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Tarbuster
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right here, right now
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Mar 18, 2008 - 03:43pm PT
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Gotta get this one in before the thread sinks back into the quick sand...
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Denver, Colorado
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Mar 18, 2008 - 03:50pm PT
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What the heck are those shoes? (great pic) Almost look like cut-up EB's
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scuffy b
climber
up the coast from Woodson
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Mar 18, 2008 - 04:02pm PT
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They're cut-up EBs.
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bonin_in_the_boneyard
Trad climber
Up the 'Creek w/out a Prada
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Mar 18, 2008 - 05:12pm PT
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This thread made my day.
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martygarrison
Trad climber
atlanta
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Mar 18, 2008 - 05:14pm PT
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Largo......how about those socks!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 19, 2008 - 01:56pm PT
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The Kloberdanz Kid:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 19, 2008 - 02:22pm PT
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Denver, Colorado
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Mar 19, 2008 - 02:24pm PT
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Breashears!! I remember standing at the bottom of Mickey Mouse Wall looking up at Krystal Klyr and Perilous Journey. Man!, I could not even get my head around what it would take to lead those!
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frodolf
climber
Sweden
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Mar 22, 2008 - 07:03pm PT
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Seb Greive on "Meshuga", E9.
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Mar 22, 2008 - 07:27pm PT
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Double D
climber
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Mar 22, 2008 - 08:34pm PT
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GDavis: Love that Yabo shot...that's so...Yabo!
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Mar 22, 2008 - 10:51pm PT
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Gill on the Fatted Calf double...
Suzuki on Grand Illusion...
Kauk on Kauk's Corner...
Wellman on the Nose...
Edit: Wellman's way bigger than that.... it's just a small image of a big man.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Mar 23, 2008 - 02:01am PT
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Every single photo in Yosemite Climber book.
talk about a thread killer post.
in particular the Quicksilver pics, Camp 4 pic, and Bircheff-W dihedral, fired my imagination on many occasion.
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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Mar 23, 2008 - 04:34am PT
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Can someone please post more photos so we can get to the next page...? I'm tired of seeing Beth each time I load the thread! Time for change!
I'll get things going...
This image is iconic to me, for during the time this was going down, I was living in the valley and shared a camp with Alex and Thomas for a few months. Good times and a badass send, for sure!!!
Alex and Thomas on Zodiac
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mar 23, 2008 - 12:45pm PT
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perhaps this is helping you get past it Nef, but what have you got against Beth? I have no problem seeing that photo (even though this post might push it off the top post in the next 20)...
...I'm happy that some of the development in the Valley is being reported at all. One could get the impression that it is a museum of old climbs instead of an active climbing area... with route development happening on very public cliffs. Just got a bunch of topos from Eric Gable on stuff he has been doing, with some help from his friends (I'm learning how to be a superior subman). On three pages I have 16 new routes from 5.7 to 5.10d... most of these have been submitted for inclusion in the next edition guide book, but right now who knows if and when that will ever be issued. A month ago we started up a line right in the middle of Reed's Pinnacle area. It was sweet to have the "peanut gallery" down at the turnout puzzling through their guidebooks trying to find the stellar 5.8 line we were on. Eric finished it up with Ian, and I think that Clint has actually done it. Eric and I and Brent had completed a 9 pitch climb on Reed's which goes at something like 5.10c and is a great climb. Few will learn about it, fewer will climb it.
The Valley is seeing a great deal of route development throughout the grade range. I'm glad that people like Beth are interested and active. Climbing's article by Doug Robinson on Sean Jones was yet another indication of what is happening. These reports are only the very minor tip of the iceberg...
It's happening out there, I don't regret any reportage of it... there are some truly great climbs, classics, that few people know about.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Mar 23, 2008 - 03:55pm PT
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Here are a couple that are an interesting view of "then and now"...
Both inspiring in their own right.
1972 on the Nose. Tony Lampert getting ready for the pitch above camp 6 (Ruedi Hombrger.)
Then we have Mr. Shipoopi with a slightly smaller rack on the 7th pitch of Excalibur. This is from Arce's book, "Defying Gravity." (NOTE:Hard to decipher the image's author, but I believe credit goes to Galen Rowell.)
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Mar 23, 2008 - 05:46pm PT
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Is there any photo of the Bird that is NOT iconic? Photo Edgar Boyles.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Mar 23, 2008 - 05:49pm PT
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And finally, well... for now, this always made me want to get out there and something, anything.
Dennis Hennek topping out on the NA Wall. Photo by Robbins.
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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Mar 23, 2008 - 08:54pm PT
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"but what have you got against Beth?"
I think what Beth did is amazing, Ed!!! Fo' shizzle. And all of the new development in the valley is amazing. I've been amazed at some of the stuff I've seen/photo'd going up and have helped put up myself, recently. Simply amazed that it was SO close to other things, such as parking lots and highly developed areas. Just goes to show how much potential is still out there.
Seriously, it's a personal thing. You ever have someone who's laugh just bugs the f*#k out of you? You think they're plenty nice, and you feel bad cause their laugh, of all things, is like fingernails grating on a chalkboard to you. Well, some things about Beth are like that for me. Other than that, she's nice and pleasant, climbs super hard, etc. =)
Carry on.
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goatboy smellz
climber
colorado
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Mar 23, 2008 - 09:31pm PT
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Charlie Fowler
photo by Alex Lowe
the one & only Alex Lowe, Annapurna III
photo Conrad Anker
Anyone have the shot of the Vulgarians rolling around in the mud naked in the Tetons?
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