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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Mar 25, 2009 - 07:50pm PT
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A sign that the apocalypse is upon us- 2300+ posts on a single route on Half Dome.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Mar 25, 2009 - 09:43pm PT
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Jim... no kidding.... and just wait until the chopping begins or is confirmed. 3000 posts here we come!
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wildone
climber
GHOST TOWN
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Mar 25, 2009 - 11:32pm PT
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Can't believe I'm going to post to the biggest dead horse that the trail crew needs to blow up with dynamite...
The route is a work of art. Had some hardmen who just got off of El Nino go up there and set up camp only to get snowed on on send day. They were bummed. Had to leave the valley to go back to work. I was bummed because the route needs a second ascent.
You wanna chop it? Climb it. Then chop it. I guarantee you'll break your own heart halfway through the first pitch, just like Robbins did, and live to regret it, just like Robbins did.
Like, 40 years ago? Figure it the f*#k out. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. I can't believe I fed the troll.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mar 11, 2010 - 12:20am PT
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any news on a second ascent?
it's been a couple of years now...
...and all in all, I'd rather be arguing over climbing then about politics, conspiracies and avatar impersonation
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Mar 11, 2010 - 12:49am PT
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Ed,
Chad climbed the first 13 pitches (big arch to left traverse) in March 2009:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=838578&msg=839981#msg839981
[non-bump edit:] Chad's was not the 2nd descent - they repeated the arch and traverse part which was established from the ground up. Upper rap bolted slab not repeated.
The 2nd ascent of the ground up part, unless somebody else did it earlier.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
climber
. . . not !
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Mar 11, 2010 - 02:37am PT
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a 2nd descent ?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Mar 11, 2010 - 02:55am PT
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still has snow doesn't it?
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Mar 11, 2010 - 04:28am PT
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Rap from the top,
Then you can do the second ascent......
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Mar 11, 2010 - 10:18am PT
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Sheesh, Mungie,
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Mar 11, 2010 - 10:23am PT
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I just hope whoever does the second, and other ascents doesn't leave a pile of garbage at the base.
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Mar 11, 2010 - 10:50am PT
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Sorry, just wanted
2345
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Mar 11, 2010 - 11:01am PT
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Tell us how you really feel Jefe!
Seriously...tick...tick...tick...tick....
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Apr 21, 2010 - 09:58pm PT
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still a favorite, believe it or not...
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dustonian
climber
RRG
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Apr 21, 2010 - 10:29pm PT
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Yeah, at least it's about climbing! I'm going to start going to political forums and trying to get some folks riled up about retrochiseling and see how that goes.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Apr 21, 2010 - 11:14pm PT
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Ya know, I heard it did have a second ascent...
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Apr 22, 2010 - 01:21am PT
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Hey, Steve Grossman:
You have not made a single post here. What's your take on Growing Up?
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Apr 22, 2010 - 03:37am PT
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Plenty of capable teams around the last few seasons, this season should prove the same.
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Apr 22, 2010 - 08:28am PT
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are no walls sacred any more? no areas worth keeping some juice in the game?
no face worthy of adventure, or are we in too much of a hurry and too many video and writing deals in the way?
in the late 80's, the argument that JB, myself and just a few others were making was: do you rap bolting at your rap bolting areas, leave a few places still intact for the adventure seeker..
smith/cosgrove 2012
ground up , step up
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Apr 22, 2010 - 09:17am PT
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Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Apr 22, 2010 - 10:48am PT
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"The Clean Climber stands humbly before the untouched stone. Otherwise one could become guilty of destroying a line for the capable climbers of the future to satisfy his impatient ego in the present. Every climb has it's [sic] time, which need not be today."
I nearly choked on my coffee when I read that. Shameful.
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