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slobmonster
Trad climber
berkeley, ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 9, 2008 - 12:13pm PT
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Remember that high school kid who was climbing 5.13 in the 80s? The one with the spandex? On the cover of the old guidebook?
Looks like the boy can ski.
http://www.anneskidmore.blogspot.com/
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Sic! Jimmy is very talented climber and now skier...
KS
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Wow...
That should go down in the annals of the MWV ski history right along with Toni Matt doing the tucks headwall back in the day of the 'inferno'.
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Paulina
Trad climber
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Would the ski descent be less scary than the runout slabs on rock, I wonder? ;-P
Impressive!
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Whoooo! Nice job JS.
Funny story: The first time this Colorado boy visited the Valley was spring break in 1975. Traveled out with Wilford, Steve Mammen, Steve Bass and Dave Bohn. That was back before Mammen lost his rope and became a boulderer but that's besides the point. He was a Cali-beach dude and was sure he was going to skateboard the Apron. Of course, none of us had ever seen it so we didn't know how outrageous that was.
We arrived at 2AM on a dark night and threw our bags out in Upper Pines. Remember, none of us had ever been there to see the scale of the place. Upon waking and coffee-ing up we began to strut around and organize for the day, completely unaware of what was looming right over our heads. It was kind of foggy/misty and as it cleared we started seeing peeks of Wash' Column, the Sentinel and North Dome through the trees. Then we turned around and saw the sweep of GPA disappearing into the sky.
It almost brought us to our knees and I'll never lose the image of Mammen quietly picking up his skateboard and putting it back into the trunk of the car. We never said a word about it again...
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climbrunride
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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YYYEEEEEEEEE HHHHHHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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yeah, sure, but can they do it with a blocked artery and a BP of 195 over 120 ? just kidding - that looks *Sweeeeeet* ;-)
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 11, 2008 - 12:35am PT
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He used to be such a nice boy....
And now just imagine, risking it all for.....for!?! Was it a rush dude? LOL
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tinman
Trad climber
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Jan 11, 2008 - 01:58pm PT
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I saw him a couple years ago, guiding some fellow up Thin Air at Cathedral. If I remember correctly, that's what he does now: guides folks up walk-ups in the summer in order to ski all winter long.
Then again, my memory fades and I could be talking outta my ass.
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Tomcat
Trad climber
Chatham N.H.
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Jan 11, 2008 - 04:58pm PT
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He's also a skilled cinematographer.TNF/Trango come to mind.
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