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Cheyne
Big Wall climber
CO
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 1, 2012 - 08:15pm PT
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Yesterday, while Nate and I rappelled El Cap in preparation for a free attempt on Freerider, we removed the death block from the monster offwidth. Two friends, who were also rapping Freerider, cleared out everyone in the danger zone so we could safely cut the block loose.
Nate cut a single strand of 8mm dyneema with the flick of a small pen knife, and the rest of the slings fell off as the block sailed down the side of the captain. No one was injured during the operation.
http://vimeo.com/52653452
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Josh Higgins
Trad climber
San Diego
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Nice work! Thanks for the community service!
Josh
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Byran
climber
Yosemite Valley, CA
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Excellent work. I can't believe that time bomb has been sitting up there for so many years. Looks like most of the debris landed between The Slack and the start of Dihedral Wall?
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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cowboy neal
just got high in his grave.
for this earthly grace,
we thank thee.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Ha! That was great!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Ah hells yeah!!
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Roughster
Sport climber
Vacaville, CA
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Hell's yeah, damn nice work!
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Thanks for taking care of this time bomb and also a belated thanks for sorting out the East Ledges rap route with the new rope from Edelweiss.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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Nice job! That fell longer than I thought it would. Thanks, and also thanks for the east ledges descent clean up too.
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msiddens
Trad climber
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Very cool- the Captain sleeps tonight
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Wow, the beers on me. You rule dude. Thanks ... from all us pussys:-)
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Nice!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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yowza!
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Sweet! About time someone took care of that thing. Not surprised the guy who fixed up the EL descent with new ropes took care of this thing too.
Fun vid too! Glad you took the time to post. Hope we see you here a little more often.
MH has been telling all kinds of stories about you..better keep an eye on him
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Rankin
Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
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Kick Ass!
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Nice work. Thanks for the exciting video.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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and NOW I can finally climb it.
Thanks, that was holding me up for years!
Time to start a thread looking for a partner...
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Ya'll DO understand that there are many many more, kinda all over Hell, right?
Thanks, Cheyne, but yer still gonna die fer sure.
;-)
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