Ron Skelton/72nd Birthday/Perfect Lead of Crack-a-Go-Go

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jaaan

Trad climber

Chamonix, France

Feb 5, 2013 - 05:33am PT

Bonus point if you know which famous American climber did the FA.

Henry Barber?

zBrown

Ice climber

chingadero de chula vista

Feb 5, 2013 - 05:47am PT

Way to go Ron. You were moving so fast, you just showed up as a red blur.

couchmaster

climber

pdx

Feb 5, 2013 - 06:00am PT

Badassed!

Till someone shows up with a a pic, here's Phil Bards shot of Bachar soloing it stolen off Mt Project.

Andy2

climber

Feb 5, 2013 - 06:12am PT

Patrick,
I don't want to post a hint until the west coast people have woken up and had their say...

Andy2

climber

Feb 5, 2013 - 06:12am PT


	Credit: Andy2

Bonus point for jaaaan !

Alan Rubin

climber

Amherst,MA.

Feb 5, 2013 - 06:17am PT

Inspiring!!!!Crack-a-go-go kicked my butt repeatedly when I was a mere lad in my 40s.

zBrown

Ice climber

chingadero de chula vista

Feb 5, 2013 - 06:34am PT

Dr. Hartouni put this up on youtube

PhilG

Trad climber

The Circuit, Tonasket WA

Feb 5, 2013 - 08:05am PT

I'm with Jan, except it's closer to 5.4 these days.
Very inspiring, Ron.

My advice to you young kids: make sure you inherit the "right" genes!

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Feb 5, 2013 - 08:07am PT

Happy Big Day Ron!

Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go-Go! Get a cold Beer-Beer-Beer-Beer-Beer-Beer!

Cheers to you 72!

Mark Hudon

Trad climber

Hood River, OR

Feb 5, 2013 - 08:24am PT

Totally inspiring!

k-man

Gym climber

SCruz

Feb 5, 2013 - 08:45am PT

Me: Doc, when my arm heals, will I be able to climb .11+?

Doc: Sure, it'll be good as new.

Me: Cool, I've always wanted to climb that hard!

Now all I gotta do is get that arm healed, and I am THERE!

That's what Ron has done to me :: In-spired!

Ron Anderson

Trad climber

Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal

Feb 5, 2013 - 08:47am PT

Dayum... The DOOD is ON IT!

guyman

Social climber

Moorpark, CA.

Feb 5, 2013 - 08:51am PT

Inspiring...... just what I need to see.

KP Ariza

climber

SCC

Feb 5, 2013 - 08:54am PT

72?!! Damn! Happy Bday Ron. Pretty damn inspiring.

Here's a couple from 1984


	Credit: KP Ariza


	Credit: Joe Hedge

k-man

Gym climber

SCruz

Feb 5, 2013 - 08:58am PT

Damn he's good! He did a costume change in between moves!

rockermike

Trad climber

Berkeley

Feb 5, 2013 - 09:07am PT

so how did Bacher get down after soloing?

WBraun

climber

Feb 5, 2013 - 09:09am PT

Huh?

You climb to the top and walk off .....

SCseagoat

Trad climber

Santa Cruz

Feb 5, 2013 - 09:48am PT

Very nice! Belated birthday wishes to one tough dude!

Susan

mtnyoung

Trad climber

Twain Harte, California

Topic Author's Reply - Feb 5, 2013 - 10:02am PT

Andy: I don't know which climb that is, but I'll bet I've heard Ron's story about it. He's famous among a few of his partners for coming home from Britain and giving us the "move-by-move" about climbs we've never seen.

Patrick: Twain Harte is wonderful nowadays. I bet you'd recognize it in most ways. There's been a little more development. Most people are perhaps more broad-minded than when you lived here. But it's all still Twain Harte, a very nice place to make a home.