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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Nov 10, 2011 - 03:22pm PT
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So they're gonna settle for a pinkpoint?
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ChampionSleeper
Trad climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Nov 10, 2011 - 03:28pm PT
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I hear these days YOSAR charges you for the rescue if you don't bring at least 20 pairs of brand new synthetic rock shoes for your project. They charge you double if you run out of shoes named after yourself.
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Nov 10, 2011 - 04:39pm PT
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Tommy needs a modern version of hobnailed boots.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Nov 10, 2011 - 10:05pm PT
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Something strange is going on up there right now. Based on his initial comments about the severed thumb rescue, we can't rely on Werner for any semblance of the truth; yet I know he is, unfortunately, constrained by his "insider's" position...
This evening just before sundown, I saw a new rope that wasn't there when I last saw them on Sunday afternoon, stretched tight from just above the two long-term, rain-flyed porta-ledges which appeared, from El Cap meadow, to be anchored in the talus-forest approximately below the N.A. Wall start. One climber (in blue) was basically standing rather stationary, for at least half an hour, near where this taught rope was attached. To the right, there was a fly-less porta-ledge with 2 people (one in orange) working in that area. The taught rope appeared to be attached to a pack of some kind that was being held quite a distance (>100') from the wall.
Also very curious, directly above them at the lip of El Cap there was long rope dangling free perhaps 400' swaying in and out of the setting sunlight. Where this rope appeared to drop over the lip was at least one moving human who at one point looked like he/she might be starting a descent, however, a descent never occurred while I was there.
There was no evidence of a rescue underway from any staging of people in El Cap meadow. Anybody know more?
Eric: That's all that I know now.
Cleo; It IS WORTH going up and checking it out further; if I don't have to give a tour tomorrow, I'm tempted to go up there and see who's at the ground end of that taught rope and what the story is. If anyone else is interested, please let me know. Perhaps we can carpool from Mariposa.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 10, 2011 - 10:40pm PT
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Ken, could it be rigging for photographers?
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Base1250
Trad climber
colorado
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Nov 10, 2011 - 10:49pm PT
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Ken, could it be rigging for photographers?
Duh.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Nov 10, 2011 - 10:59pm PT
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skipt: No more news. I'll know in about an hour if I can go investigate tomorrow.
MH: Could be photographers rigging, but the rope from above was about 800' short of being useful, and it's not clear how they would use the lower, taught rope except perhaps to haul gear up along it. But why not just haul it up directly from the ground?
Edit: I DO keep forgetting that this is a "media event," not 1967! Duh! Thanks!
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 10, 2011 - 11:55pm PT
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Well, I didn't really stop by, but there were lights on in the tents, still on the wall, so everybody is still up there!
Yea, I saw rigging for photogs on Tuesday... lots of bodies on the wall, it looked like (briefly, as we drove by).
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yo
climber
Mudcat Spire
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Nov 11, 2011 - 12:02am PT
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Climber on Dawn Wall, if you need a rescue raise two index fingers.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 11, 2011 - 12:53am PT
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Climbers on Dawn Wall, if you need a bottle of wine, raise one hand for white, two hands for red.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Nov 11, 2011 - 12:57am PT
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how about a frozen pizza?
sail it in from the chopper,
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Nov 11, 2011 - 01:01am PT
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according to his twitter, it's currently a father-son team :D
http://twitter.com/#!/tommycaldwell1
Now that is one of the hippest things I have heard in a looooong time.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 11, 2011 - 01:02am PT
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Maybe it's "Take Your Father to Work" Week or something.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Nov 11, 2011 - 01:25am PT
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Kinda like when Tom Frost and his son were climbing El Cap routes together back around '99...
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Nov 11, 2011 - 01:33am PT
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^^^ Yep ^^^
To paraphrase an old saying...
One generation ties the rope and the next runs it out.
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jfailing
Trad climber
Lone Pine
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Nov 16, 2011 - 01:58pm PT
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So what's the deal!? Is he still up there? Is he still climbing? Did he send!?
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YoungGun
climber
North
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Nov 16, 2011 - 02:40pm PT
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^^^^
11/13 there's this post on his Facebook:
Well, gave it hell but came up short. Plan B is to abandon the idea of a single push and try it in 2 parts. I am going to try and recover on the ground for a bit and then go back for more. Its been a grand adventure and I cant, let go yet.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Nov 16, 2011 - 03:10pm PT
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It was a lovely day up there all day yesterday, but the wall looked unoccupied completely. There's supposed to be rain and snow coming, beginning tomorrow (Thursday) nite and continuing sporadically until Monday...
I hope a little down-time gives them a chance to return and make a success of it!
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MTucker
Ice climber
Arizona
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Nov 16, 2011 - 03:58pm PT
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This Saga is still happening?
Well, even Harding finished a climb in Nov.
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Yorock1
Boulder climber
El Portal, Ca.
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Nov 19, 2011 - 02:36am PT
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I was told yesterday it for photos of tommy so photographer could shoot whole wall.
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