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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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^ a nub clencher.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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I FOUND THIS PIC OF TOMMY CLIMBING THE ROUTE. I LOVE HIS HAIR
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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^ "sure to make everyone's blood boil".
On the contrary, PolishClimber - some hilarious stuff there. TFPU!
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Steve:
“Breaking down individual pitches on a big wall climb is to treat El Cap like a local crag or large rock gym. If you can’t do the climb as one continuous route, put off doing it until you get good enough.....
not surprised:
“I’ll be impressed when someone free solos this route....
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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I got so much new "media" vernacular!
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Every day Tommy climbs a Kitten dies.
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Lambone
Big Wall climber
Ashland, Or
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Someone should notify Tom Evans.
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Lambone
Big Wall climber
Ashland, Or
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Btw, who was up there doing the Porch Swing naked? Dude is genius.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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A bushman sighting!!
Happy new year!!
Distill this and the actual event into one thread!.
Call it - A Kick ToThe Head !!,
That should draw in the whole crowd.
Violence sells, best after, sex.
Sex sells anytime butt
Best after sex.
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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From the comment section in the SFGate....
". . . scaling without aid Yosemite’s notoriously smooth granite cliff . . ."
what are the portaledges, if not "aid"?
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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I'm pretty sure that ain't Caldwell.. The only person I know who climbs that slow is Pete.
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pb
Sport climber
Sonora Ca
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wall of too much limelight
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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They actually published my comment!
Automated Comment Form For The Layman:
1. If you're not curing cancer, [insert endeavor] is obviously purely selfish and ego-driven.
2. My taxpayer dollars better not be going towards this nonsense??!!
3. Totally insane/obvious death wish/[your armchair DSM diagnosis].
4. Irresponsible!! What about the children?!
5. I can't even see the climbers from the meadow, but what's the deal with all those bolts??
6. If they have a smartphone up there, all possible motivations other than craven greed/attention-seeking are automatically invalidated.
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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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My favorite reader comment in the whole Dawn Wall media frenzy:
UKsideofpond •6 hours ago -
Have been to Yosemite 3 or 4 times, it's lovely however, you wouldn't get me anywhere near climbing El Capitan. Imagine if you had an itch...
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Most of the comments are funny, and reflect just how ignorant Americans can be. But the guy who says they are breaking it up like a crag climb has a point.
While I think that it is exceptional that they are redpointing every pitch, many great climbers like Frank Sacherer, Jim Erikson, and even Bridwell point out that a strategically placed sling belay can compromise the challenge of doing that stretch "free".
It is a helluva accomplishment, but remains to be truly freed stance to stance.
But the comments about rescue and life insurance are pretty stupid, even rude.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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Jan 7, 2015 - 04:22pm PT
The Down Wall? That's a lot of loft.
Climbing must be soft.
But if they don't make it, it could be the new name in the tradition of Stichter Quits.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Denver, Colorado
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It's kind of a weird style, maybe the longest siege of any route ever. But who knows, maybe they're putting up a great route that will be a testpiece a lot of people will want to repeat. I'm more impressed with Markus Pucher's recent Cerro Torre storm solo, which seemed to have impressed almost no one on this forum. I doubt anyone will be repeating that anytime soon, or that storm soloing will catch on, just as Dean Potter's parachute soloing never really became the wave of the future. I think all these things are cool, and there's no way to really compare them.
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