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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Go Steve, go!
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Gagner
climber
Boulder
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Okay - so I just talked to Steve (it's 10:20pm here in CO) and he is still a pitch below the good ledge on the WoEML and therefore three pitches from the top. He got pretty wet on the last pitch, and sounded a bit cold, but determined to keep going. Evidently he's getting a lot of drippage from snow off the top. If needed he said he had enough rope to make it back down to EC Towers, but is trying to avoid that. So he's reorganizing and is going to punch it to the top. He'll be good once he gets through the next pitch since he and I did the last two pitches last spring when we did Tribal Rite.
Wish him PSYCH, warmth, and a safe passage!!
Paul
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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best super psyche vibes transmitting out to Shipoopi!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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radness WOOP FOR THE POOP!!!
(I really dig these real time reports from off the wall. It's like a page turner novel, you just want to keep reading to see your hero thru to the summit!)
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Go Shipoopi!! Hey Steve, it was great talking to you on the blower last week...Hope you have the greatest of times!! MP.
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Steve-o bro, think some WARM thoughts.
There might be a wall that beats you down-
but not yet, not yet...
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Cold, wet, burr! Good thoughts going your way.
Erik
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Hope he made it!!!
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though tempered by failure, than to take rank with those poor souls who neither risk much nor suffer much, because they live in that grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
GO Dog GO!
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Good vibes for getting off fast and safe.
Reminds me of when I soloed Zodiac in 1982. It was late june but a freak storm rained and snowed on me. I didn't even have a sleeping bag. People were being rescued everywhere.
Some friends had a walkie Talkie in the meadow and I had one on the wall. I was trying to figure out what to do and they passed the radio to Shipoopi who gave me the scoop. More rain predicted, better to climb when possible than sit tight. I climbed inbetween rainy bit and made the top.
He said he wanted some adventure and suffering but not to die. Sounds like he got it just right with the caveat that we better be careful what we wish for.
Too bad you're not fatter Steve, but hope it goes great
PEace
Karl
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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The last pitch on the Genesis topo is a right-leaning diagonal A3 crack with a penji at the end into WOEML, so doesn't look too dire.
Send it, Steve - I need you to free climb for me!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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unobtainium!
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Gene
Social climber
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I always feel it's counterproductive to say "BUMP" on a climb-in-progress thread, but you get the idea. Any news?
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
climber
. . . not !
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"Evidently he's getting a lot of drippage from snow off the top"
The CAPITAN-NESE Water Torture .
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Gagner
climber
Boulder
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Just got back from climbing.
Had a message from Steve at 12:45pm this afternoon Cali time - he was on top - super cool!!
He said he had a very cold, wet night which was pretty dire, and the last few pitches were also wet.
Anyway - I expect to talk to him when he gets down probably tomorrow. He's probably back down at EC Towers by now.
Good vibes and safe climbing until ALL the way down. I'm sure he'll post up here with all the gritty details in a few days.
Paul
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Cool Sh!t!
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F10
Trad climber
e350
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That's awesome,
will be waiting for a TR
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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I'm glad to hear that he's safe. I hope he took photos of this whole endeavor.
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pc
climber
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Glad to hear he made it. Nice! Can't even imagine being wet up there this time of year. Suffer city. Wonder if he made himself promise to never do anything like this again. Look forward to the TR for sure.
pc
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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or promise his wife....
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