McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Jan 28, 2013 - 11:37am PT
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This from the climb and punishment thread;
I'm also pretty sure Alex could give a hobos dickcheese what anybody on the taco says about what he does and where they think his head is at. Just my 1cent.
I doubt this is true. To the degree that we care about Alex, he probably pays the same attention to the climbing community.
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Snowmassguy
Trad climber
Calirado
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Jan 28, 2013 - 11:40am PT
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This needs to play out like the 1st ascent of the Eiger.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Jan 28, 2013 - 11:43am PT
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I'm always reminded of the Pied Piper driving rats into the water for some reason.
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Snowmassguy
Trad climber
Calirado
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Jan 28, 2013 - 11:50am PT
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Jon Krakauer can pen the novel. NY Times best seller.
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Jan 28, 2013 - 11:56am PT
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any truth to the rumor that Honnold was thinking of free soloing Lurking Fear?
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Jan 28, 2013 - 12:00pm PT
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5.13c ultra crimps? I think not.
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nopantsben
climber
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Jan 28, 2013 - 12:12pm PT
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and it is 14a with no crimps whatsoever. there is no holds and they're doing magic...
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Jan 28, 2013 - 12:21pm PT
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If I'm still alive at 90 and nobody has tried it, I'll be the first one to try! Mark my words!
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Jan 28, 2013 - 12:24pm PT
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^^^Illegal air delivery. :-p
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jan 28, 2013 - 12:32pm PT
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If I'm still alive at 90 and nobody has tried it, I'll be the first one to try! Mark my words!
Yer gonna die! LOL
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Jan 28, 2013 - 12:34pm PT
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what about when FreeBASE gets more participants?
Perhaps that'll allow one to project soloing EC?
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Michelle
Trad climber
Toshi's Station, picking up power converters.
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Jan 28, 2013 - 01:19pm PT
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there is no holds and they're doing magic...
Wouldn't using magic be considered using aid?
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Jan 28, 2013 - 01:20pm PT
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My vote is still with Freerider.
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OR
Trad climber
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Jan 28, 2013 - 01:24pm PT
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Thats true^^^ about the freebase thing. So when Potter was doing his speed solo thing how much was he freesoloing? He wes protecting only a few short sections no? Where is the .14 crux sections? I think a freesolo is not as far off as we think but damn I dont think I could watch it.
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ground_up
Trad climber
mt. hood /baja
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2013 - 01:27pm PT
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BVB, you are probably right..that would bring
the Nose a little closer though.
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Josh Higgins
Trad climber
San Diego
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Jan 28, 2013 - 01:38pm PT
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I think these things should have a logical progression. No one has freed the Nose without falling, pulling the rope, and redpointing the pitch as far as I understand. If no one can climb it without falling, to say the least proposing a free solo is a little silly...
Josh
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jan 28, 2013 - 02:30pm PT
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Gonna need lots of pads for sure.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jan 28, 2013 - 02:35pm PT
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If no one can climb it without falling, to say the least proposing a free solo is a little silly...
THAT!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jan 28, 2013 - 02:36pm PT
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Nets are the obvious solution. McHale is the man to design and implement the technology.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Jan 28, 2013 - 02:49pm PT
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I was proposing the air-bag type release of ultra fine fiber that would catch on rock crystals - would release when brain waves show surprise or angst or expletive deleteds occur.
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