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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 9, 2007 - 03:39pm PT
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This guy has done over 100 (!)
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 9, 2007 - 03:41pm PT
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Tucker has 31 ascents.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 9, 2007 - 03:43pm PT
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I have one (!) Dihedral Wall
(I need to do a few more, I suppose..)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Nice portraits there Todd.
And it is noteworthy that Gerby started out as one of the Curry Boys.
He turns out modest (almost bashful), highly proficient, super productive.
A true champion.
Outstanding!
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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7- not enough...
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James
climber
A tent in the redwoods
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Steve Gerberding = Original Gangster
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seamus mcshane
climber
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1
Zodiac 9/99 in full-on "sport-wall" mode.
Tarbuster- you hit the nail on the head with your description of Steve. "modest...almost bashful", totally the vibe I got.
Same with Dano, same with Charlie Fowler, same with Brad Jarrett.
All truly luminous Spartans, yet all with that everyman quality of foibles.
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v10gripper
Boulder climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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0... guess i better get after it...
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ricardo
Gym climber
San Francisco, CA
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3 routes
4 ascents
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Can I count Moby Dick Center?
I did The Bong, it sure felt El Cap size.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Knob Central
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None, and it will probably stay that way. I really prefer a different avenue of torture myself.
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YetAnotherDave
Trad climber
Vancouver, BC
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In that case, I have 2: the Nose and Pine Line
Or would that be 1 1/30? :)
Many more on the ticklist...
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Seamus, good points. about that list, tell me that Brad Jarett is still with us. Only climbed with him once, at Balch camp, but he left an impression!
A mere 8, for me.
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snyd
Sport climber
Lexington, KY
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Off Topic, sorry!
I notice that Tucker has a bottle of "the bread of my affliction" in hand. I'll never forget him saying that! Priceless.
The last time I saw him after 10 years he said without,he says "Oh, It's you". I like to think he just forgot my name but on second thought, perhaps not.
I like to remember Tech, hunkered down in a lawn chain in the parking lot, covered in head to tow with weaping sores of Poison Oak after he and I hiked up to some obscure finger crack above and to the right of Arch Rock. heh good times!
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Duke
Social climber
PSP
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A great guy indeed.
I think Steve has also done a big route or 2 in Patagonia as well as well as put up A5(at the time) on El Cap.
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Not a one, but I have gripped a few v10's out there.
What a geek. Ppphhhbth.
-Troll Champ out.
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WBraun
climber
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El Cap can't be done.
You only get to visit.
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Interesting but how many separate routes? Hans Florine has done over 100 ascents but maybe 45 of them were ascents of the Nose. I believe that Steve Gerbeding has climbed over 60 separate routes on El Cap. Mike Corbett & Steve Schneider have done a bunch too!
I've done 28 ascents of 25 different routes not counting East Buttress.
Maybe I need therapy but I'm in good company. I know a few folks out there who have done at least 30 ascents.
I think Hans's site has a list of people who have over a dozen routes. Sorry that there's no link to his site but I'm away from my home computer.
Levy
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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3
and now its been over thirty years ago.
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BluntMan
Social climber
92595, ca
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I'm 1 for 2 = 50%. 1st time I broke my foot in a fall above grey ledges, rapped down, crawled/limped back to my car, drove to the hospital, and was in a cast for 6 weeks. Next time, I made it to the top at the ripe young age of 49. Leading the Great Roof was the highlight of my big wall experience. I'm light.
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