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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Sounds like this is the only El Cap free route climbed ground up? My knowledge of the history of freeclimbing is poor, but their style seems bold and beautiful. They worked the upper pitches from the top, over a lot of trips, for a long time. That doesn't get talked about, but it's part of the game. The redpoint ascent is doing the whole route ground up. That's part of the game as well, in order to be able to really say you freed the route rather than just doing a few dozen 1 pitch routes over the course of any amount of time.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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congratulations on a hard won long term project.
Outstanding achievement....
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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> They worked the upper pitches from the top, over a lot of trips, for a long time. That doesn't get talked about, but it's part of the game.
It gets talked about on my page. :-)
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twohearts
Trad climber
laguna
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Very nice...Life further fullfilled in fantastic style!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 12, 2010 - 11:57pm PT
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RE: Houlding the Pickle
Tami I wish you hadn't said that: it's like getting Manfred Mann's "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" getting stuck in your head.
I think the route has to be renamed.
Dar
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Buju
Big Wall climber
the range of light
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Nov 13, 2010 - 02:31am PT
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That looks beautiful!
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Pierre
Big Wall climber
Sweden
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Nov 13, 2010 - 09:53am PT
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Don't think it is a ground-up ascent, met Leo on top of El Cap last year - he said he had been working on that line for a few years already.
They rapped in from the top, to work on pitches high up, on that day (may 2009).
Anyway - great effort!
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