golsen
Social climber
kennewick, wa
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Feb 11, 2009 - 03:19pm PT
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Very impressive, way to go! That climb had its way with me when I did it in my prime...
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Feb 11, 2009 - 03:22pm PT
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Way to go Ron, your an inspiration. Hope to hook up soon.
Jeff
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Joe
Social climber
Santa Cruz Mountains/Los Gatos
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Feb 11, 2009 - 03:27pm PT
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congratulations and happy birthday Ron. it was an honor to share a rope with you last spring.
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2009 - 05:04pm PT
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Werner said: "he's so damn smooth ...... "
I've been climbing with Ron for nearly 20 years and that's one of the best descriptions of his climbing that I've ever heard. He is just so smooth, especially with footwork. And I think I know part of the reason: he learned footwork climbing in EBs.
I can't remember the number of times I've walked under climbs in The Valley and The Meadows with Ron and he's commented: "I climbed that in EBs." (And often he climbed it in EBs with some well known climber or other, one we've all heard of.) I usually just shake my head. I can't even imagine using EBs on some of the routes he's done. I've seen and felt EBs. They must have been like climbing in wooden clogs (I started climbing myself at just the time that Fires came out, which means I'm still getting to be an old dad, but not that old).
I like to think that I've got decent footwork climbing. If I do, I know I owe a lot of it to climbing with, and learning from Ron.
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Feb 11, 2009 - 06:51pm PT
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Happy Birthday Ron!
Good send bro!
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labrat
Trad climber
Auburn, CA
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Bump
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dogtown
Trad climber
Cheyenne, Wyoming and Marshall Islands atoll.
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One of the best lines at the Cookie love it! Nice work!! Aren’t we all 60 these days? I agree 11D Peter, for me anyway.
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johnokner
Trad climber
NJ
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climbing like and looking like a 38 yr old. way to stay young!
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