Mimi
climber
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Apr 15, 2007 - 10:17am PT
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Really glad to hear Dave and Holly are doing well. Last saw Dave at Walt's memorial and I couldn't believe the size of that big truck he was motoring around in. Cracked me up.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Apr 15, 2007 - 10:23am PT
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Majorly cool action Walleye - wow.
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Apr 15, 2007 - 10:34am PT
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Gripping tales to be sure!! Palms sweatin' all the way!
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Walleye
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Apr 17, 2007 - 05:32pm PT
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Even The "Iron Monkey" needs his beauty sleep.
Photo: WJF
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Apr 17, 2007 - 06:23pm PT
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Is this when Dave jumped into your aiders?
Ken
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Walleye
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Apr 17, 2007 - 06:24pm PT
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Same year as the rescue. The ground up - no hangdogging ethic is still firmly entrenched in "The Trench". A headlock applied by Blue Rappin Rhondo in the Camp 4 parking lot would soon change Daves ethical considerations and the rest would be history. Attempting a ground up lead of the Stigma/Renegade 5.13d...
Photo: WJF
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Walleye
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Apr 17, 2007 - 06:27pm PT
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Hey Ken
Can you say "CUT!!!!!!!" "We need another take"........
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Apr 18, 2007 - 09:52am PT
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That's the most entertaining story we've had here in a while.
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Walleye
climber
The Land of the Big Stone
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Apr 23, 2007 - 06:31pm PT
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A bump and a
Hey Bacher post up the Chappy photos of your proud send of the Nabisco Wall. A momentous occasion in the free climbing history of Yosemite to say the least. Besides, it will make the Iron Monkey look that much more "Snail Eye" haha.
Now post it funky brother!
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Mimi
climber
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Apr 23, 2007 - 07:03pm PT
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Yeah, funky brother!
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James
climber
A tent in the redwoods
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Apr 23, 2007 - 07:32pm PT
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classic story
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Cool thread Walleye - I never knew that story about the Iron Monkey's attempt. What a hard core mutherfunker...
Shoe salesman on B-Balls. Photo: Mark Chapman
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Walleye
climber
The bottom of a bottle of Bear Whiz Beer
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Thanks John, now the thread is complete.
Better late than never.
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SammyLee2
Trad climber
Memphis, TN
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I just love these stories and pictures. Even when it displays so dramatically my own limits and weakness. It's one thing to have skill like so many humans do. It's a whole nother thing to risk you life on that skill. To somehow KNOW you can do it and that you WILL do it or life ends. Confidence to the max.
I'll never do any of that but many possibilities to "step up", are still there. Perhaps one day, I'll get Karl or somebody to let me jug up their rope on a big wall.
Just curious, could two 5.8 to 5.9 climbers and a rope gun get up a big wall, maybe like Washington Column? (I know, for many of you, it's not)
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2008 - 06:28pm PT
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sammylee2 writes: Just curious, could two 5.8 to 5.9 climbers and a rope gun get up a big wall, maybe like Washington Column?
They do it every year, without a rope gun. When are you going?
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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check out that pic of Bachar!
that's the single greatest rockclimbing pic in the world -
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Blinny
Trad climber
NWMontana
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Yeah. . . ThatLittleBachStar. . . what a cutie pie!
eKat _ _ _ _ _ _ OldDadBrockWoman
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Walleye
climber
The bottom of a bottle of Bear Whiz Beer
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Good observation Ray. And, I think that on the day that Chappy took that photo, that dude was the greatest pure rock climber on Planet Earth. Harumph!
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survival
Big Wall climber
arlington, va
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What a great story. Buggs has one about Dave going past him on the East Buttress of Middle or something. Thanks for the Tale!
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