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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Nanook, Thanks for volunteering.
I'll have to come by the bridge and troll you:
"How do they get the ropes up there?"
"How many people have died while rock climbing?"
"Do they know about the trail that goes around?:
"I'm a member of the Geographic Society, you know."
"I'm afraid of heights."
"Are those extreme rock climbing?"
"I went rappelling once."
"How do they get down."
"Is that legal?"
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Nanoonk TFPU
Spider to funny
cause it's so true
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cragnshag
Social climber
san joser
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That's one cute kid. I'm guessing that little feller is gonna keep your feet on the ground more often than not!
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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i'll work there.
i got useful skills
those old logs have to be under designed,
what with the recent 2012 ca. seismic code updates.
hell i got an idea,
an it's worth 4 bucks,
my time to employ worth even less.
we can put ol' caribiners in the new concrete
beam matrix, and we'll have a
compisite of yesterday and today.
we could even break up some of
warren's old jugs: architectural!
and robbins would surely bless this plan
with some historic iron,
someone's gotta have some prat bongs,
maybe the one he placed on twilight,
robinson can pose nude in front of the
low-impact operation
and he'll finally get his proper portrait
in the national's geographic.
and thus we'll hold up the future's passage
with yesterday's exploits.
as should be,
in yosemite.
we could do the whole thing
by hand, smashing (imported) limestone
into caco3, buckets of water, and
sand from the merced,
gravel from el caps diapers,
we got concrete, folks.
let's work.
we'll let evans stir the mud,
(he can keep shooting stalwart photos all-the-while)
and i'll keep the operation pinned,
the formwork is no sweat,
it's what i do everday,
el cap bridge.
retrofit.
let's get busy.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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^That might be one of the best ideas I have ever heard.
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Crazy Bat
Sport climber
Birmingham, AL & Seweanee, TN
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And you do a great job of it. Chasing down tourons and making them look through the scopes. What a job!
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A5scott
Trad climber
Chicago
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Aug 10, 2013 - 03:24am PT
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Hey Nanook,
I'll look forward to seeing you at the bridge... saw you a bit ago when the two kids got down from zodiac. (and the nose)
thanks for manning the bridge, and your big wall site is great too
scott
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The great state of advaita
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Aug 10, 2013 - 03:53am PT
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Good on ya, Nanook. Thanks for carrying the load through the summer.
Eric
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Aug 11, 2013 - 09:51am PT
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Erik glad to see that you are giving some of your background..
I met you last June and the beta and encouragement was awesome. Thanks.
Folks this is one cool dude and super friendly.
Thanks for all the hard work.
See you in Sept.
Plaid
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Deekaid
climber
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Aug 11, 2013 - 02:27pm PT
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an amazing number of ascents. almost hard to imagine the work and fun involved.
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Erik Sloan
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2013 - 09:12pm PT
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Thanks. I realize that I forgot one of the important reasons for my post:
It's fun to fill you in on some of the amazing bigwall climbs happening in the Valley, like the 3 separate teams/leaders 8-man asian ascent of Lost in America last week....incredible to watch them all two pitches apart sending!
Jesse McGahey, head Yosemite climbing ranger in the Valley and an amazing climbing advocate/guy wanted me to make sure to say that when I post on ST I am not representing the National Park Service in any way.
Several folks have emailed me, so thought I would add my email:
yosemiteerik@gmail.com
best,
erik
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Aug 12, 2013 - 08:31pm PT
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Cute kid in your photo Erik. No "Ask a climber question"; from me. Children are our future, it's nice that they get conditioned early. Oh, since you used the lad to promote Yosemite as a volunteer, be aware that he is now government property. Put him down and walk away so that your masters can raise him as they * cough *know* cough * that they will do a better job at that than you. Sorry, I know that you are an awesome dude, but your new masters have left a bitter taste in my mouth: the %%@##X& bastards. It ain't you, it's me.
Bitter big government reference link here in case anyone is wondering as I'm sure my foul diatribe come out badly:-)
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2201220/Capt-Tom-resigns-from-Bridge-NPS-and-Conservency
And congrats on the job Erik, you totally kick ass. Take care all
ps, I'm kidding about the government claiming the youngun. .....I think. ....They do seem pretty damned presumptuous on claiming every other goddamned thing to be theirs though. For instance, the photo you just posted would be owned by them, da gobment (THEY SAY), if you took it on the bridge. It's just more big government bullsh#t and wrong in many ways. In fact, why are taxpayers paying people to "ask a climber". It's just more money wasted for mo real reason. Are the government overlords afraid what a normal climber would say when asked some dumbass question that they need to pay someone to answer them?
Never mind.
Congrats
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Offset
climber
seattle
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Aug 12, 2013 - 08:38pm PT
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yo erik...
you look like a proud pops! can junior point out the black cat to tourons yet?
keep the stoke alive on the bridge (tourons need love too)
b.bob
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Gene
climber
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Aug 12, 2013 - 08:39pm PT
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The kid looks like he just saw a stuck cam he can booty.
g
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 15, 2013 - 12:31pm PT
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Pleased to meetcha, too, little guy.
And Erik, same for you.
Yah, who keeps score after 100 big ones, anyway?
I wouldn't bother, shid gets soooo boring after so many...
That was a nice idea, Weej.
We could all contribute and get to place a handprint in the new concrete.
We'd have Clint Cummins and Rick Sylvester front and center.
This could lead to a new retard question for Erik.
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Aug 15, 2013 - 03:28pm PT
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Afroman looks really nice from the topo.
Has it gone clean or nearly clean yet. It would be a shame to see it hammered out anytime soon.
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
Classroom to crag to summer camp
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Aug 15, 2013 - 06:26pm PT
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Nope! No reason to get on Afroman right now. Definitely no one's fixed on it with intentions to blast this weekend. Nope, nope, nope.
Although it's probably a good idea to get on it after next week because a lot of the gardening will have been done for you. (And there's a LOOOOOT of flora on that sucka. Welcome to the Jungle indeed.
Pitch 2 can go clean on current fixed heads, but probably not without it.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Aug 15, 2013 - 06:42pm PT
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anybody can do walls on aid
Yeah, but how many tears are shed on the hard pitches is what separates the fluff from the braun.
People need to bring Eric Some BEERS!!! All I saw donated was fruit baskets and organic fig newtons.
Well Major Tom will have the libations flowing shortly...
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Lambone
Big Wall climber
Ashland, Or
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Aug 15, 2013 - 07:10pm PT
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Looks like Major Tom bowed out of the touron pleasing game...and can't say I blame him.
Lookin forward to more good times with Sloan in the ditch! Hope yer well, and best of luck on the book...
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Nkane
Trad climber
San Francisco, USA
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Aug 15, 2013 - 07:49pm PT
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Had a lot of fun looking through the scopes on Sunday!
Keep up the good work!
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