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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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I never understood the whole obsession with 4267.20 meters.
Er, I mean 14,000 feet.
I met a guy who claimed to have climbed "every single peak in Colorado." He had been climibng in Colorado his whole life.
Impressed, I said, "WOW! Every single peak in Colorado! There must be thousands of peaks in Colorado!"
He looked at me funy and said, "No - there are only fifty-four."
How you spell doofus?
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 5, 2012 - 11:37am PT
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Bump! Can't believe people aren't reading this narrative and being blown away as I am!
Peter
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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WOW! Amazing, is there to be a video of him in action?
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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four and a half days was daunting enough.
i'm getting plantar fascitis just reading about it
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Strong work!
I ate salty, greasy, high-energy “real food” between legs, including half a pizza, several turkey-and-cheese bagels, and some leftover noodles, cabbage, and cottage cheese.
For some reason that cracked me up.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol
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Incredible! When I photographed Russ, Hans, and Tony in 1998 it took 9.5 days and was a record. The route wasn't refined yet, Williamson was officially closed, and leave it to say we did a lot more hiking up and down passes. It was apparent that the time could be greatly reduced and its been inspiring to see it whittled down over the years.
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Gene
climber
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He did them all in my average Shasta time. Incredible effort!
g
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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I enjoyed the tr as well. awesome job.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Wow! Quite an accomplishment!!!
I noticed Sean's entry in the summit register on Milestone a few months ago. He climbed the peak last Sept. in 7 hrs 25 minutes, all the way from the Shepherd Pass trailhead! I didn't believe the entry, until I did a bit of online searching and found out more about Sean.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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This is just incomprehensible to me. The Olympic athletes have nothing on this guy. Congratulations!
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westhegimp
Social climber
granada hills
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Congrats Superman!
Wes
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gonzo chemist
climber
Fort Collins, CO
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"Though it is a nice-looking lake, Helen of Troy is a bad place for humans."
I've been in the area, and I agree.
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Brian
climber
California
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Very impressive!
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bajaandy
climber
Escondido, CA
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Holy smokes! Frikin' CRUSHED it! Way to go man. That's uber impressive.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Why is Helen of Troy a bad place for humans?
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Though it is a nice-looking lake, Helen of Troy is a bad place for humans. The route to its west is blocked by cliffs, and most of the shore is loose talus extending down to (and, as I found once, below) the waterline. It is also home to swarming talus gnats, who attacked me every time the loose rocks shifted and swarmed me as I refilled my water bladder. I made my way around the east shore as fast as I could, then sat well away from the lake to have a sandwich and check out the route up Williamson.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Sooo good.
Way to go!!!
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