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Sam
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 14, 2002 - 01:34pm PT
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I just got off the phone w/ a friend who is up in the valley! I guess it was a spectacular crashing sound (that much would be obvious) really early this morning as it slid down and broke up, crashing onto the apron and then the talus below.
I don't know anything about injuries or anything like that, I hope no one was bivey'd over there! I guess the NPS has blocked access to the whole area, and there is a massive amount of dust and crap in the air in that area. You can't even go to El Cap meadow, and they have traffic going two ways on the other side of the Valley.
Does anyone know of a web cab shot of the Captain?
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garyd
Novice climber
humboldt
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 02:30pm PT
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here is a web cam link (though not much help)
http://www.yosemite.org/vryos/
this is probably a troll anyway ...
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Sam
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 02:36pm PT
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Sure!
Fine!
Whatever!
It must take practice to troll well.
It just seems so serious around here all of a sudden...
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Largo
Advanced climber
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Nov 14, 2002 - 02:48pm PT
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Boot flake fell off?
I'll bet you a dollar this is a silly rumor--not that there was much more than frozen cobwebs hoding the Boot on the wall, but this simply sounds too grand to be true, with the road closures and all.
JL
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Jim Bob
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 03:19pm PT
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Yea, the Valley looks really torn up... Maybe someone should have put bolts spaced every two feet around boot flake and clipped it in.
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novice
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 03:33pm PT
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did any routes use the boot flake?
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Lynn
Intermediate climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Nov 14, 2002 - 04:02pm PT
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The Nose -
There is a free SuperTopo for it that you can download to study if you interested
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news update
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 04:28pm PT
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In a landmark decision, the NPS has decided to remove the boot flake this winter. Four cranes will be lowered in by heli and secured to the top of El Captain. Several climbers will be employed to attach the cables and place small explosives to fully detach the flake. Contact www.NPS.Gov/~ElCapDemolition for more information.
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Hammer
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 04:32pm PT
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Great photo of Boot Flake by William Zittrich in the gallery.
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DS
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 04:35pm PT
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Here's a good photo taken just a few hours after the big event.
<a href="http://www.safanda.com/bootflake.jpg"><img src="http://www.safanda.com/bootfake.jpg" width="272" height="448" border="0"></a>
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garyd
Novice climber
humboldt
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 04:52pm PT
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too much DS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that was great!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bob
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 04:53pm PT
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Photoshop strikes again. Weak troll David.
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DS
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 04:59pm PT
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Just felt like jumping on the band wagon. You're right, it is a weak troll. Sort of fun to imagine what it might look like though.
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Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 04:59pm PT
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Can you photoshop it in there behind Texas flake?
Now that would be cool.
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Bob
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 05:19pm PT
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Actually the picture is pretty cool, it was the original troll that was week.
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Sam
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 07:51pm PT
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Yeah Bob-
All I did was get Chris Mac and John Long to at least laugh, weak huh? Guess next time I should pretend to be a racist idiot, then it would be "gold, gold I tell you!".
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F*#kin' Idiot
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 08:22pm PT
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Nice. Yep. And thanks to me, you have officially trolled TWO websites (rockclimbing.com). I should have waited to see how this washed out before opening my damn yapper. I've got to get job that requires I put some effort the whole "work" thingy, instead of sitting around surfing the web all day...
GOT ME!!
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P/D
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2002 - 11:17pm PT
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Hey Sam..idiot maybe....but racist no. I managed to troll a pack of idiot racists...but that was just by chance. I never started, nor participated in racism. Now idiocy...sure, plenty. Some folks are so dumb it IS funny.
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