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Cheyne
Big Wall climber
CO
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 1, 2012 - 08:15pm PT
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Yesterday, while Nate and I rappelled El Cap in preparation for a free attempt on Freerider, we removed the death block from the monster offwidth. Two friends, who were also rapping Freerider, cleared out everyone in the danger zone so we could safely cut the block loose.
Nate cut a single strand of 8mm dyneema with the flick of a small pen knife, and the rest of the slings fell off as the block sailed down the side of the captain. No one was injured during the operation.
http://vimeo.com/52653452
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Josh Higgins
Trad climber
San Diego
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Nice work! Thanks for the community service!
Josh
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Byran
climber
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Excellent work. I can't believe that time bomb has been sitting up there for so many years. Looks like most of the debris landed between The Slack and the start of Dihedral Wall?
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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cowboy neal
just got high in his grave.
for this earthly grace,
we thank thee.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Ha! That was great!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Ah hells yeah!!
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Roughster
Sport climber
Vacaville, CA
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Hell's yeah, damn nice work!
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Thanks for taking care of this time bomb and also a belated thanks for sorting out the East Ledges rap route with the new rope from Edelweiss.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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Nice job! That fell longer than I thought it would. Thanks, and also thanks for the east ledges descent clean up too.
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msiddens
Trad climber
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Very cool- the Captain sleeps tonight
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Wow, the beers on me. You rule dude. Thanks ... from all us pussys:-)
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Nice!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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yowza!
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Sweet! About time someone took care of that thing. Not surprised the guy who fixed up the EL descent with new ropes took care of this thing too.
Fun vid too! Glad you took the time to post. Hope we see you here a little more often.
MH has been telling all kinds of stories about you..better keep an eye on him
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Rankin
Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
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Kick Ass!
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Nice work. Thanks for the exciting video.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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and NOW I can finally climb it.
Thanks, that was holding me up for years!
Time to start a thread looking for a partner...
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Ya'll DO understand that there are many many more, kinda all over Hell, right?
Thanks, Cheyne, but yer still gonna die fer sure.
;-)
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Gilroy
Social climber
Boulderado
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Thanks, Cheyne, et al. Enjoyed the sweet freshies on the East Ledges this summer too. You get my vote for Alderman of the Captain, if not Mayor.
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skywalker
climber
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Ahww, nothing like a good trundle! I will dream tonight of the satisfaction felt when that blade touched seven seconds of bliss.
S...
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thekidcormier
Gym climber
squamish, b.c.
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Nice one. There is also precarious death block lingering at belay 26 on Muir wall, for those with the speed to climb there in a day might be also capable of organizing a ground team to make aside no ones in the fall path.
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James
climber
My twin brother's laundry room
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That was a jug!
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butofcourse
Big Wall climber
Solana Beach
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Yeah, thank you!!
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m_jones
Trad climber
Carson City, NV
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Nice work - way to take care of something that needed to be done.
Good chance a life was just saved...
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Adamame
climber
Santa Cruz
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We heard that from Middle Cathedral... that woke me up. Sounded way bigger than in the video. It was supper dead in the valley that day. Seemed like a a good time to let'er go.
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RP3
Big Wall climber
El Portal/Chapel Hill
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Wooohoo! Way to get it done!
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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awesome!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Yeah, Cheyne as the Mayor of El Cap. I second that motion.
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Grippa
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Here here!
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Oh boy...what a vid
Susan
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
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That was wicked cool!
Eric
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Good, now the stage is set for the first free solo....who will it be?
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micronut
Trad climber
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You guys need to be careful up there. A block that size could poke an eye out.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Hudon would have hauled it to the top.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Woot! That looked like fun! Nice work fellas.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Thanks for your service!
What gilroy said.
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LuckyNeck
Trad climber
the basement of Lou's Tavern
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Bitchin. For the trundle, and also for the very first thread I've seen on here where EVERYONE seems to be in agreement.
Trundles unite us!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Sick vid dude!! Thank god that didn't fall when we were climbing under it!!
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simply theresa
climber
Yosemite
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Nov 28, 2012 - 07:02pm PT
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Nate cut a single strand of 8mm dyneema with the flick of a small pen knife, and the rest of the slings fell off as the block sailed down the side of the captain.
So, that whole thing depended on one strand of 8mm dyneema... that's just slightly terrifying. Glad to hear it's gone even if I'm not up for climbing Freerider.
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Dirka
Trad climber
SF
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Nov 28, 2012 - 09:33pm PT
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Awesome vid. TFPU!
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