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MATOCO
Big Wall climber
argentina
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Dec 10, 2012 - 12:55pm PT
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I am Matoco.. I was in the same expd whit Damian and Willie 2005... also big mushroom obligate to go down... but we climb many peaks around waiting for good wheather...
I want share this picture..
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Spanky
Social climber
boulder co
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Dec 10, 2012 - 01:01pm PT
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Thanks for the rad thread. I saw a slideshow Jim did at Neptunes years ago called epic failures in which he showed a bunch of those photos. It was a great show because he talked a lot about how climbers only show/talk about successful trips and he really talked a lot about how much he learned from these trips even when they didn't get the summit. And the descents sounded terrifying. By the way those guys were BADASS!!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 10, 2012 - 01:17pm PT
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They still ARE badass...
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Dec 10, 2012 - 03:03pm PT
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Incredible story, still.
How much human suffering has gone into that ridge anyway????
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Gene
climber
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Dec 10, 2012 - 03:11pm PT
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Incredible story, still.
Amen!! Enhanced by three of the four contributing to this thread. A treasure.
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Dec 10, 2012 - 03:22pm PT
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One of the top five great stories
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 20, 2012 - 11:54am PT
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Bump so a Brit can access the info.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 15, 2013 - 10:53pm PT
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Pure Adventure Bump...
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10b4me
Sport climber
www.tenbeephotography.com
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Mar 31, 2014 - 09:24pm PT
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Bump
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Sanskara
climber
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Mar 31, 2014 - 09:31pm PT
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Thanks 10b..
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Back to the top for this one!
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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May 12, 2014 - 09:55am PT
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Bump. Great comments from three of the participants. This is the heart and soul of ST.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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May 12, 2014 - 11:33am PT
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This is an awesome story, just read it again. Incredible and inspirational effort! What a team. Hard core!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 24, 2014 - 10:12pm PT
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Don't know about the DNA but we did have a pretty good work ethic.
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TripleS_in_EBs
climber
Poulsbo, WA
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Sep 25, 2014 - 09:43am PT
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Might as well just put the photo here if Jim and Jeff do not object. Does this photo not capture the era, the moment, and the attitude?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 25, 2014 - 10:48am PT
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I wish the weather was as good today here in Squamish as it was when I took that picture on Latok.
We started climbing in the initial snow/ice gully at midnight to avoid sun triggered avalanches. At dawn we traversed onto good granite and climbed to the ledge pictured above in perfect weather. The weather was so good we slept out in the open for that first night on the route. The next day we moved up to another ledge, saw the high cirrus coming in, set up our tents, and hunkered down for what was to be a six day storm.
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Cruiser
Mountain climber
Cody
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Jun 18, 2015 - 06:35pm PT
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I was 17 years old and had been climbing for 5 years when I read this issue. Dumfounded and inspired by the A team. Later in life I named my climbing shop Alpine Style. What a true definition of 4 brave Alpinists. Cheers,
Kirt Cozzens
Cody, WY.
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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donini, Michael Kennedy, Jello and even Matoco .... cool
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