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BruceAnderson
Social climber
Los Angeles currently St. Antonin, France
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Jan 30, 2013 - 03:05pm PT
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They do wear flotation vests (like avi rigs) and with the skis it's not quite free soloing, but still...damn impressive.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Jan 30, 2013 - 03:16pm PT
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I remember as a little kid at Santa Monica getting over my fear of bigger waves - learning to swim through them and all that. It was a good feeling. I dreamed about them for years - big towering walls of water that were going to get ya! It was funny, my mom would be tanning on the beach and have no clue what I was doing out there......kind of like the climbing later.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Jan 30, 2013 - 03:22pm PT
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This is unreal, the biggest wave I've ever been on was 8ft (12-15 ft face) and I was pretty sure it was a tsunami and I was never gonna get to touch land again. It was terrible. I can't even imagine what that would have felt like!
I bet even if he had a pony bottle the power of the wave would prevent him from grabbing it and getting it to his mouth. The airbags that some surfers use seems like a good idea, I wonder if he had one of those?
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Jan 30, 2013 - 03:33pm PT
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The thing that impresses me is that as he is coming down the wave, it looks like he is not moving all that fast. I am guessing that the wave is so large, and it's pulling in so much water, he is fighting a ton of resistance.
Impressive.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Jan 30, 2013 - 04:15pm PT
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I'm more impressed when they don't use those cute little tugboat things.
Surf much?
You ever seen anyone paddle into anything 60 foot plus? no? because you can't.
It's impossible to generate enough speed to catch the wave.
Amazing feat. Thing about the ocean is, you don't get to stand on top of it and think about it. You either are there at the right time and send it, or not.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 30, 2013 - 04:29pm PT
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rlf, yeah, he didn't look to be going so fast but he was sure hitting a lot
of bumps it seemed to me. The speed thing is, as you implied, relative.
If you go to the airport and watch the jets landing the 747's seem to be
going a lot slower although they're actually going faster than the smaller
jets.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jan 30, 2013 - 04:34pm PT
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In Riding Giants, there is a shot of a wave towering over the shore on Maui. This shot reminds me of that, only it's being ridden.
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Jan 30, 2013 - 08:59pm PT
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amazing and crazy-wow!
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 30, 2013 - 09:07pm PT
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I just heard.
His record is no good.
He didn't do any tricks.
He only went straight down.
You have to do tricks too ...... ?
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jan 30, 2013 - 09:24pm PT
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Yeah apparently you have to BASE jump off the top for it to count.
Who knew the S in BASE stood for Sea?
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jamatt
Social climber
Asheville, NC
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Jan 30, 2013 - 09:36pm PT
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My question is: If I climb 2/3's of K2, can I claim an ascent?
Just saying.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jan 30, 2013 - 09:39pm PT
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If you use a surfboard to descend it...
You can say you surfed K2
No wipeouts allowed of course.
Thems the rules imposed..
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jamatt
Social climber
Asheville, NC
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Jan 30, 2013 - 09:41pm PT
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If I use a surfboard to descend the lower 2/3's of it can I claim a full ride?
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jan 30, 2013 - 09:43pm PT
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yep.. as long as you don't wipeout or use Os
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jamatt
Social climber
Asheville, NC
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Jan 30, 2013 - 09:44pm PT
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damn. the O's got me.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jan 30, 2013 - 09:46pm PT
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Oops rule 15 section five paragraph 3 states
A pony bottle is ok.
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jamatt
Social climber
Asheville, NC
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Jan 30, 2013 - 09:50pm PT
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I had a full tank. There's a lot of f*#king snow on that mountain.
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jamatt
Social climber
Asheville, NC
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Jan 30, 2013 - 09:53pm PT
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In all seriousness though, I dropped in on a 15'er once and my out-ie became an in-ie. Shrinkage! I can not imagine being out in that surf.
After GM talks about riding moguls and you watch the vid again...intense! Awesome ride and good on him for plugging his work with autism.
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