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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Brutus - holds on the last pitch are fine. One broke off approximately March of '06, but it's still no biggie.
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Well it's good to know you got some of the margaritas. That really would have been a tragedy if you had missed those.
Yeah, that woman really did have some "choice words". I was too busy trying to haul a pig to remember all but the one.
I was the last one off of the Mace last night. I probably rapped off around 9PM. I think we all know and can remember that peaceful, blissful moment, where at the end of the day you are the last one down. All goes quite. You're alone in one of the most beautiful spots in the world. It was a race for me all day yesterday. I awoke at 7AM and started to make sushi rice. I got preped and packed, drove down, humped the 80+lb pig to the base, jugged, hauled, partied, rolled, ate, etc. etc. And then.... Pennsylenvy wrapped and all was quite. The wind died and the moon was shining brightly. All was silent. I lied on my pig and enjoyed the moment - it truely was one of the most beautiful moments I can recall.
Thanks to everyone that was up there. And thank you once again T.M., Bob, Dave. Yvon - I'm sorry man, you missed a good one but your spirit was with your brothers and in turn, with us.
Peace to all.
Locker style edit: I just noticed I wrote "wrapped" instead of "rapped". I gonna leave it cuz it's funny (to me)
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nice pics Tom!!! Excellent!
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Tom:
Oh My! That photo of the rodman is CLAAAAAASIC!
TM Herbert, Bob Kamps, and Dave Rearick (I think).
that statement is correct.
Oh, but it might be worth noting. I/we decided that the roll I'm holding is the Anniversary Roll (sorry for the mixup)
A very very nice trip report. Thank you!
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Same here Eric! Nice TR!
Incidentally...I checked out the '57, '58, and '59 Editions of the AAJ (you have to look in the real ones because the online search only goes back to '66 or so) and find no mention of anything in Arizona, so that ain't gonna help us figure out what the real date of the ascent was. Anyone in touch with TM Herbert out there? (or Rearick?) that could ask 'em if they recall? Still curious.
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MisterE
Social climber
White Van, AZ
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One for Ouch!
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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That haul bag is full of sushi and sushi making supplies and little else. My goodness, Ouch! will have a field day. Charlie, the tuna I hacked up the other day, has some remains in that bag.
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MisterE
Social climber
White Van, AZ
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Yup. He gave us the remains, stating:
"The meat is for sushifest, Bisshes!"
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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MisterE - I thought my comment was "Looks like Charile's back on the table, boys!" (what movie was that? :-)
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honemasterT
Trad climber
Arizona
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Hey guys.. thanks for the great time!
Was cool, hanging and meeting some new folks.
Hadn't been on the route in 5 or 6 years.. uuugh,
getting fat and old suckz.. time to get off the
couch and get movin!
Here' my writeup
A photo of one of the 'slackers'
Wide angle from the summit
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Good job all
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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All right...in spite of horrendous resistance on the part of my cable modem and Google...here's the video I shot of Clay walking a little over halfway across the slackline on his first go...
"If you see me walking down the line..." - ZZ Top
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6628623984806171525
Hey Nature!!! If you go back up there this week to try that thing (or someone else does), have them lug a new summit register up there!!!
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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folks are going up Friday! You mean we need a new register for the Mace, right? I'll get the book. I didn't open the register - what kind of register (book) was in use?
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Yup, new summit register needed. I brought the other one down on Sunday (it was WAY filled up) as it was coming apart.
The last book was one I specifically made for the Mace and placed on Nov. 1, 2004. It didn't hold up so well over the long run (binding not so good over time and abuse). Just need like a spiral notebook or something similar. Can get fancy if you want to throw out the effort and/or cost.
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honemasterT
Trad climber
Arizona
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YO YO Yo.. I guess I had too much to drink
as I horked up the date on the title.
Who cares.. April 1st, April 2nd.. whatever it takes!
Mace Vid
Incorporated the stills I took and both Greg and
my video.
Sorry for the crappy resolution..
at least the music is good :-0
T
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Nov 15, 2007 - 10:08pm PT
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*bump* coz this is where we started the madness this year!
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 15, 2007 - 10:29pm PT
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Hey Nature - I finally got back up there this past weekend to put a new summit log into the toilet. This one has bomber binding on it that won't be affected by the heat and sun. Wish I'd remembered to take a picture of it. It was a work of art. Dropped it off with a couple of new pens in a zip lock bag. Was a whole buncha fun squiggling up the squeezes with an inch-wide book in a slippery ziplock bag tucked into my shirt! :-)
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