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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 9, 2014 - 04:58pm PT
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as Greg Crouch aptly described Cerro Torre in his book Enduring Patagonia. Cerro Torre has a dramatic and controversial place in climbing history. Kelly Cordes' new book "The Tower" brings to life the Maestri controversies and chronicles the colorful climbing history of this iconic mountain.
I got my copy and I'm sure more than a few folks here would be pleased to find one in their stocking.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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With the worst name.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 9, 2014 - 05:06pm PT
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Name works for me....better than naming it after a political figure that never saw it. Perhaps the indigenous name El Chalten works better.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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I agree but you gotta admit its a pretty generic name for such an amazing formation.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Cerro Torre Grande ?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 9, 2014 - 05:17pm PT
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Messner describes it as "a shriek turned to stone."
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Brock Wagstaff
Trad climber
Larkspur
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Here's a mountain I'll throw out there for "most beautiful" consideration. Popped out of the clouds on the last day of a three week trip in China. As far as I know, still unclimbed!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 9, 2014 - 05:22pm PT
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Yo baby....what are the coordinates for that puppy in China?
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WBraun
climber
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Mt Meru which is around 672,000 miles high.
The gross materialist will never see it but it is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes.
It has no comparison to the mundane dinky gross material mountains .....
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ground_up
Trad climber
mt. hood /baja
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Cerro Torre has become more than just a name .
Top of my list of dream climbs.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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This one is pretty close.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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"no comparison to the mundane"
Werner's approach seems trite.
The most perfect mountain in the world will become a jumble of stone with the passage of time.
Machapuchare, my vote.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Is there any skiing on it?
lol.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 9, 2014 - 06:20pm PT
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The skiing, I have been told, is only for the bold....the very, very bold.
edit: Bring a file for your edges.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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I can only Imagine.
Love to get there someday.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Perfect 20 comment thread Jim
Great thought
Gentle kidding
Herr Braun bringing it all back home
Great photos
Hopes and dreams
No acrimony
Q.E.D.
All threads should be chopped at 20.
EDIT:
I hate it when that happens, now I'm gonna have to trade my position for somebody else's.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 9, 2014 - 07:03pm PT
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And therein lies the problem zBrown....this is a twenty post thread but if it moves to the back pages the message is lost. Kelly's book is very well written and scrupulously researched. It gives life to the history of one of the world's most important mountains.
Religious/poltical threads assume a life way out of proportion to their worth for a climber's forum. People love to wax poetic and pontificate their immutable biases. How do we keep climbing content up front and center so that it will be available for those who would appreciate it?
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