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F10
Trad climber
e350 / Bishop
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Proud effort...
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MH2
climber
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giving up my heel-toe for a face hold that I subsequently "missed" on my first try to smear it
OH NO! Your mind is going.
Particularly good effort for early-onset dementia.
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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This thread is rated AAA+
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Good go, champ!
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Damn, dude, you are burly! Way to get after it!
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426
climber
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ountain Project has it at 5.12d, the just-older Vedauwoo guidebook calls it 5.12b, while the new guidebook, which seems to downgrade everything else, has it back at 5.13a. That's a relatively big spread. What's going on?
I never trust Anonymous Cowards (self included), esp those who get the FACTS super mixed up as well as tag ratings on routes they've likely never done.
I remember reading the vintage piece as a young buck by Jaybro then the bad girl laying idle for years until Luebben put the 2nd on it; saw it in Hot Flashes...though, can one say it's truly OS if one has read Jay's article? Being the purist (purest)? sport climber of sorts, even the scraps of beta would negate a true onsight IMO; perhaps there was not a single examination of said piece, though that would be ignoring a brilliant prose of climbing lit fwiw...my precious onsight ruined by the mags:::insert Nelson laugh:::again!
I do find the limited hard wide I've tried (ie flailed) to be more PeRcePtuAllY "size dependent" rather than sequence dependent of face routes-if 2 different sized cragmasters like bart paull and psp are gonna consensus it @ 13, imm it's 13....
in any case awesome effort and +1bump
and moar pix jbro yo
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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though, can one say it's truly OS if one has read Jay's article?
You can read everything written about sex and look at thousands of porn pics before you've had sex
but it is still an on-sight when the time comes.
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426
climber
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Nah, still a flash*...if youre a purest...
*We'll make an exception for greenies; we nearly always du
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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I thought of it, Silver. Don't think there's the market demand ; )
Nah I just have limited electricity / Internet here in vedauwoo. I'll get down to Laramie tomorrow and load up some photos.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Pair of hiking shoes left his weekend! Oboze (?) I think they are Elizabeh's? Em and I each thought they belonged to the other.
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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What you don't see from the pictures is just how far Greg went from the big bro until he placed a big cam. He was looking at some serious air. Pure determination. It was an awesome thing to witness from the belay. Courageous effort! It was an honor sir.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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And all was doing was cutting and baling hay? Sheesh!
Greg--I'm upping the ante to TWO beers, one for the torn rotator cuff or labrum and one for you.
Rodger
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2011 - 10:55am PT
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Mike is currently my favorite belayer. He was like a good caddie. I'm very grateful.
Even though I definitely received a bit of beta from both Mike and Jay, for some reaon I put off reading Jaybro's iconic article on Lucille. I'm going to read it tonight.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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It's hard to maintain beginner's mind.....
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2011 - 12:09pm PT
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Those are Elizabeth's boots, Jaybro. I'm so busy at work right now I can't think of a good plan for getting them back. We'll be in touch on this.
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Impressive effort, Greg. That photo makes me want to puke, imagining what it took to get there.
You'll get it next time.
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Great try Greg!
Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Zander
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Just thought I'd post about how fantastic it was to see Greg try for Lucille. He did SO good, and was VERY close-one more move or two and he would have been standing upright. It was really cool to watch. And just wanted to say that the crew (peanut gallery) was awesome. So glad I met everyone, what great vibes! And just to mention, the first pitch just to get to Lucille is really tough, so to imagine what it must have felt like to go beyond that, WOW. Totally great effort, and I'm happy I was able to be there and witness it! -Catherine.
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