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BadInfluence
Mountain climber
Dak side
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Aug 17, 2007 - 08:32am PT
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incredible TR! thank you
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Bovine
Trad climber
USA
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Aug 17, 2007 - 10:10am PT
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Awesome report! Lots of time and energy went into the climb and report. Great to use as beta in the future. THANKS!
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TimN
Trad climber
St. Charles, MO
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Aug 17, 2007 - 10:56am PT
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What an awesome read! Your team really experienced the trials of a big wall. Congratulations! Four years ago, my partners and I started running at about the same point on the descent so we had time for showers and pizza in Curry Village. Your TR brought back some of my best memories. Thanks.
Tim
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tadhunt
Trad climber
Sunnyvale, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 17, 2007 - 12:04pm PT
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Thanks everyone for all the positive responses. It certainly felt like writing it was almost as epic as living it!
Russ, thanks for offering to fixup my haulbag! I'll take you up on that, just as soon as I get back home. I'm sitting in SFO airport right now waiting for my flight to China (Beijing) for work. I'll be there until mid-september, so I'll send it on in when I get back!
I just have to say that I never would have thought to ramp up so fast so soon. If it wasn't for my partners (Derek, primarily, being the driving force!) I'd probably be sitting here having a meager climbing summer and wishing I got out more.
If I had to label the three of us, I would say:
Derek: Ropegun! Derek did the majority of the leading, especially anything hard or chimney-like.
Patty: Bold. Bold aid leads, 2 good falls, long lowerouts in the dark without a headlamp, etc.
Tad:Steady. Plodded along, getting it done. Probably the most excitable of the three of us.
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YetAnotherDave
Trad climber
Vancouver, BC
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Aug 17, 2007 - 12:42pm PT
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Great TR, thanks!
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Aug 17, 2007 - 01:16pm PT
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Wow, that's some handsome bag!
Nice TR, thanks for sharing and neat format. Glad you made it back safely. What a death march!
~Susan
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Gunkie
climber
East Coast US
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Aug 17, 2007 - 01:31pm PT
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Nicely done!
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Aug 17, 2007 - 01:43pm PT
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Great TR... Thanks for sharing.
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Prod
Social climber
Charlevoix, MI
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Aug 17, 2007 - 01:55pm PT
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Very cool.
We are heading out to do our 1st big wall in Sept. This totally got me amped for it.
Any advice?
Thanks
Prod.
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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Aug 17, 2007 - 02:58pm PT
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great job on both the climb and TR!
definitly helping pass the office time this friday!
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Aug 17, 2007 - 02:59pm PT
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Superb! Thanks so much for sharing!
Got me psyched to do some wall climbing.
GO
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tadhunt
Trad climber
Sunnyvale, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 18, 2007 - 03:59am PT
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Susan Peplow wrote: Wow, that's some handsome bag!
Funny story about the guy in that photo: He's some random Swedish tourist that we ran into on the trail. He saw the bag and couldn't wait to pick it up and try hiking with it!
We thought he was really gonna hurt himself, he almost tipped over when he stood up.
He said something like "ahh, that's not bad"... Course that's what I said when I put it on too... Then 5 minutes later, I changed my mind.
-Tad
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tadhunt
Trad climber
Sunnyvale, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 18, 2007 - 04:04am PT
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Prod wrote: Any advice?
Yeah, don't get the pig stuck :-)
Oh, and I think the easy aiders rock -- I don't think I can ever go back to the step style.
Hmmm.. And we were glad we brought a small (3-4 foot) stick clip. Some people consider that cheating, but unless you're a really good aid climber, it will really speed up reachy bolt ladders, and help avoid some sketchy aid placements if there is fixed gear above the crappy section (bolt, piton, fixed nut, etc).
Bring more water then you think you will need!
Feel free to drop me an email if you want to talk about specifics.
-Tad
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Duke-
Trad climber
SF, aka: Dirkastan
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Aug 18, 2007 - 07:45pm PT
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Congratulations!
That was one of the finest trip reports that I have ever seen. Keep em' coming!
-Dirka
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
Otto, NC
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Aug 18, 2007 - 08:22pm PT
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Epic! I really enjoyed reading about all that...
don't it take ya back?
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Handjam Belay
Gym climber
expat from the truth
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Aug 18, 2007 - 08:40pm PT
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Cheers on your topout! We climbed the dome the day before, and got down late.
My girlfriend Stacey is in some of those pics.
Glad y'all had a good time.
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada
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Aug 19, 2007 - 02:15am PT
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Fun read. Wow.
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