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Gunks Guy
Trad climber
Rhinebeck, NY
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May 16, 2009 - 08:38am PT
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That was awesome - Thanks for posting.
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Prod
Trad climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
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May 16, 2009 - 08:49am PT
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Pretty cool.
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tooth
Mountain climber
Guam
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May 16, 2009 - 09:16am PT
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I can't figure out why the climbing mags aren't full of stories like this... I find it more inspiring than some guy on a 5.15. Sure, there are probably just as many 77 year-olds climbing as 5.15 climbers, but a lot more of us can hope to be an old climber than the other, no?
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Eastside
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May 16, 2009 - 09:50am PT
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Yes, very cool. That one is going off to my parents.
They are always asking me when I am going to quit climbing.
(Which it seems like I have, but this is just a hiatus while my body & mind gets their act together.)
Thanks for posting that!
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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May 16, 2009 - 10:06am PT
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Sweet!!
Ho Mahn, he almost came off at about 3:50!!
It looks like it's a bit stout, 5.9 at least there where he and his daughter both struggled....
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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May 16, 2009 - 10:08am PT
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Here, here! That's the kind of stuff I love to see! Maybe now that I'm 51, the thought of a 77 year old climbing holds more interest than it used to...I don't know. In any case, I love to see folks out there LIVING, rather than just existing. Thanks for the post!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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May 16, 2009 - 10:28am PT
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Bazo, You made my day, this is going straight to my old buddy who I climbed with in the 60's during high school with a, "I'm tired of hearing you complain about your back, get off that couch and after it!" A hardy Berg Heil to you!
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KlimbIn
climber
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May 16, 2009 - 12:21pm PT
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Yes very inspirational. That's what I want to see.
I can only dream of doing that when I'm 77.
The grade according to the ending is VIIa (yds 5.8) plus scant protection and some airy moves.
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clustiere
Trad climber
berkeley ca
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May 16, 2009 - 12:58pm PT
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Awesome!Good technique as well!What an inspiration. I teared up, so glad that modern medicine and disease control allow people to live into their seventies and eighties on a regular basis. I can only dream of sharing a rope with some young gun many many years from now. I will aim for the Nutcracker in my seventies. Till then I will train.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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May 16, 2009 - 12:58pm PT
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something to look forward to in 20 years or so...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 16, 2009 - 01:44pm PT
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Good one.
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Double D
climber
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May 16, 2009 - 01:56pm PT
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Inspiring, that's for sure! Nice run-outs.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 16, 2009 - 02:23pm PT
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I wanna be that guy in twenty five years.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 16, 2009 - 02:45pm PT
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I learned how to climb from guys like that, ( the Stettner Bros) over 25 yrs ago, let's keep That, Magic Alive!
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada, CA
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May 16, 2009 - 02:55pm PT
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Thanks. Wow!
Erik
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Scared Silly
Trad climber
UT
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May 16, 2009 - 03:02pm PT
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I have had the privilege to tie in with a few climbers who are in their 70s. It is pretty damned amazing. I have to agree that seeing that is way cooler than most of the crap the rags these days. May be Alpinist will do a an issue on the generation that can still kick some ass.
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Paulina
Trad climber
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May 16, 2009 - 04:48pm PT
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Amazing guy, great video! I once saw someone maybe not quite that old on Cathedral in NH... It was so cool!
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bookworm
Social climber
Falls Church, VA
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May 16, 2009 - 06:52pm PT
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that is cool
we got a local guy like that...marty was pulling 5.8 at age 75...his wife and quadruple bypass surgery finally got him to take off his harness, but we still see him at the crag
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Bazo
Boulder climber
Ky
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Topic Author's Reply - May 17, 2009 - 06:23pm PT
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"Sure, there are probably just as many 77 year-olds climbing as 5.15 climbers"
I dunno..I think there are probably a whole lot more 77 year old climbers than 5.15 climbers...And the stories they could tell..
Something to shoot for I guess.
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