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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 26, 2010 - 04:11pm PT
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He let out a slightly exasperated sigh when I brought the incident up as if he was known for little else! The ignoble kneejam!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2012 - 11:42pm PT
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Trango Bump!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Classic article for sure. Fissure Boysen passed into legend, long ago. But for me, anytime anyone mentions Boysen the first thing I flash on are routes in Britan like "Suicide Wall" on Bosigran in the Lake District, and especially his route "The Thing" at Bowles. His article "Confessions Of A Sandstone Addict" deeply influenced my bouldering, and my belief that anything 30 feet or less is ideally, if only rarely, done without a rope.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 18, 2012 - 12:08pm PT
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Boysen Bump...
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Mar 18, 2012 - 01:10pm PT
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No Photo of the Fissure?
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Mar 26, 2012 - 11:00pm PT
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Ah yes, never thought about ctrl + "+". Great idea, works fine - thanks. Is that shortcut a new Windows 7 trick? I recently got it after struggling with [PoS] Vista for so long.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2012 - 01:15am PT
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Lost again Pete or just drunk?!? LOL
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 6, 2013 - 02:57pm PT
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Burp...
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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A few years back my friend Blob comes back from England and was chuckling about Boysen getting kicked out of the gym for "unsafe" climbing practices. Martin was protecting the lead by tying off the big holds like they were chickenheads.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Best climber of his generation. Got blackballed by Bonington, which then, was your one ticket to the Himalaya.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Haha! I was just relating the story of the fissure, and meeting Boysen at the crag, last Wednesday at he crag!!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2013 - 11:58pm PT
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Jim- I think Martin is half of your competition in the 69 and up NIAD adventure.
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Myles Moser
climber
Lone Pine, Ca
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Apr 13, 2013 - 01:59am PT
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Food for thought!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Nov 15, 2013 - 11:47am PT
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Too many loser troll threads on the front page bump.
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Psilocyborg
climber
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the most beautiful thing in the world
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 23, 2014 - 12:07pm PT
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Trango Extremes by Voytek Kurtyka in Mountain 127, 1989. Translated by Adam Czarniecki.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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May 23, 2014 - 12:12pm PT
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Another great Grossman thread.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 24, 2014 - 10:08pm PT
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Nice addition Marlow!
Erhard Loretan and Voytek Kurtyka were as good as they get and certainly beyond inspiring. Very sad that they aren't still with us.
Edit: Kurtyka is still with us, Loretan is not.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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May 25, 2014 - 02:03am PT
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Kurtyka is still with us. There was an interview with him in Alpinist a couple of issues back.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 25, 2014 - 02:21am PT
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To my best knowledge Kurtyka is still going strong...
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