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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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The other night I was reading in Roper's book Ordeal by Piton about the F.A. of the Dihedral wall and what caught my attention, besides the amazing story, was that after these guys were done with the wall they went down and picked up trash that they and others had dropped. How cool is that?
I have gone back and picked up at the base of every El Cap route I've done except two. But then we always went out of our way to not throw stuff off anyway.
1) Take Piton hammer
2) Smash empty peach can flat
3) Put in bottom of haul bag.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Feb 11, 2010 - 12:30am PT
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Wow this many years later and it brings an interesting impression to where my mind was 2+ years ago...Thanks for reviving it(Whomever)....I still religiously pick up trash that is left from short sighted Humans wherever I go. I'm a climber, Beer Drinker and an avid Shooter....and as I travel throughout the great Basin ( usually following Minerals recommendations) I'm continually disgusted at the amount of "Trash" people leave everywhere...Does anyone remember the 30+ year old commercial of the American Indian standing on the side of the road and a car throws out thrash at his feet?.....I grew up in NV but we tried to always take our empty cans outta of there...You don't Shite where you sleep.....What's wrong with the last few generations? Take it out with you ......
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Dennis Hennek
climber
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Feb 11, 2010 - 12:35am PT
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Take pictures and leave footprints.
Scott and I found our own footprints
after two winters at summit lake on
Baffin Island.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Feb 11, 2010 - 12:40am PT
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I tried wearing mine on my first ever whitewater kayak adventure. Worked for a while until I went over, missed my roll and came out. That thing filled with water like a water balloon and I was on my way to the pacific (some two hundred miles away). Couldn't swim and even when I got my feet onto some rocks I couldn't resist the down stream force. talk about newbies getting into trouble. Nearly bit it that day. ha
but either way, Cagoules are cool, whatever color they may be. First class protection from the elements.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 11, 2010 - 01:35am PT
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Did a FA in the Cascades in early October with a Scot.
We didn't make it off before dark. We went down the back side,
180 degrees away from base camp, to get down to tree line. Make
that the shrub line. Did get a fire going which I in my cotten anorak worshiped all night.
The bloody Scot curled up in his trusty cag
about 8' from the fire and snored the whole frigging night away!
He was fresh as a daisy in the morning for the 2500' slog back up
and over the mountain.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Feb 11, 2010 - 01:41am PT
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What peak Reilly?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 11, 2010 - 01:46am PT
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Dragyurbutt. We climbed those slabs directly up to the Fin.
Hard but not worth telling Fred about except for the first ascent of the
right hand corner of the Fin which I've related here somewhere.
The bloody Scot hurled himself from the last pitch and tried to fly
directly back to the lake.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=833637&msg=833735#msg833735
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