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Snowmassguy
Trad climber
Calirado
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Jan 28, 2013 - 02:50pm PT
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Jon Krakauer can pen the novel. NY Times best seller.
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Jan 28, 2013 - 02:56pm PT
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any truth to the rumor that Honnold was thinking of free soloing Lurking Fear?
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Jan 28, 2013 - 03:00pm PT
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5.13c ultra crimps? I think not.
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nopantsben
climber
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Jan 28, 2013 - 03:12pm PT
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and it is 14a with no crimps whatsoever. there is no holds and they're doing magic...
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Jan 28, 2013 - 03:21pm PT
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If I'm still alive at 90 and nobody has tried it, I'll be the first one to try! Mark my words!
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Jan 28, 2013 - 03:24pm PT
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^^^Illegal air delivery. :-p
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jan 28, 2013 - 03:32pm PT
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If I'm still alive at 90 and nobody has tried it, I'll be the first one to try! Mark my words!
Yer gonna die! LOL
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Jan 28, 2013 - 03:34pm PT
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what about when FreeBASE gets more participants?
Perhaps that'll allow one to project soloing EC?
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Michelle
Trad climber
Toshi's Station, picking up power converters.
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Jan 28, 2013 - 04:19pm PT
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there is no holds and they're doing magic...
Wouldn't using magic be considered using aid?
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Jan 28, 2013 - 04:20pm PT
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My vote is still with Freerider.
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OR
Trad climber
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Jan 28, 2013 - 04:24pm PT
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Thats true^^^ about the freebase thing. So when Potter was doing his speed solo thing how much was he freesoloing? He wes protecting only a few short sections no? Where is the .14 crux sections? I think a freesolo is not as far off as we think but damn I dont think I could watch it.
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ground_up
Trad climber
mt. hood /baja
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2013 - 04:27pm PT
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BVB, you are probably right..that would bring
the Nose a little closer though.
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Josh Higgins
Trad climber
San Diego
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Jan 28, 2013 - 04:38pm PT
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I think these things should have a logical progression. No one has freed the Nose without falling, pulling the rope, and redpointing the pitch as far as I understand. If no one can climb it without falling, to say the least proposing a free solo is a little silly...
Josh
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jan 28, 2013 - 05:30pm PT
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Gonna need lots of pads for sure.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jan 28, 2013 - 05:35pm PT
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If no one can climb it without falling, to say the least proposing a free solo is a little silly...
THAT!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jan 28, 2013 - 05:36pm PT
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Nets are the obvious solution. McHale is the man to design and implement the technology.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Jan 28, 2013 - 05:49pm PT
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I was proposing the air-bag type release of ultra fine fiber that would catch on rock crystals - would release when brain waves show surprise or angst or expletive deleteds occur.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Jan 28, 2013 - 06:41pm PT
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Right now it's still fairly inconceivable, but I reckon it is inevitable the Nose will eventually get free-soloed
I agree. In the 60 years since I began climbing I have seen the inconceivable gravitate to the merely challenging. If it is true "The past is a different country: they do things differently there" (The Go-Between), then the same can be said of the future.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Jan 28, 2013 - 06:42pm PT
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What Deuce and John Gill say about progress are right on.....but still, whew.
There's some lil kids cranking stuff in the gyms that would have been beyond description 5 years back, some of them are taking to the cliffs with startling and impressive results. Who knows what's possible ?
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Jan 28, 2013 - 07:16pm PT
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free soloing with a base rig
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