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Climber 46
Social climber
Ottawa, Ontario
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 23, 2006 - 10:33am PT
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Spent some time having a couple glasses of wine last night and staring at the great shots I got from Tom. Climbers, especially average "joe blow" climbers like me are so lucky to have a pro photographer like Tom set up at the bridge ready to record their adventures. I'm so useless with technology that I don't even know how to post up my pics, but maybe some of you out there in supertopo land could do so.
Thanks Tom!
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valygrl
climber
Santa Cruz
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Dec 23, 2006 - 11:08am PT
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Thanks tom!
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Dec 23, 2006 - 11:49am PT
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Who ever takes a camara when you solo? I didn't but I still had 2 rolls of film from a solo of the P.O. wall thanks to Tom.
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Flex
Trad climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Dec 23, 2006 - 11:56am PT
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Tom is awesome. We rolled into the Valley, he gave us the beta we needed, some other dude there gave us the go ahead to claim all the water we needed all ready to go at the base of the wall, and he hooked us up with a CD afterwards. Muchos Gracias!
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Dec 23, 2006 - 12:03pm PT
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Tom is awesome... he takes killer pics, he's a climber, and he's a school teacher. Tom, Frank Zappa, Gahndi, and Chuck Norris;...heroes.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Oakville, Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Dec 23, 2006 - 02:23pm PT
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Tom rocks, and has sent me tons of great photos over the years! Thanks, Tom! See you in the spring, eh?
Hey, I don't get it, that picture of Flex on the Salathe Roof pitch. Did Tom take that photo? It seems too "up close". If so, from where was the photo taken? Or does Tom have a new lens. I mean, I knew Tom was big, but I didn't know he was that big.
Hi Anna, which one is you?
Tommy, when did you solo PO?
And McTopo fans, you really should be aware that our very own Climber46 = Doug Pratt-Johnson is the newest member of The Club, having soloed El Cap via Zodiac this fall. Please note that Zodiac is now a legit route after its cleanup, and no longer the lame-ass route it used to be. So congrats to Doug!
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Flex
Trad climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Dec 23, 2006 - 05:50pm PT
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PTPP - I was clueless how Tom got that shot. I mean he's got a big uhh..lens, but that angle? The guy's a master.
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 23, 2006 - 08:17pm PT
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Now in valygrl's photo above Boot Flake is just sitting there. Unbelievable and it's major expando.
All cheers for our good friend Tom .......
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George R
climber
The Gray Area
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Dec 23, 2006 - 10:05pm PT
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Here's to Tom !
Hoisting a libation in his honor right now.
G
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valygrl
climber
Santa Cruz
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Dec 23, 2006 - 10:30pm PT
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Pete, I got to lead that pitch. Werner, expando, really? I failed to notice that.
Tom, what do you do in winter? Winter wall pics?
Climber 46, I just figured it out from a suggestion on this board, a few days ago. Go here: http://www.imageshack.us/
Register. Show us your ElCap-Pics el cap pics. :)
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 23, 2006 - 10:37pm PT
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valygrl
Of course you failed to notice, as no one uses pins on it any more. But back in the day when dinosaurs roamed the valley floor people nailed the Boot with pitons and it was a feared pitch.
Some even took big wippers outa that beast.
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northtrials
Trad climber
Penrith, Cumbria, UK
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Dec 24, 2006 - 12:13pm PT
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Thought I'd put up some of the awesome shots Tom gave us from this season:
Me and Dan on New Dawn (finished up the Nose):
Us on the Trip, we did the LiA start:
Me on the Muir Wall (my first Grade VI solo):
A little bit of ego massage posting these, but such great shots and great times!
Thanks again to Tom for being so helpful and so very generous!
Pete
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Haggis
Trad climber
Scotland
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Dec 24, 2006 - 12:25pm PT
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hey dan, nice shots.
go ego boost, how was muir wall, you jumped on that after i left.
any white stuff down south yet?
have a good crimbo
Rob
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Oakville, Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Dec 24, 2006 - 01:21pm PT
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Oh man, that Boot Flake is way expando! Definitely freaky. Can't believe the bloody thing is still attached, not sure how. I was looking behind the thing, yeesh. Couldn't wait to get off of it.
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Holdplease2
Big Wall climber
Yosemite area
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Dec 24, 2006 - 01:44pm PT
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Yep, Tom's pics are such a treat!
Last wall I climbed there was one move on tthat was my absolute favorite, a long reach sideways and it felt like free climbing...without the free part. During the move I was like "Man, I wish Tom would get a pic of this, its aweseome!"
Whaddayaknow...when I got the CD from Tom he had not one, but THREE shots of it! Tom knows just the pics to shoot, for sure!
Thank you, Tom!
-Kate.
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elcap-pics
climber
Crestline CA
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Dec 26, 2006 - 01:35pm PT
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Yo... I still have a pile of CD's from last spring and fall, not to mention massive amounts of slides from 1997 to 2005 for all you folks who wandered in front of my lenses on the face of El Cap... check with me PLEASE!! I don't really want to throw this stuff away and they tell me that I am not going to live forever.... so.... contact me and I will dig your precious shots out the the pile and send them along to you.... Eric Ericson.. I have your CD of tribal rite... send me your address Son.... regards to all and thanks for the appreciation thread, sometimes I wonder if I do this stuff just for myself!!!
Later Tom
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maui_mark
Big Wall climber
under a coconut tree
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Dec 26, 2006 - 10:16pm PT
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Tom is the one of the greatest guys you can come in contact with in the Valley. He loves that he does, and loves to share with others. He took care of me and my parters while we were up on the wall.
And got some full moon pics. early in the morning which is rare sometimes on the captian...
I haven't forgoten Tom. I still am going to take care of you. Not sure if you remember, but I was on Mescalito with Dan, as well as Zod. with Lance....
You did something for me that Im forever grateful. $$ can't compare to what you give to climbers. Its beyond that.
Thank you Tom.
I'll see you next summer. And as well to you my friend, Anytime your in Hawaii, please look me up. I'll show you around the islands.
ALoha, MArk
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Dec 27, 2006 - 09:46am PT
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Hey Kate, share one of those shots with us you are talking about.
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rja
Trad climber
somewhere between LA and Baja
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Dec 27, 2006 - 05:46pm PT
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When I first started climbing, Tom took me under his wing for a couple of years. He taught me how to climb. He taught me how to place good gear. He taught me how to aid. He was there when I climbed The Nose and he took loads of pictures of me and Ben. Every morning, I'd wake up to Tom shouting encouragement. After I got back to my car, I found a note pinned to the windshield congratulating me on my first trip up the Stone. Thanks Tom......I owe you!
Bob A
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Holdplease2
Big Wall climber
Yosemite area
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Dec 27, 2006 - 07:13pm PT
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OK, T2, here are two, one is "the favorite move", the other is just another fav. imageshack rocks. This is the first time I ever got a pic to post! :)
This was some hooking, it was fun b/c it was traversing and creepy, the hook im getting on was placed with a nut tool. *shiver* :)
Here's another fav because of the weird rock pattern and b/c the routefinding was hard-ish.
:):) Yay Tom!
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