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Mimi

climber
Dec 5, 2010 - 03:58pm PT
Better to be absurd here than on the poli threads, Walter. hahaha

Can we put the evil tree back on Leaning Tower too.
Tony Bird

climber
Northridge, CA
Dec 5, 2010 - 05:18pm PT
"consider that" (upthread) was the great lesson of the rotten log, one every party should have learned. had the log gone with a climber on it, properly protected to something other than the log, i doubt it would have been fatal.

dave s. certainly left his mark in the valley. i'd hate to think he'd be remembered mainly for this, but he might. he seems to have been a noob guide at the time. they can get so custodial.

the evil tree gone as well. pussification. oh, the humanity ...
Peter Haan

Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
Dec 5, 2010 - 05:28pm PT
Find the Rotten Log, put it at the start of the Leaning Tower; find the Evil Tree and put it up on Royal Arches--- cause a rip in the Space-Time Fabric.
Mimi

climber
Dec 5, 2010 - 05:33pm PT
hahaha, Peter. If only it was that easy.

The poor evil tree was broken to pieces in place by clumsy climbers who couldn't move around it. It was a sharp spike of a stump by the time we got to it.

Yes, that is an interesting take on Dave's attitude at the time. I'd have to say I agree from my conversation with him that day. It will not likely be what he's remembered for, that's for sure. It merely adds to his notoriety. It was going to get knocked down eventually. I also don't believe it would've killed anyone while on it. We protected it by using a long sling around the tree at its start. It would've been a clean fall onto the slab. Maybe not so clean...
Chicken Skinner

Trad climber
Yosemite
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2010 - 06:24pm PT
You may not have died when it finally went but the potential was certainly there. It probably would have spun with you holding on to it. Not only would the slab have hurt but the log could easily have landed on top of you. Ugly!

Ken
rich sims

Trad climber
co
Dec 6, 2010 - 01:31am PT
77 I told my partner Peter take the runner off the log or you are off belay.
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