Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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I am so all over this route! I'll be on it in just a few days more than two months, I can hardly wait.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 4, 2010 - 07:53pm PT
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Poor Mark. He's literally drooling to get up on the wall! Too funny! We're expecting a kick-ass report from ya, buddy!
And if you bail this time, you can't blame your partner! Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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I am so friggen set up with gear, clothes and food that it's going to take something real serious for me to come down!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 4, 2010 - 08:14pm PT
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^^^ TAKE NOTE! HOLD THIS BOY ACCOUNTABLE!!!!
If Mark Huge-Dong bails from his solo, we must never let him hear the end of it!! Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! He'll have to make Hood River Coffee for us on the bridge every morning for a frickin' MONTH!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Didn't your parents every tell you to respect your elders, Pete?
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 4, 2010 - 08:18pm PT
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Respect is EARNED.... Besides, what are you, like two months older than me??
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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You're a kid! I'm 54!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 4, 2010 - 08:32pm PT
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I got carded for a beer last year in Yosemite. How about you?
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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I haven't been carded in years.
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Bl@ke
Trad climber
Victoria Australia
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Sweet deal as trip report essay thing! good stuff. Getting real psyched.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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It's seem like my "Digging a Hole Motivational Program" is working well, doesn't it?
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 5, 2010 - 10:04am PT
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Dude, you are so fukcking fukced if you bail... And I was serious about you making us coffee for a month!
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charlie.elverson
Trad climber
St. Paul, MN
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great story. loved the pictures. for the hyperlinks, do regular html tags not work on this forum?
edit: guess not... what about...
move to Page 2 of the Tribal Rite photo essay
move the periods outside of [/url] tag. They're what's screwing the link up (I think).
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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May 13, 2010 - 12:01pm PT
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Fixed! Sweet!
It's getting so close that I can't sleep at night! 11 days till I leave!
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TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
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May 13, 2010 - 12:17pm PT
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Thanks for the great TR Pete!
Walter Rosenthal was one of my best friends. He learned the tricks of the trade from the great Charlie Porter, and was kind enough to pass a few of them on to me. Walter soloed The Dihedral Wall and The Zodiac(early seventies). Also an early ascent of Mescalito, when it was still called "The End All Wall"!
R.I.P. Wally!
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Jingy
Social climber
Nowhere
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May 13, 2010 - 12:51pm PT
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great thread idea pete...
cheers to ya
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jgrigg
Trad climber
Kitchener, ON, Canada
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Jan 27, 2011 - 12:27pm PT
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b|tchin' trip report Dr Piton!! I'm a big fan of your "vertical camping" approach to big walls.
For those who don't know Piton, you might mistake this type of approach to climbing for laziness. But let me assure you, after spending three nights underground with Pete in Roppel and witnessing his meticulous nature at surveying and sketching ~700ft of new passage in what most climbers would consider wet, miserable conditions, I can testify to his hard working ethics...even if it is in the name of "fun".
You should definitely continue the photo essay saga with your other climbs.. its a great way for people like me to procrastinate the day away =)
Keep it up Pete!!
Cheers,
Jon
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