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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Jun 25, 2017 - 09:24pm PT
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The real life Hacksaw Ridge guy.
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
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Jun 25, 2017 - 09:25pm PT
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Shackleton is the gold standard it seems.
But, then a lot of people impress me with how tough they are cuz they all seem tougher than me.
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Ryan Tetz
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Jun 26, 2017 - 07:47am PT
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I'm not going to give it to the Alpinists just because of high risks/bold death/continuous sufferfests just by default...
I vote Tommy Caldwell working insanely hard for so many years with whoever he could on incredibly sustained climbing on El Cap. He's the ultramarathon champ of climbing for his abilities and achievements all around.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Jun 26, 2017 - 10:21am PT
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Interesting to read Ultrabiker's posts, which appear to be early posts from The Chief . Seems that mental toughness in battle does not necessarily equate to the same, when it comes to posting on online forums. Or maybe the later online behaviour relates to PTSD, which is what The Chief kept mentioning he was dealing with.
This has me wondering how mental toughness relates to keeping one's mind together, and how some people end up with PTSD, and others may not experience similar events traumatically.
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Jun 26, 2017 - 02:20pm PT
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Shakelton took Tom Crean with him in the James Caird because he said Crean was "indestructible"
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AKDOG
Mountain climber
Anchorage, AK
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Jun 26, 2017 - 03:57pm PT
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My vote is for women giving birth to babies :-)
Second that
In the old days up in Alaska a family unit would travel hundreds of miles across the artic, women would regularly have babies in route and be expected to keep it going as the family traveled to the next camp. Now adventure travelers cover some of these same routes and will blog about how tough they are.
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