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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
North of the Owyhees
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May 28, 2009 - 09:50am PT
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I've been a flagger....does that count?
Stupid cars......
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Step Beyond!
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May 28, 2009 - 09:56am PT
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Josh Nash
Social climber
riverbank ca
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May 28, 2009 - 11:55am PT
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^^^^^^^^^^^
holy Sh#t! Free soloing is just not scary or hard enough for me anymore.....
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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May 28, 2009 - 01:11pm PT
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I never really cared for Osman too much but pulling that flag and looking that good at it while soloing, really impressed me.
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Chinchen
climber
Living on the road
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May 28, 2009 - 01:18pm PT
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I can flag for a few seconds, near the ground.
My kid thinks Im the coolest....
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Senor Pinche Wey
Big Wall climber
OB
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May 28, 2009 - 01:41pm PT
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I saw that picture in Iowa in the clothing section of a department store.
It was hung the wrong way, I showed him hanging from the bottom a giant roof. I tried to explain it to them but they weren't having any of it.
"Now way, that's not possible."
not impossible just very, very difficult
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rockermike
Mountain climber
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May 28, 2009 - 01:56pm PT
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I could do a flag when I was a 17 yr old gymnast. What, 38 years ago, ha. Ain't tried in a while but I don't think its going to work.
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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May 28, 2009 - 02:09pm PT
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I could when I climbed full time. Getting into it is harder than holding it. There is a trick to lining everything up so the pull and push on your arms doesn't have any side forces.
Back in the early 70s, I had it in my mind that I wanted to climb the flagpole in front of the ranger's station in Tuolumne Meadows and flag from the top. I could flag on a pole as long as it was small enough to grasp, but I couldn't get from a pole climbing position to a flag position, safely--that would be an ugly fall.
And anyway, there were no girls around the Ranger station.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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May 28, 2009 - 03:17pm PT
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Flogging? Oh... my bad.
carry on.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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May 28, 2009 - 03:18pm PT
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It's pretty easy to do on a small tree about four inches in diameter. You can tuck it under one shoulder and then extend your legs, saying something like, "sure is windy!"
Cheating compared to the above, but it works.
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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May 28, 2009 - 03:27pm PT
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I've tried flogging.
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quartziteflight
climber
Who knows?
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Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2009 - 08:44pm PT
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The danno pic is pretty impressive!
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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May 28, 2009 - 08:51pm PT
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I've done it while holding onto the headboard of the bed.
California King even!
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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May 28, 2009 - 09:11pm PT
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Good thing there were no girls around the Ranger Station!
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quartziteflight
climber
Who knows?
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Topic Author's Reply - May 29, 2009 - 09:57pm PT
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meh..
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