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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Thanks for the update, Tom. Great shots of the action.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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thank you captain Tom, stay the course and carry on!
We here in the frozen tundra C your dedication to bringing us all the shots
The information is being made as we see through your lenses, a good story is coming!
Thank you and the team on the wall for feeding our dreams!!
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Bad Climber
climber
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Thanks, Tom. Oy. This stuff is soooo badass, I can hardly take it. And I'm sitting in front of my computer. Kevin has to be in a tough place right now. Wishing him all the best.
Re. the whole deal: It must be kind of a pain in the ass to have to super document all the climbing--for the climbing team that is. Back in the day you'd shoot a few pics and call it good. Now there's video, Facebook, online mags, all sorts of media beasts growling to be fed. Ugh.
BAd
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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YES!!
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Thanks so much. We really appreciate your effort Tom.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Tom, your photo in today's LA Times is INCREDIBLE! WHOA!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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No kidding, Warb. Hard to believe such things exist on El Cap.
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bringmedeath
climber
la la land
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I think that is the corner Tommy said would be mega hard and found the face to the left. I remember photos of a corner that looked a lot like that and would likely be another 14+ pitch or something along those lines.
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Reeotch
climber
4 Corners Area
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Thank you Mr. Evans!
I'm sharing this with my high school students. It is great to follow the story from the beginning.
Awesome climbing sports-action!!!!!!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Kev needs chocolate milk! Regrow skin fast!
Good luck guys!
Send!
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Eric Beck
Sport climber
Bishop, California
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Lori and I were fortunate enough to be actually visit the valley on Wednesday. As we drove in at dusk on Tuesday evening, we could see four separate lights up there. I am thinking "wow, this is really happening". While we never saw any climbing, we felt privileged to be there, as others who were in Berlin did when when the wall came down. In a world where human depravity dominates the news, it is great to see the very best that our species is capable of.
We heard that they would eventually raise their camp to the Wine Tower. Are they doing this? We joked that "this climb is so hard they have to climb at night".
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nopantsben
climber
europe
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Eric Beck, comparing this event to the fall of the Berlin Wall is disrespectful, ignorant and rude......
maybe your excitement can be blamed. it is exciting.
this is not the best our species is capable of, and I am sure Tommy and any other climber who pushes the envelope agrees.
His dad said something along the lines of: we tend to like what we're good at, unfortunately Tommy turned out to be good at something entirely impractical.
He's an intelligent man, it seems...
thanks for the reports Tom!
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Phew. So is it do or die for KJ today? I'm pulling for him. I know he'll get it. I remember how dogged he was when Tommy got injured w/ the falling haul bag - never thought of pulling the plug.
Part of the reason I want KJ to send is to see what's next for him. He went from badass highball boulderer straight to the Dawn Wall. What would be next? Next person to free the Nose? Other free route on El Cap? Or some other direction completely.
Would be cool if he and Tommy picked something (even more) impossible and team up again. Hard time imagining what that would be.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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Lighten up Ben, and put some pants on.
Nobody wants to see that.
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elcap-pics
Big Wall climber
Crestline CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2015 - 11:35am PT
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As we see often on this forum... haters gotta hate!
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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Gotta go with Nopants on this one. Comparing a rock climb to the end of the soviet union seems a bit hyperbolic.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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the proletariat puke has nothing to lose but the chains that hold his cube together, let the walls go 'free'!!
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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That pitch should be called ' Beyond Bachar / Yerian ' or something like that.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Sending positive vibes to Kevin. Hope all the best for both of them higher up too. Their determination on this route is inspiring to many. Thanks for that!
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WBraun
climber
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Just drove by on the way to climb.
Just drove by on the way back from climbing.
Same ole sh!t.
People standing around watching paint dry ......
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there, say, tom... just stepped in fast, now, to say,
thank you for sharing all this...
heres, a 'three cheers' for you do for us, so that we can
share things that we'd otherwise, not get to see...
:)
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nopantsben
climber
europe
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i wasnt hating, but people died for others freedom so the wall would eventually fall. it is an insult to them if people compare inspiring, but ultimately peanuts events to the fall of the wall.
some people here have probably lightened up to the point where nothing substantial remains...
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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People standing around watching paint dry ......
The most exciting and captivating drying of paint ever witnessed!
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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Jan 9, 2015 - 02:29pm PT
Just drove by on the way to climb.
Just drove by on the way back from climbing.
Same ole sh!t.
People standing around watching paint dry ......
So...
Same as camp 4?
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WBraun
climber
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In Camp 4 people are standing around watching someone pounding a tent stake into the ground ......
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Kevin sent p15! The paint is drying! ;)
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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In Camp 4 people are standing around watching someone pounding a tent stake into the ground ......
Hahahaha
Cheers! ;-)
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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nopantsben - the inspiration that drives worthy deeds is as important as the deed itself, so in some sense the Dawn Wall free could be the most important thing in history, depending on who gets inspired, by example, to try the next "impossible" thing. Limited yourself to end results is to miss the nuances of the process. Nothing is stand-alone.
JL
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Hey Tom,
Totally amazing happenings in the valley. Glad you are there to capture it all for those of us who cannot be there in person. Enjoy.
Cheers,
Doug
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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In Camp 4 people are standing around watching someone pounding a tent stake into the ground ......
I wish they would quit pinning out the earth...
;)
Big congrats to the Boys - it's ON!
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Rankin
Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
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Just drove by on the way to climb.
Just drove by on the way back from climbing.
Same ole sh!t.
People standing around watching paint dry ......
Hahaha! An instant classic!
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Not the same ole now. Classic ST. Go kevin and tommy
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