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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Jun 25, 2012 - 01:34am PT
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Great thread topic!
An early multipitch route for me following my uncle and his climbing partner on El Cracko Diablo... with a pack on. Hotter than hades, even in the shade.
Amazing location. I clearly recall doggin my way up on the follow. But on top I was blown away at the age of 16. Clearly that trip solidified my continuous life long pursuit.
Later on that same trip we climbed near the Outlets at Sylvan Lake.
Now many many years, later, I'm heading back to the Black Hills next week. Perhaps with a stop at DETO to look around. Prolly gunna be hot.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jun 25, 2012 - 09:50am PT
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102° in the shade on Tuesday.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 25, 2012 - 11:55am PT
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But it's a surprisingly humid heat!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Jun 25, 2012 - 12:21pm PT
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Yep, that is definitely warm.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Jun 25, 2012 - 12:33pm PT
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I've only done the Durrance Route, way BITD.
The pictures of El Matador are pretty impressive. That stem box would require me about 2 yrs worth of yoga for preparation! There's a pretty sweet pic of Brassnuts doing a way wide, no hands stem on MP.com
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jun 25, 2012 - 01:44pm PT
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I will buy 6 pack for anyone who redpoints el mat at 4pm on Tuesday.
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Nohea
Trad climber
Living Outside the Statist Quo
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Jun 28, 2012 - 10:13pm PT
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A long time goal of mine. I bought a sheet of postal stamps on eBay a few years back and decided I would frame and hang AFTER I climbed the stone. Sadly they still sit in e library waiting for me to slug my asss up there. As always, another great thread, thanks Steve.
Aloha,
Will
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 28, 2012 - 10:33pm PT
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When are you gonna be there Munge?
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Jun 28, 2012 - 10:48pm PT
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serious question..how often does DT get free soloed?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 28, 2012 - 10:52pm PT
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Often
Todd Skinner onsight soloed McCarthy West free variation ( he asked me beforehand if i thought that was a good idea and I advised against it!)
Henry Barber third classed Hollywood and vine on sight
Jim Beyer put up a new aid route solo and was arrested for not registering.
Who knows how many times Dingus has soloed it?
I would bet the colonel has soloed it more times than I've climbed it (98)
I soloed it four times in four hours once in the seventies or eighties, a then record.
I soloed one of the weisseners last August (see trip reports)
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Jun 28, 2012 - 10:56pm PT
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durrance?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 28, 2012 - 11:13pm PT
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That time was bon homme ( dragging 2 ropes, to fix the rappels) Tad, Walt Baley, and El cracko.
I have soloed Durrance twice. Also all the weisseners, Soler, Gooseberry Jam and Patent Pending
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Jun 28, 2012 - 11:24pm PT
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bad ass!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 19, 2012 - 08:19pm PT
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Another delightful addition to early Devil's Tower history from Life magazine 1956.
Classic material including an early FA!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 19, 2012 - 08:24pm PT
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This man, seen here @ The Vedauwoo sushifest put up 53 of the aprox 150 rtes there, or something like that.
Dingus McGee / Dennis Horning
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 19, 2012 - 10:13pm PT
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Not to leave out Hollis, the first pioneer woman!
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Brent Mattix
Trad climber
Roseville, CA
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Aug 19, 2012 - 10:39pm PT
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Steve - Thanks for all the history lessons throughout ST. Love seeing from where we come. Devil's Tower is an awesome place to climb! Keep the lessons coming.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 19, 2012 - 11:44pm PT
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Hollis is also a Wyoming state botanist emeritus!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 20, 2012 - 12:15am PT
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I just tried in vain to see if the G-men got credit for their FA in the old original guidebook by those two and where they might have gone up such a clean crack! Can't put my hands on it right now.
If you would squeeze the wheeze for me brother Jaybro I would gladly trade you two ears of corn...cuz its a butte!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 20, 2012 - 12:33am PT
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G men? Gardner and Guilimette? Got their book in front of me right now. What am I looking for? "Rangers are people/perverts too"?
Btw Steve, while you're I wanted to tell ya. We missed you at the Vedauwoo Sushifest. Independantly, both Blitzo and Grug, at seperate times in one night went off in foreign riffs, I think only Ed and I were following it!
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