Figures on a Landscape

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philo

Trad climber

Somewhere halfway over the rainbow

Feb 11, 2011 - 11:02am PT

Pretty pic BNuts.
It is always curious to me when people with the benefit of inch by inch beta and the knowing a route goes and has been done innumerable times already start to down talk the difficulty of the climbing. "It wasn't that hard", "It was easier than it's reputation", "I crushed it" ! Whatever Yadda yadda tips your canoe. But when you go up first without the knowledge & road map it is a much bigger deal. Putting in the bolts is much harder than clipping them after.
The envisioning is the first creative move followed by the will to carry on.

AND... The greatness of a route is not solely a measure of It's difficulty.

Dr. F.

climber

So Cal

Feb 11, 2011 - 11:06am PT

Everybody can see the Vision after the route has been completed

before that, it was just another blank face that everybody walked by

philo

Trad climber

Somewhere halfway over the rainbow

Feb 11, 2011 - 11:19am PT

Craig, even though FOAL is a much more lyric and beautiful name it is clearly less apropos than MOMB.

I am sorry for my part in stealing the name from you.

Dr. F.

climber

So Cal

Feb 11, 2011 - 11:24am PT

I like the name Figures on a Landscape better, and am cool with the name change

Its only the praise for DE EE and RV for their unbelievable visionary skills, commitment to excellence, and their ability to put up such a great five star route, that gives me a problem

It IS a really cool route.....props to the FA team. F*#k!!!! Ballsy!

Bluering

Thanks Dave and Randy for this kick ass route. The two of you are true visionaries.

Friend

Are they the visionaries??

hashbro

Trad climber

Mental Physics........

Feb 11, 2011 - 06:06pm PT

Randy and Dave are two of the most visionary climbers I have known......

In the case of Figures on a Landscape (for what it's worth), Craig Fry (having found the route and collected the balls to start up the thing), has my vote of one of the most visionary
climbers I have known........

And Craig certainly was the visionary behind Figures on a Landscape!