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jfailing
Trad climber
PDX, North Slope, The Open Road
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 10, 2013 - 02:36pm PT
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Don't know if this has been posted already, but I found this vid on youtube last night...
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Looks like the dude solos the Northeast Buttress in under an hour.
My hands were sweating like crazy while watching this...
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Gene
climber
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Apr 10, 2013 - 02:48pm PT
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Gripping.
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Apr 10, 2013 - 02:59pm PT
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I just can't imagine soloing and trusting my life to plants....
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Apr 10, 2013 - 03:29pm PT
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Is that any good?
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Apr 10, 2013 - 03:49pm PT
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I'm setting up a Paypal account for this guy, if anyone wants to donate money to help him get a new pair of pants and a shirt you can PayPal to leeflat1@yahoo.com
I'll make sure he gets some new duds.
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Rankin
Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
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Apr 10, 2013 - 04:23pm PT
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Watching this gives me a headache.
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Matt's
climber
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Apr 10, 2013 - 07:10pm PT
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he's putting all his money into shoes and chalk, nothing's left over for pants...
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Some Random Guy
climber
In a chair, drinkin' a beer, watchin' the show
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Apr 10, 2013 - 09:11pm PT
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looks like he's wearing jeans under his jeans. perplexing?
edit: ahhhhhhhh...I just watched some on my phone and couldn't tell. will watch it all later at home.
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Matt's
climber
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Apr 10, 2013 - 10:00pm PT
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he is wearing carhartts (or equivalent) that have two layers of fabric at the knee, and he has worn through one of the two layers.
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Rock!...oopsie.
Trad climber
the pitch above you
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Apr 10, 2013 - 10:46pm PT
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I pooped a little watching this.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Apr 10, 2013 - 11:11pm PT
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Ah.... what I would give to be 19 and strong again..........
If you ain't free-soloing at 19 then you wasted your youth.
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10b4me
Ice climber
Happy Boulders
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Apr 11, 2013 - 12:38am PT
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Having used a GoPro to film climbing, and having watched this, I am convinced GPees do not
make good climbing videos. No DoF
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weezy
climber
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Apr 11, 2013 - 03:01am PT
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also, there's no overwrought voice-over using some fifty-cent words like "inspiring" and "vision" and "menudo".
he should have filmed himself at the base meditating, getting ready for the solo and comparing free-soloing to being free like a zion turkey vulture crossing the road.
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Quasimodo
Trad climber
CA
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Apr 11, 2013 - 03:27am PT
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Maybe it just me..... but a Go Pro mounted to a helmet should not be used for climbing. It reminds me of being lost at sea in a dingy with 30 foot swells while looking through a toilet paper roll at a fun house mirror....God awful!
There are some good applications for Go Pro...wake boarding, free ski jumping, base jumping.....something where your heads stays relatively still.
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tonesfrommars
Trad climber
California
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Apr 11, 2013 - 04:25am PT
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Nauseating.
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JGil
Trad climber
california
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Apr 18, 2013 - 12:33am PT
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Jaj maybe he's pants are kind of old and the video cuality is not the best, but I wonder if anyone of you, wearing the Arcteryxs newest colecction. Can solo, or just climb like that guy !!!
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Apr 18, 2013 - 01:17am PT
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Pretty cool, you ask me.
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yogabill
Trad climber
Crestone, CO
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Apr 24, 2013 - 09:45pm PT
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totally incredible!! well done
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MisterE
Social climber
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Apr 24, 2013 - 09:56pm PT
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I hate watching that perspective shift on the GoPro from feet to hands...endlessly.
Had to shut it off after a minute.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Apr 24, 2013 - 10:15pm PT
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Proud send but I started getting a little sea sick with all the movement. Ballsy solo.
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