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Gene
climber
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It's airing soon- I think.
Sunday, Feb 12.
Yikes!!!!
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ROPE GUN
Big Wall climber
LA,California
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Awsome Stuff!!!
Monkeys are Sending
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Freerider? Holy shit!
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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Is that the story "Aerialist" that he was working on? He was telling me about working on the story a couple of years ago. Stoked to see that it got done.
Dean is a big inspiration to me. His attitude is very "spiritual."
I hope the film lets that shine through. That is what makes Dean so special in my mind. He is doing his own thing, on his terms, according to his philosophy.
I found him to be one of the most interesting climbers or jumpers that I have ever talked with, albeit a long string of emails.
Trust me. I have known the full spectrum of personalities in those sports. He really stands out from the rest. Not by ability, although that is strong. It is his philosophy. Buddha unaware or something. No sh#t.
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WBraun
climber
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It would have been so cool if Dean had his dog on his back while soloing up the wall too ......
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fsck
climber
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linguini master. lol.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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extra-ordinary as defined by a society
can clash with our inter-personal understanding of ordinary.
strung out on love's sting,
we flee pillows every morning;
walk thru the mundane,
and establish ex-realities
as we passionately liason with lofty dreams.
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YoungGun
climber
North
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Holy crap. Aren't some of the cruxes slab??
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Fantastic-can't wait to watch-was wondering what DP had been up to. He is just way out there. I'm glad he does what he does on his own terms and own way (as Base stated earlier). Not many who do... and it would be very hard to be the videographers... what a stressful situation...
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BASE1361
climber
Yosemite Valley National Park
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Now he just needs to fire the lower pitches free and we will have the FA Free Solo of FreeRider.
What's amazing is how detached he is living in the pure moment. Bullshit'n with with the camera crew and asking them to move 2000 feet up hanging on a traverse.....
WTF over.
Giddy up.
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Chippychopperone
Social climber
SLC, UT
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How far is this going to go until we get to sit back, hand in a bag of chips and watch somebody splat on our huge plasma screens? As bold and absolutely amazing these feats are, I feel like the "progression" is pushing these people into death. We'll, I guess I don't have to watch them.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Now he just needs to fire the lower pitches free and we will have the FA Free Solo of FreeRider.
bheller (from MPdotCOM) ...
The Huber variation boulder problem did experience some breakage... a large breadloaf like sloper broke off. It is probably solid v7 now. It can still be done, its just it may require a very commiting dyno and not offer a clipping stance before you soar. The Teflon corner is a water polished dihedral that requires crazy palm stemming and body english. Don't be afraid of it- once I chalked my palms REALLY well, I freed it right off... I did feel like I was going to fall the whole time though. I remember a lot of backstepping and dropkneeing in the smears.
Didn't Honnold already go over the route with a 'fine tooth comb' to try the solo, and decided against it? If so, I doubt Dean or anyone is looking at it as a candidate for first freesolo of ElCap.
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Gene
climber
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To the top!
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ryankelly
Trad climber
el portal
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awesome.
Dave T, "He just did it without a rope. Did you hear me the first time? He just did it without a rope"
hahaha
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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So where did Dean start in the video?
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Relic
Social climber
Vancouver, BC
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Can any mortal human solo the Teflon Corner?
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