with quickly.
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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May 20, 2014 - 10:27pm PT
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I'm old fat and slow and did it in 5. Left happy Isles at noon. Hiked the mist through the gap to base in roughly 1:45 hrs. Climbed to top in roughly 1:45, speed walked down the cables which were still up in beginning of October but no crowd and ran down the trial with two other youngun's pacing ahead in about 1:30. A kid like you should be able to fly up the trail and a god like Potter doing it in that time seems reasonable. Warbler. Don't you know of a shortcut up the somewhere to the west of the death slabs? Strenuous and slow though or not?
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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May 20, 2014 - 10:40pm PT
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I word....cocaine.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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May 20, 2014 - 10:59pm PT
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Record for the Half Dome trail is about 2:30 or so, 3:30-4 is pretty easy for the reasonably fit. Snake Dike is a considerable shortcut. Sounds like a soft record to me.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 20, 2014 - 11:55pm PT
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Deanno is so fast and fit because he has white meat for breakfast.
With cheese. :0)
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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May 20, 2014 - 11:56pm PT
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Classic Steve Roper description Kevin. LOL.....:"work up and left above a platform then nail right for 60 feet"....:-)
As far as it being a "soft" time...uhhhh. 14 miles, 16 miles? nahhhh.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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May 21, 2014 - 12:19am PT
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Didn't Dean Potter do Royal Arches car to car in under a hour? That impresses me even more! Running down the North Dome gully at a sprint, cool
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Ropeboy
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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May 21, 2014 - 12:53am PT
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Potter could have done the Mist Trail and made the loop in three hours. When I was doing my best trail running I went from Curry Village, up the cables, and back to Curry in four hours. I am sure other people have done it quicker and Potter would be one of them.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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May 21, 2014 - 01:00am PT
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A few summers ago, I was heading up and down the mist trail a lot. One day, I was carrying a small pack and jogging up the first part of the stairs. A SAR member blew by me running with full bullit pack, 2 qts of H2o on the back and a radio vest.
I stepped it up and followed him all the way up the stairs, which was about all I had left. He pulled away in a cloud of dust.
At the Nevada falls stairs, toward the top was a heart attack victim. The helo came in and dropped a load off and I started chatting with a ranger 100 feet below the victim.
I asked about the SAR member, and how fast he was going. He told me that he made it from the call to the top of nevada falls in 32 minutes.
32 minutes.
That was not his fastest time to the top of nevada falls I was told.
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