Ron & Werner Do Astroman-Galen Photographs! Rock & Ice 1987

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Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 5, 2011 - 09:56pm PT
Thanks for the citation Werner. I will have to find it.
dogtown

Trad climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
Feb 5, 2011 - 10:06pm PT
So Cool, Thanks!!
Kiwiclimber

Ice climber
Kiruna, Sweden
Feb 8, 2011 - 12:25pm PT
Thanks for posting. Astroman is a magnificent climb. I did it with Alex Lowe in about 1980. Great to have Alex along to lead the boulder problem pitch and the Harding Slot (I got the Enduro pitch - superb - and the last pitch - scary...).

Bought my last pair of EBs from Ron Kauk on that same trip to the Valley.
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Feb 8, 2011 - 01:25pm PT
hey there say, steve... thanks for the neat share...

i missed a lot of stuff around christmas, etc, ... was very busy...

thanks again...
:)
looking sketchy there...

Social climber
Latitute 33
Feb 8, 2011 - 03:20pm PT
Nice pictures!
mariaji

Social climber
Tucson, AZ
Feb 8, 2011 - 10:39pm PT
Oula Ronaldo!
philo

Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
Feb 9, 2011 - 12:18am PT
Climbing bump
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Topic Author's Reply - May 14, 2011 - 09:32pm PT
Astrobump...
The Alpine

Big Wall climber
May 14, 2011 - 10:37pm PT
Ahhh, the days of simple and clean mag layouts...
o-man

Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
May 15, 2011 - 06:07pm PT
This is a great post Steve! Thanks for digging through the archives and posting our heritage! I remember both of the articles and the period that they were published. I remember when Ron told me about the Survival Of the Fittest competition and many other of the details mentioned in the awesome Sports Illustrated article.
It pleases me to no end when I read the names and hear the tales of people that played a significant roll in the insignificant drama I call my life!
SUPERTOPO Rocks!
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2011 - 02:30pm PT
Ron and Werner Bump!
Mimi

climber
Jul 4, 2011 - 01:26am PT
Hilarious! That is so Werner. Gotta love that guy.
LongAgo

Trad climber
Jul 4, 2011 - 05:18pm PT
Somehow the last crud face pitch seemed like the crux of the whole thing. I was pretty good at face in the day, but between the not too happy pro and rock quality and end of day fatigue - big sigh of relief to get it. Maybe a word of caution to those who have not done yet but are wanting to try - take care there.

Overall, great exposed positions, steep, unlikely sections, strenuous in sustained way. O, and then be careful on descent too. Some very good climbers have had some nasty slips and slides on that one.

Tom Higgins
LongAgo
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2011 - 04:30pm PT
I like to call that last blade of crumbling granite the Rusty Sword. I am very impressed that it has withstood as many aid ascents as it has but you still have to steel yourself for the step away moves!

I still remember the bong hole behind the ear at the end of those moves too. A handjam never felt so good and there are lots of them on that route!

I bet some big falls have been taken trying to get off that pitch.
Alan Rubin

climber
Amherst,MA.
Jul 6, 2011 - 01:00pm PT
It is worth mentioning that this was actually a 4 person ascent of Astroman, with the late Andy Embick being the "missing member" of the team. I'd been climbing with Andy that spring in Redrocks and the Valley, and Andy was determined to do Astroman, so when he heard about the plans for the photo shoot he talked himself into the equation.
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 6, 2011 - 08:56pm PT
Cool detail Al!

Andy was likely more than happy to get the rope up there.
Wade Icey

Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
Dec 23, 2011 - 12:05am PT
and a twoie
Spike Flavis

Trad climber
Truckee California
Dec 23, 2011 - 02:45pm PT
Are those the ultra-secret-magic red fee-ray rock shoes?
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2012 - 07:54pm PT
Grab that Spike and gaze up into the Harding Slot...

Spike Bump!
David Wilson

climber
CA
Jan 24, 2012 - 11:25am PT
I remember Galen coming down after this shoot and marveling how fast Werner rope gunned for his jug line. He would just scramble away from the belay as fast as Galen could pay out rope. Galen was an inattentive belayer to begin with, so it's good you didn't fall Werner.

This shot from right at the lip of the slot is pretty unusual

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