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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 2, 2013 - 09:19pm PT
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Fritz-
If Torre Lusy were at the City of Rocks, it would be the most frequently climbed route there. I loved every move on the climb, although the first pitch has seen too many hands and feet; it's pretty slick in spots.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Wow, what a great story Rodger!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Roger great story and congrat on the 50th. Ah the Dolomites, the history and legends that climbed there in the very early days.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 2, 2013 - 11:42pm PT
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Joe- ^^^^
I met one of the real greats when I was there in Cortina in 1964: Ettore Constantini, the "Erstbegeher" of the routes described by Herman Buhl on the Tofana Buttresses! We sat in a little Albergo and had several glasses of wine while BS-ing.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Way to enjoy it Broke! I'll be lucky to get in a couple days' climbing there next year.
My main objective is the Spigolo Giallo on the Cima Piccolo di Lavaredo.
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland-GulfBreeze
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Looking good, feeling good!
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 3, 2013 - 10:40am PT
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In retrospect, I really enjoyed everything I was able to climb. The Good news: I was no where my limit climbing at this level. The bad news: how much my knees hurt on the arduous descents, especially the Kleiner Falzaregoturm! Going to the health club has paid off in terms of upper body strength, but for next season I need to spend a lot more effort on the legs.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 3, 2013 - 11:21am PT
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In closing out my comments, here's one last picture I forgot to include initially:
This was a spoof on the old purple Randy Vogel guidebook for Joshua Tree. It's really hard to determine the size of the tower in the photo, but it's about 400 feet tall.
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