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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Fantastic TR! Deep soul searching, taking the bode to extremes and and revelations of the mind.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
WA, & NC & Idaho
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Verrrrry cooool, great introspection and analysis!!!!!!!!
Much respect, for your personal journey!!!!!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Dang!
Can you say ADVENTURE!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Austin, contact Alpinist Magazine and get this thing published. It is worth it. Contact me if you want help.
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2 l l
Sport climber
Rancho Verga, CA
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The Fitz Roy massif looming over the streets of El Chalten Nice photo (whoa)
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R.B.
Trad climber
47N 122W
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Nice expe ... and send. Good job on keeping it together when things seemed to be dismal. Life lessons to carry forward. Good Job; anyone who has done a big wall knows the "worn out" feeling ... but the endorphine high that comes thereafter. Sound like your a fellow w.washingtonite.. Nicely done ... good story. What's next?
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m_jones
Trad climber
Carson City, NV
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wow - very cool. An adventure that will always be with you.
Thank you for the great read and photos!
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Brian Biega
climber
Truckee, CA
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Awesome report! Thanks for the sharing.
Cheers, Brian
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nah000
Mountain climber
canuckistan
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a bump for writing that travels to a depth consistent with the depth of the original adventure.
the type of alpinism writing i have the most appreciation for...
thanks for the share.
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HuecoRat
Trad climber
NJ
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I agree with what Peter Haan said on your blog, you should send this to Alpinist. You have something significant to say that goes beyond a mere trip report. You openly discuss things that all of us can relate to and understand. Very well done on both counts, Austin: the climbing and the writing. This is a report I will read again.
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D-Rail
Trad climber
Calaveras
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I agree! This is a great read, and should be in Print. Alpinist would be a great place for it. Don't give your self away for free!
And I respect your perspective on how hard it is to face the demons. I will reflect on this when I am choosing to bail or continue. Why should we go up/down? Where is my ego in this equation?
Climbing at this level after only 4 years? Jeez. You are a badass! Makes me wonder what I could be capable of if I were to suppress the fear and go for it. I am not jealous, I am Inspired!
Thanks for that!
D
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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A trip like this will stay with you for as long as you live! Excellent read.
Thanks!
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Pcutler
climber
Iowa
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Bump this... So cool
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Bump, for some really excellent, introspective writing.
I agree with Peter's comment!
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Keith Leaman
Trad climber
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The Dak,
So the State Department's loss is the climbing community's gain! Excellent writing. Like the Mickey Smith quote in your blog: "If I only scrape a living, at least it's one worth scraping".
We climbed a bit with Jon last week and I was hoping one of you guys would post a TR about this extraordinary adventure. His videos of Ben siphoning water from the cracks with a Mylar wrapper and plastic tube was priceless. Sounded like spectacular weather. Well done!
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micronut
Trad climber
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Absolute Full Value. Way to go guys. These three are beyond words...
But this one is my favorite.
Tells the whole story in one image. Thanks for taking us out there and back again.
-Scott Jett
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The Dak
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2013 - 04:52pm PT
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Thanks to all for the kind words. I'm really glad that you've all enjoyed the words and photos. For various reasons I almost never posted the story to begin with, but now I'm very glad that I did.
@climbski2 -- thanks for the Kipling poem. I hadn't see that one before and I was very struck by his words. Now THAT is some excellent writing!
@marty(r) -- you definitely can't beat Ana's alfajores, that's for sure.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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WOW! Well done, well done, well done.....thanks for the effort!
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