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billygoat
climber
3hrs to El Cap Meadow, 1.25hrs Pinns, 42min Castle
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May 13, 2008 - 09:43am PT
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Wow Chris, take note (because I don't think I say this very often), this is really cool. When I was a kid I used to think about rapping the nose. I figured if I couldn't climb it, then I might as well rap it. Now it's a different story, but I've still got some nostalgia.
So are you going to take the same gear Rohrer took?
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
Technically...the spawning grounds of Yosemite
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Oct 29, 2014 - 07:22pm PT
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BBST
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Oct 29, 2014 - 08:42pm PT
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What a gem. Days spent on the wall in swami belts.
If those kids that had to get rescued off their descent a few years ago had read this carefully they might have had an advantage.
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Oct 29, 2014 - 09:59pm PT
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You know, the Nose really does wind around and go far to either side at the pendulums. Without those anchors, bailing from damn near anywhere above the stovelegs would be a pain in the butt. I bet that rap route, and improvements therefrom, have saved countless rescues. It is pretty easy to bail from any point on the Nose, and the Nose has probably seen more epics than any other route in the valley.
He put it in when bolts were still a big deal. I never heard of any complaints. Were there?
edit: Duh! He talks about it being well received in his write-up. The .pdf file is some cool reading. I remember seeing those brass tags on his bolts before they got yanked.
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