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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 25, 2015 - 10:13pm PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
I'm relieved to finally learn the safe way to lead - with a gopro on my head and my girlfriend in tow on a lone bolt.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Nov 25, 2015 - 10:33pm PT
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Well, if I wasn't a mormon before, I am now.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Nov 25, 2015 - 10:33pm PT
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Considering a stint with the LDS Greg? ;)
Either way, have a great tryptophan day!!
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Nov 26, 2015 - 12:00am PT
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Nov 26, 2015 - 12:29am PT
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"Climbing as a metaphor for life." Who knew!
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Nov 26, 2015 - 06:13am PT
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Jimmy, leave the gear and go soloing...
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Nov 26, 2015 - 06:53am PT
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A new motto: God is my belayer!
Wynn and I were camping next to you guys in J Tree 2 weeks ago. I would have never suspected you had religious tendencies.
There was a good bumper sticker on a vehicle in a popular dog walking area near my home: Dog is my Copilot.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Nov 26, 2015 - 07:01am PT
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A new motto: God is my belayer!
I think that means you're still solo
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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Nov 26, 2015 - 08:56am PT
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Is one bolt still safe with five wives in tow?
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grover
climber
Castlegar BC
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Nov 26, 2015 - 09:10am PT
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Only if they're your first cousins.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Nov 26, 2015 - 09:19am PT
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Of course that was an LDS video. Makes perfect sense.
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WBraun
climber
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Nov 26, 2015 - 09:42am PT
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Did that guy really free solo that thing?
Some cool camera work?
Probably an UAV (drone) ....
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Lurkingtard
climber
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Nov 26, 2015 - 09:50am PT
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Soloing the tombstone 5.13+? I don't think so. That's the same guy from those rope jump videos.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 26, 2015 - 10:21am PT
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Did that guy really free solo that thing?
Werner... you've worked on movie sets.
C'mon man....
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Nov 26, 2015 - 10:30am PT
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Did that guy really free solo that thing?
Did Keanu Reeves really shred waves in Point Break?
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Nov 26, 2015 - 11:18am PT
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IMO if you have climbed seriously for any length of time you can easily see that the audaciousness ascribed to free soloing pales compared to the presumptuous assumption that trusting our survival to our own experience and abilities is somehow reckless and irresponsible compared to placing our 'faith' in something we cannot see in the hope that we will be assured a place in an eternal hierarchy of the holy in a mythical hereafter.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Nov 26, 2015 - 11:28am PT
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Nicely said Bushman!
I'll add this passage I posted on another thread because it links life and climbing so well.
Not to say religious beliefs don't work for some...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Nov 26, 2015 - 11:39am PT
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I wonder if the climber that was free soloing in the video had to sign an Non-disclosure agreement that prohibits him from saying that he free solos in real life, or that free soloing isn't really an issue on rock.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Nov 26, 2015 - 02:01pm PT
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far more entertaining than I had expected
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overwatch
climber
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Nov 26, 2015 - 04:06pm PT
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Talk about low expectations
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