ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
California
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Aug 20, 2011 - 05:39pm PT
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Hankster
Social climber
BASE 637
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Aug 20, 2011 - 05:45pm PT
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nice pics ECP! just got addicted myself.
caylor
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Hankster
Social climber
BASE 637
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Aug 22, 2011 - 05:51pm PT
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yesterday
caylor
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 22, 2011 - 06:15pm PT
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Nice shots, Caylor and ECP.
Always did get a kick out of watching you wingsuit types open after half the load had already landed lol.
What DZ is that in CO, Hank?
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squishy
Mountain climber
sacramento
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Aug 22, 2011 - 06:28pm PT
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I build home made RC airplanes all the time out of bubble gum, crackers and duct tape...the stuff is cheap these dayz and tons of fun...
sometimes I even get around to flyin them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WGPHff3AN4
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Hankster
Social climber
BASE 637
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Aug 22, 2011 - 07:36pm PT
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squishy, that looks radfun! cool vid.
p.s.- Skydive Empire-Ft. Morgan, CO
caylor
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Hankster
Social climber
BASE 637
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Aug 23, 2011 - 09:09am PT
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we're going here or Riglos, Spain. plenty of money and time but can't decide...
caylor
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 23, 2011 - 08:51pm PT
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RIGLOOOOOOS!
I've been wanting to go there for years. Awesome climbing on some of the most peculiar rock anwhere. The towers look like they have potatoes growing out of them everywhere.
Awesome video!
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ntanygd760
Gym climber
roanoke, TX
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Aug 24, 2011 - 01:54am PT
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seems like a good place to ask this. Has anyone BASE jumped the el cap face in the guadalupe mountains national park, not the one in CA obv
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Hankster
Social climber
BASE 637
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Aug 24, 2011 - 10:37am PT
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ooooohh, been wanting to look at the "Texas El Cap" for a long time. if everything goes perfectly, i'm sure it's "jumpable". nobody with any real or recent BASE knowledge has been out there enough to say I don't think. it's freaking tall, should be climbing to???
caylor
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Hankster
Social climber
BASE 637
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Aug 24, 2011 - 11:36am PT
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Sorry Vegasclimber, it was a hideous decision, but we booked our tickets to Greece. Sept. 14th we are gone for a couple weeks. Riglos is a dreamtrip, but this place won our hearts this round.
caylor
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ntanygd760
Gym climber
roanoke, TX
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Aug 24, 2011 - 08:02pm PT
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yeah there are a few vertical areas in the 400ft range. according to wiki (take that for what it is worth) the rock is not very good for climbing but you could probably get a bunch of FA's on it. I don't know enough about BASE to judge the landing areas they look not great but It would depend on your glide rate or your chute. If that is the right term not sure, but if you had enough forward opening speed you can probably land in flat areas.
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ntanygd760
Gym climber
roanoke, TX
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Aug 24, 2011 - 09:08pm PT
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oh and for the record most of this info is from what I remember from going there a few years back. There is a trail going up to Guadalupe peak. From there you have to go through some slightly off trail rough areas for around a half mile or mile. I didn't have pants and the time so I didn't try it so I have no idea about the best jump ledges. I also didn't know how to climb at the time so I don't really personally know the rock conditions for climbing. Next time i go I am going to try and bring some climbing equipment and see if I can find any reasonable lines with decent protection. Then again I just started climbing so I might not have a clue what I am talking about.
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soaring_bird
Trad climber
Oregon
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Aug 24, 2011 - 09:19pm PT
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Guadalupe Peak?.... Wait. Go further south to Santa Elena Canyon; higher, steeper (overhanging in places), legal from the south side (Mexico).
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ntanygd760
Gym climber
roanoke, TX
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Aug 24, 2011 - 10:07pm PT
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what are the odds of getting shot while on the Mexican side?
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Aug 25, 2011 - 02:50pm PT
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This will tick off all aviators.
I'm a paraglider pilot. Are they gonna make me file a flight plan now and monitor where I go to?
Yea right.
Private planes, private no more
August 24, 2011|Steve Chapman
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-08-24/news/chi-private-planes-private-no-more-20110824_1_private-planes-general-aviation-ed-bolen
General aviation groups aren't happy, and who can blame them? "There can be no legitimate reason for a government agency to facilitate the monitoring of wholly private activity by anyone with an internet connection," said Ed Bolen, head of the National Business Aviation Association.
But under LaHood's policy, Big Brother will be watching. And so will anyone else who wants to.
I'm really getting tired of the violations and the scrapping of our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
NWO people. NWO.
(It sucks.)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 25, 2011 - 05:58pm PT
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Now them there's some flyin' machines! Are they originals (not repros)?
What's the first one?
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