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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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settle down "Francis"
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dirtbag
climber
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"There are other, longer lasting ways to make your point without resorting to violence. I'll leave it up to your imagination. :)"
Like this...?
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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FAists and Rock Police rumble at Stoney Point:
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nevenneve
Trad climber
St. Paul, MN
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About damn time this thread took a turn toward death. It's own, not loss of life.
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Sanjan
Boulder climber
CA
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this is the digital age .. you can test flight a whole route on google-earth for crying out loud . the magazine even stoops to featuring that former gymnast or whatever for more sex appeal . naw .
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Since i got left out of the poetry jam a few hundred posts back
My recap
Doug and Jones rapped down the dome
and drilled a pile of bolts
Coz found out and broke his crown
and posts came tumbling after
Peace
Karl
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scuffy b
climber
watching the flytrap
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Who has the comic strip with Main Dude firing Midnight Lightning
and making Coz blow his top?
(I am not implying any correlation between that "episode" and the
current situation)
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jstan
climber
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Karl does this just to get his citation index up.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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What if a stud glues in a 6-piece?
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Stoney Point
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IF I find out who chopped the bolts I had to replace on Double Cross last month I will beat the living sh#t out of them and then toss them in the Barker Dam.
Juan
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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JDF
Keep your focus man, this thread is about SFHD/Growing up.
None other allowed!
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Actually, a glue-in bolt would be a good bit easier to chop than a stud of the same diameter,
since there is a larger surface area (and hence more leverage becuase of the higher profile).
In cases where a crowbar or similar prying device could fit in the hole of the glue in,
chopping it would be easier (on an order of magnitude) than a stud, especially studs that are 1/2"...
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Bump to keep this thread on on the front page where it belongs, and most importantly,
to a position above the totally unnecessary, redundant, and distracting "recap" thread...
(and I'll repeat as often as necessary)
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Juan, I chopped your freaking bolt and I'm ready to throw down anytime, anyplace. How about the Tam O'Shanter parking lot Thursday as soon as I finish my shift in the kitchen?
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Peter Puget
Trad climber
Washington
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Couldn't let this thread die w/o posting!
Tradition is the handing on of fire and not the worship of ashes - Gustav Mahler
Tradition is not wearing your grandfather’s hat; tradition is having a baby - Pablo Picasso
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DixieGal
Trad climber
NC
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I think it is fair to say that Growing Up has irrevocably
tarnished the reputations of the principal two people that
performed this construction job.
The construction crew (Sean, Doug et al) will say that they
didn't climb this route to enhance their reputations, but I
have a tough time stomaching such a statement.
Although the route does not affect me directly (I am not good
enough to climb such a gymnastically difficult route), I have
formed some negative impressions about the construction crew.
In my mind, there are basically two types of climbers.
TYPE A, THE GOOD ONES: Many well known climbers are
unquestionably in this category (certainly the Alex Lowe and
John Bachar types). Coz falls
into this category, even though I don't know him.
But there are also a large number of
less well-known climbers, and partners of mine who are not
famous, not pulling big numbers, who simply climb for recreation
and challenge themselves in the process. Paramount to this
category are high ethical, aesthetic and stylistic standards
(based on my own judgement and my own preferences). Some hard
core A**holes also fall in this category, because inspite of
their abrasive demeanors, they consistently stick to the
ethical and stylistic standards that I approve of.
TYPE B: Mark Twight would probably call these "posers". The
Growing Up construction crew falls into TYPE B in my mind.
Clearly, nobody should care what I think. After all, I am a
nobody in the climbing world. But since this is the internet
and everyone is posting their opinion, that is my opinion.
I have heroes, and the Growing Up construction crew are
certainly not my heroes.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Dixegal wrote: Clearly, nobody should care what I think. After all, I am a nobody in the climbing world. But since this is the internet
and everyone is posting their opinion, that is my opinion.
Smartest thing you said in your post.
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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There are two types of people in this world: those who divide everything into two groups, and those who...
Interesting division Dixiegal.
It's the 21st century, the posers rule, they have for a long time. Just look who we got for prez.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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dixiegal, before you go off half-cocked and shoot yourself in the foot (or worse), the late Alex Lowe (RIP) committed some acts with a Hilti power drill that were not only unethical (by your standards), but illegal as well (by FSLEO's standards).
Not to flame on Alex, but remind you that climbers are far more complex and unpredictable than you imagine, especially the ones that you READ about.
Carry on, oh SFHD thread.
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Buggs
Trad climber
Eagle River, Alaska
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I love this thread...I am addicted to this thread. Keeps drawing me back, day after day, night after night. I've lost my job, my kids are sick and unfed, my dog is...wait, where is my dog?
I know it can reach 3000, I know it can...
The coolest thing is, all of you are addicted too. Even those that keep posting for the rest of us junkies to quit posting...
I'll never stop reading you OH GRACIOUS SFHD THREAD...
And if the rest of you stop posting I will post, post, post, post...
Forever.
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