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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Woah, hope he has great health and recovers well. Have not met him in person but heard some good stories.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nothing stops Thomas.....here is a recent picture after surgery.
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WBraun
climber
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He looks like he just got off doing the Nose in a day in world record time again .....
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Damn, I want to see what the other guy looks like!
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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I like his new hairstyle. Glad to hear he is doing well.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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Wow, scary. That's quite a fall. Glad he's ok. I doubt he was operated on for a blood clot, it was almost certainly a bleed.
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Crazy Bat
Sport climber
Birmingham, AL & Seweanee, TN
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So I am more of a climber groupie than a climber, and I have had the pleasure of seeing Thomas and Alex climb a little.......wait what was I typing about.....sorry little flashback there......
So anyway I am so greatful that such a nice guy is and is going to be fine, but that is a long fall by a virtuoso of climbimg. If had had the worst of outcomes there would be rude requests to know what happened in the middle of condolences.
So what happened? How did I come so close to loosing someone Ive been fanta....uh.....remebering so foundly since 2004?
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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I freaking hate head injuries.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jul 15, 2016 - 08:49am PT
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Just received an e-mail from Thomas, he is out of the hospital and back home. He should have a complete recovery.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Jul 15, 2016 - 09:22am PT
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Good news, thanks for the first hand update Jim.
Peace
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Jul 15, 2016 - 12:54pm PT
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Veil Gluck von California.
Sad news but wishing you a speedy recovery.
Good call bringing back the "Bow Wow Wow" look.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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overwatch
climber
Arizona
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Jul 15, 2016 - 06:28pm PT
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So I am more of a climber groupie than a climber, and I have had the pleasure of seeing Thomas and Alex climb a little
climber groupie huh?
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Crazy Bat
Sport climber
Birmingham, AL & Seweanee, TN
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Jul 15, 2016 - 10:40pm PT
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Yep and I will be in the valley next week hanging at the bridge watching a very long rope and enjoying all the eye candy.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Thomas has made a remarkable recovery and will be going back to Latok 1 on 8/15. George Lowe and I from the 78 climb will accompany him.....first time back in 38 years.
I think that Thomas along with Sebastian Brutscher and Anton Gutsch have an excellent chance of seizing alpine climbing's Holy Grail.
George and I are there for historical perspective and hope, along with Thom Englebach, to establish a new route on one of the nearby technical 6,000 meter peaks.
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MAD BOLTER
Trad climber
CARLSBAD,NM
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LIKE I SAY: RAPPING IS A BIG LET-DOWN !! SOME MAKE A BIG HIT ON BROADWAY !
MAYBE SEE Y'ALL AT FACELIFT.
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doug redosh
Trad climber
golden, CO
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No sequelae from a skull fracture and what sounds like a subdural hematoma? He will be lucky not to have any sequelae! Brain injuries/concussions are highly variable, and often not apparent in the immediate post accident period.
Doug Redosh MD
Neurologist
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snakefoot
climber
Nor Cal
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agreed doug....
neurorad
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