Trip Report
The first "free-solo-onsight" ascent via Mich Kemeter on the Lost Arrow Spire Highline
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Tuesday September 13, 2011 5:22pm
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Mich Kemeter
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About the Author
Mich Kemeter is a climber /Slackliner from Austria / California. |
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Prod
Trad climber
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Sep 13, 2011 - 05:36pm PT
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Wow.
Prod.
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nutjob
Sport climber
Almost to Hollywood, Baby!
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Sep 13, 2011 - 05:41pm PT
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It seems like it would be pretty scary doing that straight off without having some time to get used to that exposure!
And who carried the black cat out to the spire? I think it's stuck under the rope....
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Griff
Social climber
A decent motel not too far from the action.
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Sep 13, 2011 - 06:08pm PT
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Yeah but did he toss a baseball over the spire to get his rope out there?
Hope this dude has good sponsors. He could do a Vegas act for a living and make bank. I did the Tyrolean Traverse but I won't do the Austrian traverse.
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eKat
Mountain climber
Less than a second shy of 49 minutes
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Sep 13, 2011 - 06:09pm PT
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And who carried the black cat out to the spire? I think it's stuck under the rope....
You ARE a nutjob!
LOVE IT!
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Sep 13, 2011 - 08:09pm PT
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Moab is one of the great highline centers, with all sorts
of really airy high lines across canyons. They are, of course,
cropping up everywhere. I have some footage of some of these
crossings, if I can figure out how to post a short clip.... My
friend here in Fruita, Terry Acomb, has wires between high
cottonwoods in his yard, an amazing slackline circus paradise
right at his home.
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Silver
Gym climber
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Sep 13, 2011 - 08:14pm PT
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Check out the guy at the last belay getting the front row seat to make or.....
Pretty amazing how some can just go to a place in there head and find the calm to do such things. Rad stuff!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Sep 13, 2011 - 10:28pm PT
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nice, Mich
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tinker b
climber
the commonwealth
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Sep 14, 2011 - 05:24am PT
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okay the bit in the video with him naked with the rope on his ankle makes you think of how f*#ked those consequences would be. i guess that is one way he trained. bad ass.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 14, 2011 - 06:06am PT
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Nice, free and onsight are proud but aren't all highlines solo?
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Cragman
Trad climber
June Lake, California....via the Damascus Road
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Sep 14, 2011 - 06:18am PT
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Slacklining in dress slacks....a new standard?
Bold.
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Adamame
climber
Santa Cruz
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Sep 14, 2011 - 08:12am PT
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He did a 525 foot slackline? Thats proud!
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NFB
Mountain climber
Wilson, Wyoming
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Sep 21, 2011 - 08:36am PT
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Highline play must be one of the scariest things I've ever tried! I could never get more than about 10 steps out there.
Serious Jedi stuff.
Very cool.
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chiindi
Big Wall climber
Lakeview, OR
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Sep 27, 2011 - 10:28am PT
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Cirque du Yosemite?
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Sep 27, 2011 - 10:40am PT
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Nice Mich!
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Sep 27, 2011 - 12:41pm PT
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Donini, all highlines are solo but for those where more people
than one get on the line. It does happen. By solo, though,
there are different kinds. Most slackliners now use a harness
and a leash (trail a sling clipped to the highline, to catch
them). Free solo would be without the leash.
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Sep 27, 2011 - 05:06pm PT
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500+ foot slacklines is amazing. Would like to see how they get rigged, and an analysis of the forces involved. Wouldn't have thought it possible.
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Gene
climber
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Sep 27, 2011 - 05:09pm PT
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Did he go from the rim to the Arrow and back untethered or just one way. Amazing either way. Handling that kind of risk/reward equation is beyond my imagination.
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