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corniss chopper
Mountain climber
san jose, ca
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Nov 20, 2010 - 10:45pm PT
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Rare lightning and thunder in San Jose tonight. Flashlights, chips, and beer
ready for the blackout.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 20, 2010 - 10:46pm PT
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hey there say, just saw ALL the post, of them coming down... first, i had only see one...
thanks for letting us all know a bit more...
also, GREAT picture of yosemite's snow on the ol' half? dome... :O
and---thanks for all the santa cruz storm info...
i know folks that may be in some of those areas, depending
on if they are out and about...
:)
edit:
corniss chopper!
thanks for the san jose news...
will call my folks, later..
god bless...
:)
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Nov 21, 2010 - 12:49am PT
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i personally would much rather be reading people's lame posts flaming eachother here about what they did or didn't mean to say about an ascent or not an ascent than read about these (or any) climbers trying to tough it out and paying the price.
live to climb another day.
at the end of the day, it's just a free route up el cap.
while that's a cool thing, still, life is so much bigger than that!
(take it from the father of a 10 week old little girl)
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Nov 21, 2010 - 03:03am PT
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WTF are you trying to say Matt? You piece of... jk.
Congrats on the baby girl!
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Nov 21, 2010 - 12:43pm PT
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Thanks Fet! :)
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Nov 21, 2010 - 01:07pm PT
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"should be continous ground up to really claim it's been climbed."
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"Yeah i've fixed aid routes a pitch it two. What's your point?"
= Blatant hypocrisy.
That's my "point".
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shipoopoi
Big Wall climber
oakland
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Nov 24, 2010 - 12:58pm PT
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tommy and kevin's attempt on mescalito is inspiring. it's funny, tommy actually called me fro the wall asking advice about sitting out a big storm. last year, in early dec, i was faced with the same deal. a record cold was forecast to come in and snow to 500'. although i could have stuck it out(by moving to the base of texas flake which is fairly protected from falling debris), i opted, like kevin and tommy, to head down and finish the climb another day. i finished it in a stellar window early last jan.
as for the continous ascent, that is the best style, but free climbing it expedition style(ie, using fixed ropes and returning when convenient) is plenty valid for a route of this order. ss
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