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S.Leeper

Sport climber

Pflugerville, Texas

Oct 11, 2011 - 06:45pm PT

yeeeahhh!1 Thanks for that!

Mungeclimber

Trad climber

sorry, just posting out loud.

Oct 11, 2011 - 06:47pm PT

thx Kait!

matty

Trad climber

under the sea

Oct 11, 2011 - 06:51pm PT

tiffypoo! Nice photos can't wait to read the report in R&I

Gene

climber

Oct 11, 2011 - 06:52pm PT

Kaitb,

You ROCK!!!!

Thanks so much for letting us have a look at your adventure with Ammon!

g

Mighty Hiker

climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Oct 11, 2011 - 06:52pm PT

Thanks - very nice! Now if only I had the magazine to read...

O.D.

Trad climber

LA LA Land

Oct 11, 2011 - 06:53pm PT

Up to the roof, I imagine "cleaning" pitches was pretty easy. Thanks for posting the pics. Well done, you and the Pirate!

nutjob

Gym climber

Berkeley, CA

Oct 11, 2011 - 06:57pm PT

Nice pics! I don't know which took more commitment, 2nd ascent of WOS or eating Beanie Weenies.

Levy

Big Wall climber

So Cal

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:06pm PT

Well Done!

I couldn't post up on your photo report page. Cool photos too.

Gal

Trad climber

a semi lucid consciousness

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:10pm PT

That's so cool-what an exciting adventure to be together for! Thanks for the pics.

nita

Social climber

chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:10pm PT

Enjoyed the Pics..Thanks..

Yarrr....Thank God we can't.. smell-a-post, but i must say..

....You guys look tooo purdy for being on the stone for 13 days...

Cheers..

kaitb

Big Wall climber

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:12pm PT

I just got my copy of the R&I in the mail today. :) There are pics in the article that I did not post on the photo TR. And I have to say, it turned out to be a great read!

Sorry, I didn't do a better job with the write-up. It was put together pretty darn quickly, as to being really busy these past couple of weeks with classes (my last semester of my bachelors).

kaitb

Big Wall climber

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:14pm PT

And for the beanie weenies.. they did the job, BUT I was expecting a much better flavor. I think I would rather prefer the weenies to be in with baked beans and no ketchup. Just my opinion. ;)

bluering

Trad climber

Santa Clara, CA

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:26pm PT

Awesome!!!

Well done. Great pics too.

Gene

climber

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:29pm PT

13 days on the wall + beanie weenies.

If you can survive that, no problem.

g

Elcapinyoazz

Social climber

Joshua Tree

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:30pm PT

Cool, thanks.

StahlBro

Trad climber

San Diego, CA

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:30pm PT

Really nice sequence and photography! Thanks Kait! Have to get to the article soon.

bergbryce

Mountain climber

South Lake Tahoe, CA

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:37pm PT

I can't find a copy of Rock and Ice to save my life.
Does anyone know of Marmot in Berkeley has it?

btw... sweet TR

Papillon Rendre

Social climber

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:43pm PT

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Your grins are infectious... :)

Way to go!

goatboy smellz

climber

Nederland

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:43pm PT

thanks, what a great looking sea of granite!

Peter Haan

Trad climber

San Francisco, CA

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:46pm PT

Thanks tons Kait (and Ammon). Wonderful photo essay, actually, and great to see you all smiling. I am glad you stuck it out and fired the thing.

Here is super-rare shot of the start of the slab taken in 1963:

atchafalaya

Boulder climber

Oct 11, 2011 - 07:58pm PT

Cool, thanks!

WBraun

climber

Oct 11, 2011 - 08:01pm PT

HO MAN !!!!

The photos prove it.

1000 bolts to the top and a couple of hook moves thrown in for good measure.

:-)

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Oct 11, 2011 - 08:01pm PT

Just read the article this afternoon and there cme the photos! Timing is everything.

Nice Shots, Kait! congratulations again and great work, both of you!

TKingsbury

Trad climber

Oct 11, 2011 - 08:02pm PT

Thanks for the post!

A sea is quite right goat...looks wild

Big Mike

Trad climber

Oct 11, 2011 - 08:03pm PT

Sick photos, can't wait to read the article! I can only find the October R&I on the shelves.

GhoulweJ

Trad climber

El Dorado Hills, CA

Oct 11, 2011 - 08:14pm PT

I really enjoyed the pictures.
Really great.
Thanks!

Mighty Hiker

climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Oct 11, 2011 - 08:16pm PT

I wonder if Tom has any photos of the climb, e.g. from El Cap meadow?

kaitb

Big Wall climber

Oct 11, 2011 - 08:19pm PT

Mighty Hiker - right when we started the climb, Tom was just packing up to leave the valley. As far as I know, my dad got the only shots of us on the Great Slab.

Gene

climber

Oct 11, 2011 - 08:21pm PT

MH,

I think Tom was enjoying his summer hiatus when Ammon and Kait were up there. In true Pirate fashion, they chose the hottest days of the year to climb the world's largest reflecting oven. That might explain why the beenie weenies were edible.

g

EDIT: Kaitb beat me to it!

OlympicMtnBoy

climber

Seattle

Oct 11, 2011 - 08:44pm PT

Nice, I enjoyed settling down on a rainy day here to read the article and just came on the taco to find this! Sounds like an interesting trip!

klk

Trad climber

cali

Oct 11, 2011 - 08:49pm PT

great peregrine shot.

helps to bring home the way it's a different world up there high.

Gagner

climber

Boulder

Oct 11, 2011 - 09:11pm PT

Nice job, and TR.

WOO HOO!!

Paul

JEleazarian

Trad climber

Fresno CA

Oct 11, 2011 - 09:16pm PT

Wow! Fantastic work, great pics. I can't think of appropriate purerlatives.

Thank you very much, for sharing the secrets of what was, to me, a rather mysterious line.

John

Ezra Ellis

Trad climber

WA, & NC & Idaho

Oct 11, 2011 - 09:20pm PT

Awesome job, awesome pics!
Thanks!

Kalimon

Trad climber

Ridgway, CO

Oct 11, 2011 - 09:40pm PT

Thanks for sharing your wonderful experiences!

You two are living the dream that many simply dream of while enduring ordinary existence.

Seth Jackson

Trad climber

Yreka

Oct 11, 2011 - 10:08pm PT

Great pics and report. Article in R&I is really well done too. I noticed the Dope Miller shirts, I use to know that guy, glad to see he is still around

Roxy

Trad climber

CA Central Coast

Oct 11, 2011 - 10:27pm PT

props!

icaro

Trad climber

Los Angeles, CA

Oct 11, 2011 - 10:28pm PT

you guys are awesome!!!! way to regulate =)

Todd Gordon

Trad climber

Joshua Tree, Cal

Oct 11, 2011 - 10:30pm PT

Excellent photos and great job on the climb;.......and thanks for sharing this story and adventure with the climbing community.....thank-you, Kait.....

kaitb

Big Wall climber

Oct 11, 2011 - 10:32pm PT

Thanks everyone for all the great reviews and positive responses! Ammon and I really appreciate all the support.

The Larry

climber

Moab, UT

Oct 11, 2011 - 10:42pm PT

Awesome shots Kait! Looks like you guys had a blast. ARRRGGGG!!!!

dirt claud

Social climber

san diego,ca

Oct 11, 2011 - 10:50pm PT

Thanks for posting those pics, can't wait to read the article. Awesome job guys.

Captain...or Skully

climber

Where are you bound?

Oct 11, 2011 - 10:55pm PT

I like beenie weenies. Ah, well.
TFPU, Kait!!!4!!

jfs

Trad climber

Upper Leftish

Oct 11, 2011 - 11:05pm PT

That was sweet!!! Thanks to you both!

Mighty Hiker

climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Oct 12, 2011 - 12:54am PT

No one else has asked, so I will. PH, you took a photo of the great "slab" in 1963. Any particular reason for doing so?

tooth

Trad climber

The Best Place On Earth

Oct 12, 2011 - 01:10am PT

Awesome! Thanks for all the pictures!

Gabe

climber

Oct 12, 2011 - 01:15am PT

Well done Kait and Ammon! Thanks for the close up look at WOS. I have already read the Rock and Ice article, but picked up a copy anyway at Target of all places. Who Knew?

crunch

Social climber

Oct 12, 2011 - 01:56pm PT

Great photos!

Thanks.

Gunkie

Trad climber

East Coast US

Oct 12, 2011 - 02:31pm PT

You guys rock! Nice job!

neversummer

Trad climber

30 mins. from suicide USA

Oct 12, 2011 - 03:46pm PT

Thanks for the photos...badass shite....the R&I write up was good as well.

Gene

climber

Oct 12, 2011 - 03:55pm PT

I love the Cranium Cobra Cozy™

I'll remove the picture, Kaitb, if you prefer.

g

murcy

Gym climber

sanfrancisco

Oct 12, 2011 - 05:01pm PT

Way too cool! Great photos of a proud adventure. Looks like you had a blast, too.

Raafie

Big Wall climber

Portland, OR

Oct 12, 2011 - 05:31pm PT

Looking at your pitch 5 and 6 shots, it looks like there are a lot of diagonal traverses between rivets. Did you have trouble recovering rivet hangars when you did the lower-outs?

Euroford

Trad climber

Louisville, CO

Oct 12, 2011 - 05:48pm PT

congrats guys! awesome one! thanks for the TR!

Mungeclimber

Trad climber

sorry, just posting out loud.

Oct 12, 2011 - 05:50pm PT

the article was the best thing I have read in a mag in a long time!

second that, maybe R&I is staging a come back!

Ammon and Kait, when are you going to do some slide shows?

I got an outlet plug in the bed of my truck, 100' extension cord, a big white sheet to project onto, and a projector... just saying a slide show in the forest could be a rockin good time.

kaitb

Big Wall climber

Oct 12, 2011 - 06:19pm PT

Raafie-

On Pitch 5, I did a few lower outs on the traverse. I believe I cleaned all of my tie-offs and rivet hangers except for 1. But I might have swung over and retrieved it after I jugged back up the line. I try to clean everything that I possibly can. We needed all the rivet hangers for the route, and to leave one behind would not be the best option.

Pitch 6 - I lowered out on a rusty old head with a tie-off. Can't remember if I left that tie-off. All I know is that on the entire route I might have left only a couple of tie-offs.

Ammon has taught me to clean all the gear and try not to leave anything behind. Occasionally, when on a wall I will replace tie-offs if one needs to be replaced, but if not, I will use the previous party's tie-off.