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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
boulder, co
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Tar...you should hear him tell his story about the first solo of a FA on El Cap...amazing.
Jimmy never does the miminal. He once told he climbed Whimical Dreams (5.11a/b crack) about 30 times in a day. I shot back...why. He just looked at me kinda strange.
He really is an American climbing legend.
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Tarbuster
climber
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ya man,
cosmos right?
gordie schmael memorial traverse or something.
and yes, his love of the mega lap.
still does that stuff.
i run into him about once every 5 years...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 11, 2006 - 02:52pm PT
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*bump*
(my foot slipped)
hey bob D,
grug and i head out tomorrow for dah black...
check email.
anyone else?
north rim.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
boulder, co
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May 11, 2006 - 03:10pm PT
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Love to go tar...but it's Mother's Day weekend. I like being married so I'll stay around for the weekend. Going Tuesday, taking a friend on the Southern Arete.
Hope you guys have fun...be safe.
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
Otto, NC
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May 11, 2006 - 03:12pm PT
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Wish I could say 'yes'. No pard, and I'm burning my hall pass on a trip to the desert next week.
Whipped in the Ville
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flamer
Trad climber
denver
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May 12, 2006 - 05:12pm PT
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Bob and others...Jeff and I will be on the north rim all next week(starting tuesday night) I'll bring the beer!!!
On another note I climbed with Jim Newberry in RR a couple of weeks ago. Super cool guy.
josh
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bogata
Sport climber
park city, ut
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May 12, 2006 - 11:12pm PT
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We're slated to roll in Monday and hang till Sat. Hoping to tick some trade routes.
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lcoyne
Big Wall climber
Byron Bay, Australia
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May 14, 2006 - 01:30pm PT
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Hey Bob,
I'm pretty sure the Southern Arete (Painted Wall I assume you refer to)is closed until sometime in July.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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May 14, 2006 - 01:38pm PT
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Jimmy Dunn -- Canyonlands 1974 / Garden of the Gods 1996
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 14, 2006 - 07:24pm PT
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lookit' jimmy d on the right.
he's not intense.
nope.
nice portrait.
a sweet guy in fact.
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johnny5
Big Wall climber
no mans land
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May 14, 2006 - 07:45pm PT
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How about Cameron Tague. Stories about what he did in the Black and still I don't think anyone has with his energy...
Peace Cameron
j5
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 14, 2006 - 08:12pm PT
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hey johnny5-
good point -cameron t!
we need some younger blood to post up here.
otherwise, i know crusher probably has some good ones.
'jost got back from the black an hour ago.
-romped down the slide draw to meet grug and his buddy clare yesterday for some world class fishing sports action.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
boulder, co
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May 14, 2006 - 10:15pm PT
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Tar-told you the flyfishing is great down there. Big ass browns.
Jimmy...when he is wearing one would give you the shirt off his back. Great guy who has quit and started climbing again more than anyone I know.
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BrentA
Gym climber
estes park
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May 15, 2006 - 12:39am PT
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No Black action for me :( You guyz make me envious...
Took my GF up Dark Shadows today here in RR,Going to Zion tomorrow, and Yosemite Friday. Does that count?
Not even close...
Black is where its out.
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flamer
Trad climber
denver
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May 15, 2006 - 01:09am PT
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Brent....how did your chica like Dark Shadows??? Super cool that she's getting after it!!
Are we having a second date in RMNP this summer?
josh
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Grug
Trad climber
Golden, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - May 18, 2006 - 02:32pm PT
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Then there are the Black Canyon fish stories... world-class fishing at that. Here's a picture of my buddy Clare with a trout caught on his second cast (on the first cast he had used a too-light lure). This was taken near the Slide Draw, where Tarbuster, Clare, and I hiked down and hung out last weekend. Nobody else was down there.
Hiking out the Slide Draw felt every bit as hard as most of the climbs I have done in the Black.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 18, 2006 - 05:40pm PT
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well, although not perhaps technically as hard as a vertical rock route grug, the hike out was a nice example of stout and continuous 2nd class, one of my forte. a good long work out style ascent with a nice view of the beer cooler from the summit!
watching clare make a toss over rapids and into a still pool, then immediately hooking a fish at the extension of his stroke - that was awsome.
every other time i turned around the guy was unhooking a fat brown and tossing it back in.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
boulder, co
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May 18, 2006 - 06:46pm PT
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Tar wrote: every other time i turned around the guy was unhooking a fat brown and tossing it back in.
That's because he is a bait/spinning butcher. LOL
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Grug
Trad climber
Golden, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - May 18, 2006 - 09:56pm PT
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Do I detect a little fly-fishing snobbery Bob?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 18, 2006 - 10:35pm PT
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Yup. i think i heard a frilly gauntlet hit the floor.
But, seeing that i couldn't get a fish with a hand grenade and a stout tug on a pond drain plug, i ain't electin' to pick it up!
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