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dougs510
Social climber
down south
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Nov 19, 2010 - 07:37pm PT
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Yep, I've been lurking and watching the webcams..... looks like it could be a fun night... someone should send up some cheap wine. Seriously, wine would be great, and they can bail if need be??? I think it sounds like a fine adventure.
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Dirk
Trad climber
QUEENS NEW YORK
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Nov 19, 2010 - 07:43pm PT
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Good luck Kevin! Good luck Tommy! "THE FORECAST CALLS FOR PAIN!!!"
We are rooting for your here in NYC. No storm experience on THAT route, so I'm no help. Love the updates. Thanks for signing my get-well card down south way back when, and boomerang that karma right back at ya!
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
OR
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Nov 19, 2010 - 08:13pm PT
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Dear Kevin and Tommy, We old bastards know far more about patience, anxiety and misery than we do about climbing.
Draw on our strength.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Nov 19, 2010 - 08:56pm PT
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only 19kb, so lighten up,
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chez
Social climber
chicago ill
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Nov 19, 2010 - 11:01pm PT
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Certainly a different style of climbing nowadays. Instant communication through cell phones and laptops/iphones, plus ropes fixed to the ground. Adds a more "safe" dimension. Just hope this scenario does not involve a rescue were other lives are involved.
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squatch
Boulder climber
santa cruz, CA
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Nov 19, 2010 - 11:14pm PT
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what a bunch of party-poopers!
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Nov 19, 2010 - 11:20pm PT
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imagine if they do wait it out and are able to finish?
do the last pitch at night with giant ice frisbees bouncing off the 5.14, who can top that?
if you think of the frigid trenches of WW1, this ain't so bad, no club foot to worry about,
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murcy
climber
sanfrancisco
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Nov 19, 2010 - 11:23pm PT
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I am behind these guys all the way. In every respect, and to the maximum degree. Whether it be talent, courage, determination, vision, count me way, way behind them. All good wishes.
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chez
Social climber
chicago ill
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Nov 19, 2010 - 11:24pm PT
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squatch,
Not party poopers but common sense questions that should go through ones mind in this situation. Hence the actual thread!
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chez
Social climber
chicago ill
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Nov 19, 2010 - 11:29pm PT
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Murcy,
If Mallory was your brother, would you be behind him?
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chez
Social climber
chicago ill
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Nov 19, 2010 - 11:33pm PT
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say weld it,
Not everybody has your rappelling style!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 19, 2010 - 11:44pm PT
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Maybe they wanted to do it as a mixed climb, so that the final grade will be VI, 5.14, M11, and it will be virtually unrepeatable. I wonder if they'll need to do figure 4s, and whether they're secretly in touch with Jello for technique tips?
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2010 - 11:46pm PT
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Saturday Night
Snow...windy. Snow accumulation up to 28 inches. Lows 23 to 33 at 5000 feet...11 to 21 at 8000 feet. South winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts to around 60 mph.
Sunday
Snow...windy. Snow accumulation up to 13 inches. Total snow accumulation up to 81 inches. Highs 27 to 35 at 5000 feet... 17 to 27 at 8000 feet. Southwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts to around 60 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow. Windy...colder. Lows 18 to 28 at 5000 feet...4 to 14 at 8000 feet. Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 75 mph in the evening decreasing to 45 mph after midnight.
Sounds like a good adventure.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Nov 19, 2010 - 11:47pm PT
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Jeff Lowe is in the cave behind the Molar Traverse, Mighty; Tommy found it during all this preparation. Jello is totally into what they are doing up there.
In all seriousness, these guys will be fine.
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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Nov 19, 2010 - 11:50pm PT
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If they have a string of ropes for the film crew, maybe I ought to buy a plane ticket and jug up there with hot drinks. They would refuse, though. No outside help.
Really. Stay dry. Stay dry at all costs. Get wet and things go downhill incredibly fast.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Nov 20, 2010 - 12:14am PT
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lower down the hiltie and build an ice cave, .err......granite cave.
who is gonna bust ya up there, in those hiddie conditions?
you guys bring any weed?
i won't climb unlees i'm baked out on the Chronic, til i'm dead.
you guys have a propane heater?
tv?
hot tub?
boil the water in the cave and make it into a hot tub.
no, let it ice over and call it the Cool tub,
you could even patent the Cool tub, for Cool people, get it?
the Patented Cool Tub, no more need to pimp and be pimped by BD, jus sayin,
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Nov 20, 2010 - 12:24am PT
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ok, you guys need to brace up with some Motorhead,>
I make love to mountain lions,
Sleep on red-hot branding irons,
When I walk the roadway shakes,
Bed's a mess of rattlesnakes,
Voodoo child, black cat bone,
Scratch your back,hear you moan,
I get up, you go down,
Tall building, single bound,
War and peace and love,
Say it if you dare,
Iron fist,velvet glove,
I'm so bad, baby I don't care,
Black-hearted to the bone,
Older than The Rolling Stones,
Been to heaven, been to hell,
Bought the farm, and I won't sell,
Give and take, rise and fall,
Rise up and take it all,
Secret love, I won't tell,
Knock you up and ring your bell,
Kiss the whip, eat the gun,
Tell me it ain't fair,
Midnight victim, hit and run,
I'm so bad, baby I don't care,
I make the blind to see,
Shoot 'em full of R and B,
I make the lame to walk,
Come round and pop your cork,
Wham, bam,thank you ma'am,
Thought I heard the back door slam,
Overkill, walk the line,
Kill the lights, It's lampshade time,
On the road,on the lam,
People running scared,
I'm everything they say
I'm so bad, baby I don't care.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Nov 20, 2010 - 12:40am PT
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ok, this is an original bivy song used by the Stonemasters,
Deep Purple-Pictures Of Home
Somebody's shouting
Up at a mountain
Only my own words return
Nobody's up there
It's a deception
When will I ever learn?
CHORUS:
I'm alone here
With emptiness eagles and snow
Unfriendliness chilling my body
And whispering pictures of home
Wondering blindly
How can they find me
Maybe they don't even know
My body is shaking
Anticipating
The call of the black footed crow...
I'm alone here
With emptiness eagles and snow
Unfriendliness chilling my body
And taunting pictures of home
Here in this prison
Of my own making
Year after day I have grown
Into a hero
But there's no worship
Where have they hidden my throne..
I'm alone here
With emptiness eagles and snow
Unfriendliness chilling my body
And squeezeing pictures of home
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Nov 20, 2010 - 01:19am PT
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Checking in from Japan.
Countless people not posting are following these events.
All with best wishes for success on this amazing endeavor.
The Dawn Wall climbers' welfare is the focus of this weekend
Good wishes from many you will never meet.
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bmacd
Trad climber
100% Canadian
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Nov 20, 2010 - 01:26am PT
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I'm having trouble tuning in the live video feed, please resend the IP number
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