RIM Club - May 5: Jason "Singer" Smith - A Rational Choice

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splitclimber

climber
Sonoma County
Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 25, 2015 - 02:10pm PT

Location: Round Table Pizza, 2065 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa

Time & Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 @ 7:30 PM (Social hours and free beer for members at 6:30)

Directions: From Highway 101 at Santa Rosa go west on Highway 12 to Stony Point Road Exit. Go straight from the middle lane at the light onto Occidental Road. The Round Table Pizza is on the right just down the road.

Jason "Singer" Smith recounts the incredible events of his fateful expedition to Kyrgyzstan when he and his climbing partners were kidnapped and held hostage for a week before orchestrating their own daring and dramatic escape. In this engrossing and emotional narrative, Singer details the tremendously complex and adverse situations that his team was forced to confront. His dramatic account of survival provides audiences with inspiration, the tools for making rational decisions when acting under pressure, and a renewed appreciation for what is really important in life.

Singer has been climbing forever. First cutting his teeth in his home mountains in Utah, he then shifted his focus to big wall climbing in Yosemite where he quickly established a reputation as a talented and bold soloist. In August of 2000, Singer, along with three other climbers, were climbing in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan when they were kidnapped and held hostage for six days by rebels from the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan. Ultimately, the team conspired to engineer their own dramatic escape.

Subsequently, from 2001 to 2006, Singer traveled the world in an effort to learn and understand people better. His thirst for adventure and insatiable curiosity have taken him to deserts, mountains, and jungles in over 40 countries. Unable to settle down, he divides his time between the United States and Australia. When not questing in the outdoors he trains 10th Planet jiu jitsu under Eddie Bravo and Denny Prokopos.




http://www.rockicemountain.org
cuvvy

Sport climber
arkansas
Apr 25, 2015 - 02:26pm PT
Wow! Amazing! If I wasn't planning on watching paint dry that night I'd fly out and watch!
Bullwinkle

Boulder climber
Apr 26, 2015 - 11:49am PT
Singer is a very Talented Climber with a Flair for the Uber-Epic, his World View is well worth hearing. . .df

"Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future". . . Robert E Lee. . .
ECF

Big Wall climber
Apr 26, 2015 - 01:24pm PT
I've never gone so far, with so little, and done so much, as I have with Singer.
He's as tough as you'd want a partner to be.
Rock solid.

When he travels, he fully immerses in the culture. Really connects to the scene, and meets people. I'm sure it would be much more than a "we climbed it, here's pics" presentation.

Besides, they have pizza.

"What's the worst that could happen?" -Singer, said hundreds of times in many precarious moments.
'I could f-ing DIE!' I always thought, but never said.

That's the stuff...
splitclimber

climber
Sonoma County
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2015 - 01:42pm PT
Awesome ecf!

I'm excited about it. We love getting these lesser known men and women that blow our audience away and are usually humble and understated
Chris McNamara

SuperTopo staff member
Apr 26, 2015 - 05:04pm PT
sweet! below Singer on Zenyatta, first wall i ever replaced bolts on. 1997?

wayne w

Trad climber
the nw
Apr 26, 2015 - 07:51pm PT
You and Jason did that in the late Summer or early Fall of 97, Chris. Not long before our ASCA mission on Lunar Eclipse.
splitclimber

climber
Sonoma County
Topic Author's Reply - May 4, 2015 - 04:37pm PT
tomorrow night. I'm sure it will be pretty intense hearing this story first hand from Singer.

BLUEBLOCR

Social climber
joshua tree
May 5, 2015 - 11:43pm PT
How was it?
splitclimber

climber
Sonoma County
Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2015 - 08:17am PT
Singer told the most compelling , scary and engaging story I've ever heard. Absolutely amazing. The emotions conveyed was like it happened last year, not 15 years ago.


coolrockclimberguy69

climber
May 6, 2015 - 10:25am PT
[Click to View YouTube Video]

Kidnap story starts at 1hr 19 minutes.

Thanks for the nickname, Singer.
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