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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 14, 2010 - 12:57pm PT
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They began yesterday and got through to the start of Pitch 7. They are going for an all-free continuous ground-up ascent. Here is Kevin's blog reporting in every day:
http://kjorgeson.blogspot.com/2010/11/here-we-go.html
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Port
Trad climber
San Diego
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Nov 14, 2010 - 01:13pm PT
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awesome! Good luck!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Nov 14, 2010 - 01:18pm PT
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This is so fricken wild! I hope they do it.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2010 - 01:29pm PT
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Marko, you know, if they are now at the point they will try to send, these very very powerful and ridiculously hardworking climbers will either get it done or awfully near done, having freed all the parts to the puzzle. Who would have thought, you know.....
I think this is one of the great examples of climbing imagination.
I can't get over Dale Bard talking about holding Tommy as a newborn 14" baby BITD 1978.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Nov 14, 2010 - 01:35pm PT
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Are they planning to lead and follow the whole thing? The website doesn't really make that clear. In this day and age I suspect they will.
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hollyclimber
Big Wall climber
Yosemite, CA
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Nov 14, 2010 - 01:37pm PT
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If the camp is stashed at P8 as per blog, how did they sleep last night?
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Nov 14, 2010 - 01:39pm PT
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Not to change the subject but with this good weather in the Valley, are Potter and Leary going to go back up on the Nose?
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Nov 14, 2010 - 02:10pm PT
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Ah, man...they beat me to it!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 14, 2010 - 03:15pm PT
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Why are they grinding it up, and where are they sending it? :-)
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Nov 14, 2010 - 04:28pm PT
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Ho, hum, just another send for these guys. Kevin's blog photo doesn't even mention a single pitch that's truly hard for these guys: nothing at 5.15 or even 14+. And besides, they've got Tribal Rite, Reticent, Sea, and on and on to dust off in future years....and they haven't even begun to work on the hard routes on Half Dome.
Un-freakin-believable. I am absolutely in total awe and appreciation to see such class acts inspiring our appreciation of what a human being - if indeed they are - can do. With the 3rd of Southern Belle just having been fired, it's a hell of a time for that boring old climbed out Valley. How many times have we heard that? Damn, great time to be alive and following what's going on in climbing.
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Gene
Social climber
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Nov 14, 2010 - 07:36pm PT
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Yeah. Right! I lack the imagination to even think that this can be done free. Good luck, Guys. Drag us old farts into the 21st Century.
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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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Nov 14, 2010 - 07:44pm PT
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This topo says volumes:
Just wow! What an amazing amount of work, I wish them the best in the reward of their efforts.
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WBraun
climber
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Nov 14, 2010 - 07:52pm PT
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How many "Dawn Walls" are there?
Don't look like Dawn Wall to me .... ?
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Nov 14, 2010 - 07:58pm PT
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Werner come on thats the Mesca-adrift-areticent-early morning-dawn wall Sheesh :)
Wishing these guys all the best in thier efforts.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Nov 14, 2010 - 08:12pm PT
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Good luck, fellas.
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martygarrison
Trad climber
The Great North these days......
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Nov 14, 2010 - 08:15pm PT
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Curious, if the free the formally nailing sections of this hybrid route is it then off limits to any future aiding other than clean? Seems like it would have to be to preserve the now free climb. Comments?
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Thorgon
Big Wall climber
Sedro Woolley, WA
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Nov 14, 2010 - 08:21pm PT
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There are a lot of 5.13 & 5.14 pitches in there! I'd be bustin' out the aiders, for sure!
Thor
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Slakkey
Big Wall climber
From Back to Big Wall Baby
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Nov 14, 2010 - 08:25pm PT
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Agree just a slight variation of the Dawn Wall but still very impressive for sure.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 15, 2010 - 12:51am PT
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Is their next route Leo's new one????
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Nov 15, 2010 - 01:23am PT
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good luck to the team!
what a wonderful vision of climbing...
and even though WH Murray attributed this phrase to Goethe (who didn't write it), it is a wonderful sentiment anyway:
“Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.”
Here's to boldness!
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