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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Dec 18, 2013 - 10:44pm PT
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So wonderful.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Dec 18, 2013 - 10:52pm PT
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The article mentions that the belay may have been moved below the big dyno.
yeah, that caught my eye. once again, todd was a pioneer. it'll give completists something to whine about if the team does actually manage a team redpoint.
i think this is the most interested i've ever been in a major siege project. the good climbing on those steep slabs just looks so amazing. real stress, having those long, leads where the tiniest little shift in humidity or temp or wind or concentration just ends everything.
the good rock up there just looks phenomenal. and amazing that tommy could be back up and climbing that well again after that injury. those rib deals are unreal painful.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 19, 2013 - 12:42am PT
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Warren's swilling wine to that!!!
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Dec 19, 2013 - 06:38am PT
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a proud effort, what like 5 years?
congratulations men.
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J Wells
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Dec 19, 2013 - 09:45am PT
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Waaaahhhooooooo!!!!
Amazing!
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Trad Larry
Gym climber
Black Canyon, Colorado
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Dec 19, 2013 - 09:52am PT
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you guys understand that there are still two pitches that haven't been freed yet, right? the news was just about one of the three remaining unclimbed pitches going down.
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patrick compton
Trad climber
van
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Dec 19, 2013 - 10:18am PT
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good job guys, but STILL not as hard as 5.10 in Gunks
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
www.climbaddictdesigns.com
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Dec 19, 2013 - 10:19am PT
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Tommy's on Team Wheaties.... http://www.wheaties.com/?post_type=profile&p=260
I wold like a Tommy Caldwell team Wheaties t-shirt. Wonder if they make them.
Is this an historic first as well(climber sponsored by Wheaties)?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 19, 2013 - 10:56am PT
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I don't think Batso would get this at all.
Baby, I'm amazed at the progress of this crazy avocation in my own lifetime.
HARDING TO CALDWELL: WATCH OUR SMOKE NOW!
A tiny blue dot with a GREAT BIG CLIFF
What is Tom doing: removing the if
The smallest conjunction for the biggest lead
Joins Harding to Caldwell with seventies seeds
Then to now is a very straight line
Many have tried but now it's mine
Sez Tommy to Warren trading gibes
I see we come from different tribes
But see it's just guys seeking recreation
And we're both men of imagination
If you were here with us today
I'd ask you up for to me belay
Warren you're a wizard at fixing pitches
But sounds like you have major bitches
So let's talk style and have some brandy
To celebrate that you're still randy
To climb and sing and fart and farce
To let you know you're in our hearts
Till the dang thing crumbles to choss.
"Warren, you have to press send."
"O.K. I got it. You're on belay."
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Brian
climber
California
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Dec 19, 2013 - 11:01am PT
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you guys understand that there are still two pitches that haven't been freed yet, right? the news was just about one of the three remaining unclimbed pitches going down.
Reading above I think most folks got that. But, as I wondered above...
I heard through the grapevine that Kevin had freed all but three pitches and Tommy all but two pitches. Does this mean that now Tommy has freed all but one of the pitches?
...does this mean there are two pitches that have not been freed, or one pitch that has not been freed? I realize that moving the belay mentioned above might complicate a clear answer for that.
I agree with klk that I generally don't really think too much about the shenanigans of other folks' projects, but for some reason I've become interested in this one. Dunno why.
Pretty sure they are now on their way down for the season...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 19, 2013 - 11:04am PT
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TENACITY times unparalleled talent equals success.
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Dec 19, 2013 - 11:12am PT
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Looking forward to the film.
Tommy showed a few clips at a fundraiser in Estes Park a couple of years ago and the action was mind melting.
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i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 19, 2013 - 11:12am PT
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the news was just about one of the three remaining unclimbed pitches going down. yeah back on the first page i profusely apologized for the unfortunate title, but i can't change it. and soon enough, it will be true
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 19, 2013 - 01:10pm PT
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The climbing is very unique for the grade. Unlikely you'll see many of the current 5.15 climbers lining up to get on it.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Dec 19, 2013 - 01:17pm PT
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It's unbelievable.....
The FA of the Dawn was an event that caught my attention before I ever went rockclimbing. It was one of the reasons why I started climbing.
To sit here and think about FREE CLIMBING all of that....
is just unbelievable!!!!
Hats off to you boys, you have raised the bar ....by a huge amount.
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Dec 19, 2013 - 03:50pm PT
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The climbing is very unique for the grade. Unlikely you'll see many of the current 5.15 climbers lining up to get on it.
That is what the movie showed.
Crazy stuff beyond eight foot sideways dynos, like smearing on some nubbin at eye level like a heel hook but it's a smear then mantling up off some edges until he's balancing on one foot to iron cross to another dyno.
Wild moves to link all that stuff together.
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Yafer
Trad climber
Chatsworth, California
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Dec 19, 2013 - 11:34pm PT
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Will it go all in a push, pure and clean? It's like El Cap has been turned into a boulder problem.
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