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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 26, 2010 - 12:53pm PT
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To one and all:
This kind of sh#t is totally unacceptable!
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Big Piton
Trad climber
Ventura
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May 26, 2010 - 12:56pm PT
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Where is this located?
MMM
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Anastasia
climber
hanging from a crimp and crying for my mama.
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May 26, 2010 - 12:56pm PT
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Big Piton beat me to it!
"The location please."
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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May 26, 2010 - 12:57pm PT
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Wonder if it's a memorial.
I know there are memorials all over the Sierra, not all with asian characters.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Topic Author's Reply - May 26, 2010 - 01:00pm PT
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The photo was taken from Lambone's Zenyatta Mondatta TR. (I've used it without permission, BTW)
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apogee
climber
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May 26, 2010 - 01:08pm PT
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Looks like a memorial to me, too. Anybody know what it says?
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Gene
Social climber
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May 26, 2010 - 01:12pm PT
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Names perhaps?
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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May 26, 2010 - 01:15pm PT
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How was it done? Can someone go up there and erase it without causing more damage, or is it already etched in?"
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Ryan Tetz
Trad climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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May 26, 2010 - 01:19pm PT
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A memorial to one of the 2 Japanese parties that froze on El Cap?
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TripL7
Trad climber
san diego
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May 26, 2010 - 01:21pm PT
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Looks like a date at the bottom: 1999.7.26(July 26, 1999)!!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 26, 2010 - 01:21pm PT
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Given the proximity of El Cap to millions of people, I'm kinda surprised the problem isn't worse- look at Stony Point.
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brotherbbock
Trad climber
Alta Loma, CA
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May 26, 2010 - 01:22pm PT
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Koreans???
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PhotogEC
climber
In front of my computer
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May 26, 2010 - 01:22pm PT
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It's Korean; a guy who works for me should be able to read it, but he's out sick today. If there's no translation posted by tomorrow, I'll provide an update.
--Eric
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Brian
climber
California
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May 26, 2010 - 01:31pm PT
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As medeusa points out, those are Korean characters.
That sort of graffiti is messed up. If, hopefully, it is the names of the people who did it, we could at least know who did this.
Brian
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hollyclimber
Big Wall climber
Yosemite, CA
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May 26, 2010 - 01:32pm PT
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Quick response is that this is old news...we have seen this before. Of course-horrible. But as far as I know, isolated event.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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May 26, 2010 - 01:38pm PT
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El Cap is not the only stone that fell victim to graffiti.
Oh man, looks like english to me.
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Buju
Big Wall climber
the range of light
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May 26, 2010 - 01:42pm PT
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if Tron did indeed carve that on WC, id be careful...it can climb walls "900-1200 times better than a human"
...ahhhh dorky refrence
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jack herer
climber
Veneta, Oregon
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May 26, 2010 - 01:48pm PT
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does any one really care that much.... you couldnt even pick that up in one of tom's scope. if you really care then go chop all the bolts on el cap while you are up there, but dont take pins cuz youll scar the rock too.... climbers are so silly, its okay to scar the rock in some aspects, but when someone comes along and does this its unacceptable. take a step back and think about it.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 26, 2010 - 01:51pm PT
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A little stucco colorcoat and it'd be good as new.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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May 26, 2010 - 01:52pm PT
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I thought Tron ledge was pretty funny.
Then again, I understood the language (and Reference).
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