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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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The title of the thread is kinda strong...
but the video is great!
Killer job, proud send.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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^as dreljefe says:
I'm not in the hating camp myself. I loved watching her climb, she's one damn plucky lass, ef yeah. There is almost enough footage of OW climbing. The technical cruxes were really interesting for me to see as a window into another universe.
The OP did a disservice by raising the red-herring of "best". What J.Do. said about that on the first page.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jul 10, 2015 - 12:50am PT
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it. Sounds like she's trying to be the female version of Uli Steck.
Yeah, because walking up one of the easiest 8000m peaks is like soloing a 9000ft route on one... :)
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mikeyschaefer
climber
Sport-o-land
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Jul 10, 2015 - 06:02am PT
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Robert L - Just to correct you a little bit. Brette didn't solo a technical mixed route in patagonia. She solo'd an 11b rock route. No crampons or ice tools are needed on the route. Not even boots. Still way bad-ass.
And to everyone hating on Emily. I hardly know her but have always been impressed. I think what she is doing is awesome. It's great to see a comp/sport climber mature into an all around real climber. Maybe she didn't spend years gumbing around and epicing on 5.9's like a lot of other people but she has put plenty of time in.
I didn't really pay any "dues" either. I saw something I wanted to do and I went and did it. It appears to me that is what Emily is more people should probably do that in life.
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RP3
Big Wall climber
Twain Harte
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Jul 10, 2015 - 07:11am PT
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Hmmm... sounds to me like some people are jealous and old. Emily has been and is being mentored by the best and is getting things done most climbers dream of.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Jul 10, 2015 - 08:04am PT
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I suspect what the "haters" are railing against is the subtext of promotional marketing to get mindshare and build a following, as part of getting sponsored to make a career out of something you love. Swap in any name and story of up-and-coming and the comments would be the same. Maybe the lifer cube dwellers that were pretty good in their day but not as good as they wanted to be (for lack of time commitment) are the biggest haters.
In any case, I can't imagine myself being that good in any dimension of climbing, and I do find it inspiring for people who can reach these heights through the good fortune of early life circumstances and then applying their own will power and development into the mix.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jul 10, 2015 - 08:17am PT
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Where do people keep getting this "hater" bullsh#t?
No one has "hated" on her personally at all.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jul 10, 2015 - 08:45am PT
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Hate, hater, hating.....most misused terms on ST. Used in reference to people who have contrary views on a subject. I guess its a way of intimidating free expression.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Jul 10, 2015 - 08:46am PT
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Emily is bad ass. I couldn't do that and I whine too.
Y'all are crabs in a bucket. Pay her dues? She just freed El Cap...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jul 10, 2015 - 09:06am PT
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Emily is obviously SUPER bad ass.....but come on, calling her the BEST climber out there is more than a stretch.
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darkmagus
Mountain climber
San Diego, CA
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Jul 10, 2015 - 09:08am PT
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Can't really take anything away from her, the achievement is pretty amazing and speaks for itself! I certainly don't hate on what she did, how she did it, or anything like that. I got nothing!
Just thought she'd be having a bit more...fun? "We've been on here ALL DAYYYY and we have to do it six more times!" Uh, ok, are you sure you even like doing this? Or do you "have to" do it for some reason? I mean, I know it's hard work, I've never even attempted anything like it, so maybe it SUCKS and she's right to have that attitude. I just would have liked to see more happy/zen/fun vibes.
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Jul 10, 2015 - 09:35am PT
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I work at Adidas Outdoor part time and know how these "sponsord" climbers have to thrutch around trying to make a living and have a place to hang their hat etc. They also have to work the social media loop like crazy (read: boring!) just to stay relevant.
If you slam the woman for vainty or self-promotion, think about the effort and risk required to not only do all that climbing but to put yourself out there, totally exposed, only to have us dufers say, "So what?" She isn't really all that...
I've always enjoyed celebrating the ones who put their big heart into the work and have never felt done out of any glory or felt less-than by dint of their achievements or fame. A carreer that has an Everest summit and other 8,000 meter peaks, free asecents of El Cap, and national level sport climbing comps is a mighty proud one in my book. Period.
I've never met Emily Harrington but now I want to get her autograph and buy her dinner.
JL
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Jul 10, 2015 - 09:43am PT
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these "sponsord" climbers have to thrutch around trying to make a living Then you must also be aware of the reality that many of these climbers don't have to work full time because of family money. Not all of them, but quite a few. If we're going to have a conversation about how this stuff gets funded, let's at least keep it real.
It's not a slam, good for them, many squander the same on drugs and lethargy - but it's also the reality of where several have found the time to work up to the level of freeing El Cap.
There are many more with at least the talent and motivation, but lacking similar opportunity.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jul 11, 2015 - 02:50pm PT
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Hey Largo
I'd think Emily would want YOUR autograph and buy YOU dinner!
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bbbeans
Trad climber
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Jul 11, 2015 - 04:49pm PT
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Just watched the video of her climbing Golden Gate. So inspiring! Go Emily!
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jul 13, 2015 - 01:48pm PT
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I liked the video of her Free climbing the Golden Gate quite a lot! But saying someone is THE BEST climber out there is quite silly, so many great climbers out there...with different skill sets.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 14, 2015 - 01:34am PT
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rSin told me on the phone to watch this Golden Gate video, so I did.
As far as I can tell, apprenticeship fell by the wayside when Hot Henry Barber BEGAN climbing at 5.10, or so the story went back in that day.
I agree with Brian, from page two, that they were useful for THOSE WITH NO NATURAL TALENT, but not necessary for the truly gifted.
Anything else is just sour grapes, envy, hating, etc.
As to that A5 Traverse -- it stopped being A5 long ago and fixed things appeared to use as pro, I imagine...
It is sort of funny, I'll grant you, about the hauling. I was shakin' my head, too.
Vitaliy, how's the leg?
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Jul 14, 2015 - 08:46am PT
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Their hauling skills looked fine to me, dude looked pro on the jugs as well. Only way I could tell they were noobs is that they announced it.
They probably had a couple of the best in the Valley, if not the world, showing them how to do all this bullsh!t and picked it up rather quickly - because frankly it's pretty easy compared to placing in Nationals.
There's your fuk'n mentorship, chumps, all the necessary 10 minutes of it.
As for her other skills, EH has been around the best in the world since she was what - like 6 yrs old?
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