Randisi
Boulder climber
PA
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Jun 24, 2010 - 04:30pm PT
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Playing devil's advocate here, but Peter Croft, Henry Barber, and John Bachar made their names on existing routes, ignoring for the sake of discussion the Bachar-Yerian, an all time classic FA.
Yeah, those lazy slackers never put up anything new!
I would think the Devil would have a more informed advocate.
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Gene
Social climber
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Jun 24, 2010 - 04:35pm PT
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LOL.
Yeah, they put up a ton. But they are mostly known for their free solo repeats of existing routes.
Devil
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Double D
climber
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Jun 24, 2010 - 08:13pm PT
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Wow, that's impressive. I don't even think I could hike the 8,000 verticle feet and cruise down the valley in that time.
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canyonrat
Trad climber
Armstrong BC
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Jun 24, 2010 - 11:10pm PT
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Congratulations Alex! Thanks for the post Chris
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 24, 2010 - 11:11pm PT
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Peter Croft did a lot of new routes and first free ascents, some quite significant, at Squamish and then Leavenworth before making a mark in Yosemite and the Sierra.
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pk_davidson
Trad climber
Albuquerque, NM
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Jun 26, 2010 - 09:50pm PT
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incomprehensible...
one proud day
on a side note, anyone else find this a bit humorous:
>My generation never climbed to make a name for themselves....
>.... All the climbers of my day who didnīt establish new climbs are for the most part forgotten.
hmmm.... wonder why we're concerned about being forgotten since we climbed in such a Zen state. Makes me wonder where all those articles and pics came from since the FAs had no interest in self promotion....
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Transporter Room 2
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Jun 26, 2010 - 10:28pm PT
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Watch your heels.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 26, 2010 - 10:53pm PT
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"Watch your Achilles...and don't be a heel."
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Jun 26, 2010 - 11:35pm PT
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Alex claimed that "the whole timing thing is not a strong point for me...I stopped to look at two amazing birds on the way down from Half Dome. I'd hate to have to hurry." Still, he admits that he "was hoping to break the speed record on [Half Dome], which is 1:50 or something."
From the Alpinist article. I just think that is such a great quote.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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thx for the link...
"I spent easily 10 minutes sitting on Thank God Ledge trying to booty a brand new fixed #4 Camalot."
ah, good to know he's a dirt bag too. :)
all is right with the world.
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Such a down to earth trip report for an out of this world day. So cool to read his account.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Such craziness is beyond my imagination. Thanks for helping me stretch my powers of visualization Alex, but please: this is some sick hard scary stuff, listen to your gut and pull the plug anytime you think you need too. Don't be doing this sh#t for us, cause we're, collectively and totally, not worth it.
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bmacd
climber
Relic Hominid
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Alexs ascent and from the heart account of it, truly makes a mockery of Edwin Drummonds troll, "Open letter to Alex". Edwins thread was nothing more than an attempt to draw attention to Edwin.
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Brian
climber
California
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Great trip report: a massive accomplishment (total understatement), described straightforwardly without spray, and clear description of the style of ascent. Fecking brilliant, and way inspirational.
Brian
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