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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Aug 27, 2012 - 04:57pm PT
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It might be fall before someone goes up there again. I suspect most Arizonans have retreated to forks/pit/upper reaches of Mt. Lemmon/etc this time of year.
Also, for those that haven't visited, it's not like people are cruising up these spires on a daily basis.
So I predict the gear will be returned, but it may take awhile.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Aug 27, 2012 - 08:19pm PT
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Todd, really hope you get your gear back, but it is obviously getting less and less likely everyday. I did the same thing many years ago (on a much smaller scale), but it makes me wonder if telling people about it may lead you to lose it as much as get it back. They may just go get it because they know it is there. I really hope people are not that way, but I know some are. Anyway good luck. Todd are there some pics of you in the Freemont book? I know saw some pictures of you somewhere that I was surprised to see and that is the only thing I could think of. Hope you and Tucker get your gear back.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2012 - 08:35pm PT
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Mike;...no pics of me in the freemont book. I think our chances are still good and here is the reason why;...it's hotter than fuk there right now;...in the summit register, no one had climbed the spire in 2 or 3 months;...it does not get climbed often in summer;...the approach is sort of long and hot, and the climb takes awhile;..it's not really a good idea to climb the spire in mid-summer;...only complete idiots would climb the thing this time of year....(that's us...)....We sort of like to suffer in the heat, we are used to it, and it's usually the only time I am free from work and family obligations to climb in Sedona;...so that is why we were there and I do believe the gear will get returned.....it's alot of gear, and we are sort of poor "everyman" simple plain folk;.....not rich sponsered yuppie pro athletes;........it's a big bad hit to loose this much gear;...and most climbers, especially REAL climbers who would be out on such sandstone adventures, can relate to knuckleheads like Tucker Tech and Todd Gordon;.....that's my belief anyways;.....let's hope I am correct.....(Mike...I did climb alot in the black hills in the early 80s;...I lived for one year in Chadron, Nebraska......)...here's my Black hills resume/scrapbook/spray sheet;..(...http://joshuatreeclimb.com/Scrapbook/blackhills.htm )
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Aug 27, 2012 - 08:41pm PT
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bummer. send in the tuckerbabes.
edit: crimminy Todd; I'll pony up for a shower...
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Jon Freriks
Trad climber
AZ
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Aug 27, 2012 - 09:06pm PT
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Hey Todd,
I will get your stuff Thursday.
I live about 15 miles from Sedona.
Jon
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2012 - 09:59pm PT
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Go, go, Go!.......thanks;..good luck;.....It's either on ledge one, two, three, or the top;....there;..I've narrowed it down a bit.....(sorry...)........You love that climb too;...how many time have you been on Oak Creek?........You the man;....don't you have to go teach some students or something?........(Those days in the early eighties at Josh and Tahquitz were the bomb, eh....)...thanks again....good luck..
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Aug 27, 2012 - 09:59pm PT
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DUDE! I mean DUDES!
I'm so embarassed for you.
Leave it to Freriks.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2012 - 12:35am PT
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Dr. F....if you have my gear, please sell it and donation the money to Mitt Romney for president fundraiser;.......it's time we had a mormon in the White House...
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Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA
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Aug 28, 2012 - 02:33am PT
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Dang, Tucker is really rocking the Walter White look.
Locker edit...
For those who don't know he's the protagonist turned antagonist lead character on AMC's "Breaking Bad", the best show to ever air on tv.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2012 - 01:42am PT
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A very kind girl from Flagg called tonite and says she has our gear;...I knew we would get it back. We are happy;...Tucker will squirt.....thanks for all the kind words and support;.....that is alot of gear to loose;..and very hard for Tucker and I to replace;......climbers are kind and yeeeeehooooooo for us!
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Sep 14, 2012 - 01:47am PT
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Awesome Todd, very happy for you and the Tucker.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Sep 14, 2012 - 01:57am PT
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Dang. I wish we had seen this before we went to do the Mace just a week later. Sure coulda used a c note!
Cool ending anyway!
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