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james williamson
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There are a lot of folks writing here that have short(damaged?) memories, or are too new to the art. Bob Scarpelli gets the nod. He was way ahead of the curve, advanced technique, put up some of the first true hard 5.12 and 5.13 OW's in this country. You Valley climbers know it's the truth, but since he was from that obscure place up in Wyo(NOT CO!)he doesn't get the props. Noticed I didn't see any of Valley boyz(or girl, Lynn) up there enjoying that fine weather
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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More photos, less largess...
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Here is a nice 5.10 C/D classic Off Width route called Hurtin' fer Certain. Old school 5.10+.
To the right is a silly steep face route called Pink Flame n Go 5.12+.
If you look at this pic that Ydpl8s posted up thread there is an obvious OW crack that diagonals from lower right and crosses the route the climber just fell off of. Never been climbed Wideness.
Any takers?
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perswig
climber
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You people are wacked.
But Mojede's first pic is pretty boss.
Dale
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Interesting that rock climbing as a sport in Great Britain started in chimneys, cracks and deep fissures, then progressed to ridges and faces, then to overhangs. Full circle back to fissures and cracks, with a vengeance. Looks too much like external caving to me!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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'Bout time! :)
John you should come to vedauwoo sushifest this weekend! Eat some bait share some stories/ problems! The world doesn't end with Offwidth!
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scott baxter
Gym climber
sedona, arizona
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To the stellar list I'd like to add Jim Madsen, Karl karlstrom, Ward Johnston.
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hubcap
Big Wall climber
loveland co
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Aug 12, 2013 - 09:44pm PT
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a few more; Ray Jardine (why do you think he made Friends?), Mark Hess at V D VOO and Jimmy Dunn - he always made it seem easy.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Aug 12, 2013 - 10:05pm PT
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Skip could climb 'em pretty good. But Skip could climb anything.
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Sumo
Trad climber
Pleasanton, CA
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Aug 15, 2013 - 04:48pm PT
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Those pics make me want to puke. Note to self: do not gawk at OW right after lunch...
- sumo, too wyde for wyde
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Aug 18, 2013 - 03:28pm PT
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OK Jaybro here ya go. The long diagonal off width is un climbed,
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 19, 2013 - 03:02am PT
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That looks unbelievably cool!
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Aug 19, 2013 - 01:41pm PT
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Yeah, and it's unbelievably upside down and flaring.
Philo, you're back in the old home turf, post up (maybe on the What did you climb today thread). Climbed any of my favorites...Dunn's, Left Hand, Inner Space, Zig Zag?
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Aug 19, 2013 - 08:46pm PT
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Jaybro you have a twisted sense of aesthetics. Paging Shanti Pack, Paging Eeyonkee. Off Width FA on the white courtesy phone. To the best of my knowledge this has never even been tried.
Ydpl8s, it was a camping trip with my 14 year old son to reset his sleep/wake cycle for school this week. No climbing just fishing and hanging and book reading with my kiddo. We had a hoot.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Aug 19, 2013 - 09:37pm PT
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Jaybro are you folks even serious?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 20, 2013 - 12:36am PT
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I, am, Serious...Won't speak for anyone else.....
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