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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Just look at that filthy sock under where the boot fell off.
Disgusting!
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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It's tragic,
Thank God no one got hurt
Quite a mess at the base though, maybe old booty
Peter Haan got a Photo
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Jones in LA
Mountain climber
Tarzana, California
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Tom Evans just posted this image on El Cap Pics and it looks like Boot Flake has slipped down the left edge of Texas Flake (where it got stuck in 2013), got its toe hooked on the end of Texas, and flipped over. It looks really tenuous now, maybe on its last leg so to speak.
(Tom apologizes for the low quality of the image -- he said he was shaking with excitement when he snapped the photo)
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Its a seasonal thing...
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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It does it every 4/1
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Barbarian
climber
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My April 1st is now complete.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Holy Crap!
Someone needs to put a stop to this.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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The thread topic is very confusing to the Gaels as they would read it as an
unfinished sentence:
Boot Flake Upland Moor of El Cap This Morning did what?
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Damn rock stackers.
Susan
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xbow
Trad climber
TWENTYNIN PLM
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Feb 10, 2016 - 09:34pm PT
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I stole Boot Flake and for my next heist I plan on stealing Texas Flake.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Feb 10, 2016 - 10:12pm PT
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... to be sold for millions a dollars to an undisclosed Chinese buyer.
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Feb 10, 2016 - 10:29pm PT
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Glenn Denny told me this story that happened on the third ascent of the Nose. On the second ascent, Robbins didn't think Boot Flake was going to stay put so he placed a bolt while he was leading it. On the 3rd ascent Roper really wanted to lead Boot Flake so he could climb it without using Robbins' bolt. Which is what he did.
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Feb 11, 2016 - 07:58am PT
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I trademarked the name Boot Flake. Expect a letter from my lawyer.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 11, 2016 - 08:15am PT
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Back then they were hardly old men; but they were young firebrands who set their world on fire during the Pentecost of climbing history.
When it does finally fall off, may Boot Flake rest in pieces.
Bow your heads and pray that you're nowhere in the area, sinners!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Come on.. No one bumped this?? ;)
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Last year I could have said that the Robbins Traverse fell off, but three months later I would have spoken the truth.
John
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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You're laughing today, but Yosemite Valley has been sloughing off its skin for a very, very long time. Robbins Traverse, the Chandelier, Atlantic Ocean Wall . . . really, too many to list . . . have all fallen to the march of Father Time and the pressure of Mother Thermal Expansion.
Boot Flake is just standing in line, waiting for its turn to take the Big Ride.
Pulling that thing off the wall while laybacking it would be the all-time epic whipper, but the traversing ladder of belay bolts above Texas would save you.
If it cut loose during your King Swing, you could just run right across as it accelerated downwards, like swimming in a snow avalanche. As long as you remembered to clip your haul bag in on top, there'd be no problem at all.
Russ the Fish most eloquently said this, regarding another notorious piece of choss that was high on the Nose:
I wish somebody would just rifle up there and after checking with the lookout on the ground, honk this thing off.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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It will be interesting when it does come off.
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