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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Sep 22, 2014 - 11:40pm PT
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For myself, the obvious choice is Royal.
There must be some anonymous someone else though.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Sep 23, 2014 - 12:00am PT
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Proposed: Robbins.
Defend your thesis, Evel. Visual aids are allowed and indeed encouraged.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Sep 23, 2014 - 12:24am PT
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I've never rated a photo before on Supertopo, but I just rated Evel's profile picture 5. Whatever that's worth.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Sep 23, 2014 - 12:53am PT
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Ditka!
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 23, 2014 - 02:26am PT
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Has anyone mentioned Barry Blanchard?
He's got to be in the mix.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Sep 23, 2014 - 03:32am PT
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Okay I can not believe that this thread has such a un flamed legs
following the way back
Fritz Weissner but I knew him shared a rope and milk shakes
He talked of Hudson ,Harlin, and J Gill but that was only his sphere of knowledge at the end of his life Gullitch and kauk and John Bragg S Wunsch. John Stannard and the western boys
So many in obscurity M Head?? Freaks of nature do they count ?alone at devils lake what
Dave Freida survived was not accomplished again
Scott Franklin or R Romano J Gruenberg the Russ es Raffa and Clune Jordan Mills Al diamond all had great sends in the Gunks in the west R Harrison D Osman ?????
the number would be ?? Uncountable
If it is a real question ??
The best climber is someone who just pushed his limit past 5.7 or 8
to IT All Clicking into place to 11 or 12
his smile his honest embrace of air as it passes through his lungs is the greatest at that moment
......just after this trash DMT says it very well in a lucid post
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sep 23, 2014 - 03:55am PT
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I like how GDavis is thinking though the fault in his logic is that the list only includes rock specific climbers mostly...
Throw in snow and ice, altitude, remoteness...etc and it becomes a different set of players I'm thinking.
Include these and the "pre-Golden age" then who would the list include?
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TwistedCrank
climber
Released into general population, Idaho
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Sep 23, 2014 - 06:25am PT
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De bumper spam
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Sep 23, 2014 - 06:50am PT
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Bolton Brown. With no clue, no technique, no equipment he blazed a trail in 5th class Sierra ascents.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Sep 23, 2014 - 07:38am PT
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Nice post GDavis (previous page) Well thought out.
Jeff Lowe - good
Donini - better?
Conrad - even better?
Alex Lowe - Best
That Mike Libecki though, he was in DC hanging out at the National Geographic Society working out the details of his next goof-ball expedition. That guy is having some serious fun.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Sep 23, 2014 - 07:52am PT
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Who would win in a fight, bat man or Godzilla?
Woodward vs. Largo?
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Sep 23, 2014 - 08:24am PT
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What is the criteria?
Technical expertise?
Vision?
I would say the best people are the visionaries, who see something others don't. After they do their thing it is obvious to everyone. Before, only they can see it.
Bridwell, George and Jeff Lowe would be big contenders but it is impossible to reduce it to one person.
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steve shea
climber
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Sep 23, 2014 - 08:26am PT
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It is pretty funny that some think high mountains, say 6000m and above, only involve a slog. I think Dave Cheesmond should at least get an honorable mention., Most of the good alpinists were at one time good on rock and ice. They broke out of the gymnasiums like Yosemite to take on different challenges. Tobin was a true 'natural'. Really gifted. But there were many who followed alpine climbing with the skills learned in Yosemite and elsewhere and took their game to altitude. Anker stands out. He brought it to high altitude sans O's.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 23, 2014 - 08:32am PT
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Just remember that Walter Bonatti said the great climbers die in their rocking chairs.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 23, 2014 - 08:54am PT
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Fritz, Jeff, Reinhold and Tom.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Sep 23, 2014 - 09:00am PT
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No Steve I was just saying Ed V is more of a world class slogger than climber. What cutting edge climbs has he put up. Great guy. Great athlete but not a cutting edge climber.
Nobody's mentioned Dick Bass.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Sep 23, 2014 - 09:28am PT
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Will Gadd and some of those other dudes in Cananda are doing some crazy stuff on "ice"
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Sep 23, 2014 - 09:35am PT
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I've never rated a photo before on Supertopo, but I just rated Evel's profile picture 5. Whatever that's worth.
Thanks G.
bvb- Not much of a defense here. I just happen to think RR is a bada$$ mofo, nawmean?
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Sep 23, 2014 - 09:37am PT
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Snow climbing?
Hahahahahaha! We said best Climber, guys. C'mon quit acting silly. We'll do best Hiker another day.
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Sep 23, 2014 - 09:47am PT
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I know guys who.climb 5.13 to 5.14, have done hard walls, etc. and climb wicked ice and mixed all winter. They can climb nigh anything.
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