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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Now THIS is a voting thread that deserves a few posts, tally, and a prize!
Let me think about it for a bit
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Yep there have been some fine ones.
I'm holding out for Conrad's Meru madness...
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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acid trip
be careful
be enlightened
be cool
you be cool
halloween candy, 50 percent off rite now
snickers with almonds, with rat hairs,
razor apple
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Prezwoodz's and Survival's Yosemite TRs were good.
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Synchronicity
Trad climber
British Columbia, Canada
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For sheer entertainment and hilariousness of writing, my vote is for " To the Grack and Back: A Dr Suess Trip Report". Sheer brilliance!
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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The Road To Lucille was a good one!
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Bill Mc Kirgan
Trad climber
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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No fiar if you dont include linkz
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Wow. Great thread. So many contenders. Links would be awesome. I'll have to give it a thought as well.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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To those that enjoy TR's I found it interesting through the process of reading and bumping 40-50 TR's that have not been commented on for quite some time over the last several days and therefore bring them to the top of the forum list that me suspisions that climbing material is removed from the forum list has been confirmed. Most of the TR's probably 40-50 I bumped over the last week are no longer on the forum list. Spire 4 and Easy Grit TR's being two examples. Go to their last post and then to that time slot on the forum list and they are not there.
Why would they be removed? All of them had really good climbing related material and would surely slide down the list like everyother forum thread, but I can't help but think that their lack of posts leads to less income for the site and therefore their removal. Who removes these and why? Just curious not that it makes a whole lot of difference in the world.
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jmap
Social climber
NC
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Here's a nod to "Hazel Findlay on Golden Gate." A fine recount of a proud ascent.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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I second the "anything by Micronut" recommendation.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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mike m, that is a really interesting observation, if true. I'll have to go take a look later today when I have a few minutes to spare.
Thanks...
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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half dome with the autistic boy - very moving.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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The Tahoe523 TR of El Cap's Salathe Wall was right up there too. She really writes well.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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1/2 of a dome with the autistic boy
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Anything by Fritz. He gets it.
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Trad
Trad climber
northern CA
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It's hard to pick out just one, absolute, best TR of the year but this might be a good contender for the Badass Category!
Dark Star, Car to Car: A TR
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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WTF!!! The YEAR ISN'T OVER!!!
Premature instantiation!
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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i'm tripin on acid, as we speak!
that just happened,
this post just happened,
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Mike M., Is this one of the trip reports that you mean? For Easy Grit.
http://www.supertopo.com/tr/Easy-Well-Protected-Grit-Is-Still-Hard-TR/t10608n.html
I see your post on the trip report, bumping it up, but when I search your forum posts, that post doesn't appear. Plus the trip report doesn't appear during the time frame of the last person posting to it.. In this case..
Wade Icey Nov 2 6:15 pm.
Thats weird.
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Edit: Just searched Wade's posts and his post to that trip report doesn't appear either. Yet the trip report is still in the reports section.
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tornado
climber
lawrence kansas
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Mungeclimber, I know the year is not over yet. I think I stated that in the first post of the thread. Just thought it would be nice to have a thread that gives props to all the folks who worked hard to bring positive climbing related material to the site instead of threads to vote for who folks hate the most etc. etc. Maybe we can take a count of "votes" around Jan 15th.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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John Moosie, I thought I had noticed the same thing a while back and wrote a thread on it but it kind of seemed that I was whining over nothing so I deleted it. But apperently the TR's go off of the forum list at some point, but I have not figured out how or why. They do not go off of the Trip Report list only off the forum list. I wonder if forum topics get taken off the forum lists, I don't think they do, accept for inappropriate material. My guess is they want posts not just views, and if too many people are reading climbing literature(Supertopo TR's has some of the best climbing literature out there) they are not posting.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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The best single TR Half Dome with an Autistic Boy.
But best TRs combined is El Cap Reports!!
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Happy Boulders
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The recent tr on the Serrated ridge on LPP
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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So many good ones. The TR of Damnthislookshigh and his son is really fantastic though. If forced to chose only one, it'd be that one. I love people being real and not being afraid to show they are human. This TR is loaded with that.
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tahoe523
Trad climber
Station Wagon, USA
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Nov 10, 2011 - 01:16pm PT
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The best category: all of the father son/daughter TRs. Zander, Jim Herson, Damn this looks high, Do, Micronut. Non-climbers have a hard time relating to our foreign trad and big wall lingo. But every parent I know loved reading the TRs authored by those listed above. Sharing these links was a treat.
The best running TR: elcap-pics. For many, this is the main reason why they lurk on ST.
The year isn't over. I'm holding out for the Reticent TR. Seriously doubt this will disappoint.
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micronut
Trad climber
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Nov 10, 2011 - 09:44pm PT
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"I throw open the door and blow chunks."
- Tahoe523
Excerpt from A Laywoman's Account of a Not Too Soggy Siege on the Salathe with Some Spaniards
I love the stuff written by Tahoe523. The gal has big adventures and a style of writing that is poignant, fun and real. I love her "Laywoman's accounts" on Astroman and The Big Stone.
"The tenth circle of hell is home to serial bird punchers, baby seal clubbers and long standing members of PETA. Little known fact. Don’t believe me? Check Wikipedia in 2 hours."
Excerpt from How I Climbed NIAD in 3 Days and 2 Nights
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