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stuey
climber
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most impressive- he gets an A
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ShaneR
Mountain climber
USA
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J.C.!!
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Jimmy Jam
Big Wall climber
Naples, Florida
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The only thing he hasn't done on El Cap is appear in a "David Lee Roth" video.
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Slick
Trad climber
under a rock in Washington
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Tommy possesses an amazing array of stamina, technique and good judgement. I hope he some day shares his wealth with the "little" climbers of the world. Well done man! I can't even imagine.
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THE MAD BOLTER
Big Wall climber
CARLSBAD, NM
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Great accomplishment!!!
Just thought you might like this info.:
I was born 1936
first to rappel El Cap in 1969
36 years later, at age 69, doing it again for the 26th time.
that was sept 9 this year. We met Huber bros on the way down.
I also run marathons (26+miles)
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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wow you are amazing too, infact you deserve your very own thread on SuperTopo.com!
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Q
climber
SLC
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Damn, we were around the corner on LF the whole time and were totally oblivious. We thought we were the only ones up there...
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booley
Trad climber
fullerton,ca
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Just when you think 5/15 is aproachable some has to fly by while your standing still Great job Tommy !!!!!
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luca
Trad climber
milano italy
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tommy makes the dreams became reality, like all the climbers (and all the men) who fairly pushed the limits in the past. I really enjoied for his performance and his coyness.
luca
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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What's the rush? It's not like The Nose or Freerider was going anywhere. Kind of like having sex in 60 seconds.
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polishbob
climber
Bellingham, WA
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i have a very specific question re this ascent. just for a historical record i would like to find out about how the time was checked- with a stop watch ot a regular watch. the reason i wanted to ask this question is simple. the date of the climb was on the day of the time change, so there was an extra hour.
"Tommy started October 30 at 1:03am and cruised up The Nose in 11 hours with his wife Beth Rodden, who belayed and jumared."
the time change starts at 2 am, the clocks stop for 1 hour.
i am not trying to diss any of it, the climb speak for itself, just interested in this detail.
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Roger Breedlove
Trad climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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This is a very cool milestone. Congratulations to Caldwell.
Very nice trip report, Chris. Spot on.
The only sad part is that I had come to like that fact that Lynn Hill's all free ascent of the Nose in the style she did it had not been surpassed for the past 13 years. I know that everything always passes, but her ascent was so stellar, the long wait made it all the more valuable.
It is pretty cool that Caldwell passed it in such a convincing way.
(PS: Did I tell you that I fell on the upper pitches of the Salathe about 34 years ago? Twice. I also got nervous. Let's see.....so far that is the only thing I can find in common with Caldwell's ascent. Another world, for sure.)
TL,C, Roger
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Trashman
Trad climber
SLC
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don't worry roger, when Caldwell does the Dihedral in a day, it will probably stand for another 13 years or so
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Roger Breedlove
Trad climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Yeah, I know. But it is mind boggling.
Thiry-five years ago:
"Let's drive down to the Captain and do a couple of free climbing routes? I'll lead."
Now:
"Let's drive down to the Captain and do a couple of free climbing routes? I'll lead."
To the untrained eye, it looks as if nothing as changed.
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youri
climber
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Wow!
Climb on! Thanks for the story!
Yann
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Dire Wolf
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Hearing about this made me cry.
Amazing.
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Zazen
Big Wall climber
czech republic
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I am dreeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaming, bite me! J.C.'s ressurected and is a climber! Sure this HYPER SUPER MEGA-climb is a on higher level than just walking on water:-) Next time I'll climb on El Cap, I'll climb just behind T.C. to benefit from the suction effect (You know as on the F1 races...) it seem's it could help.
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Find_Christ
Trad climber
San Diego
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Wow,
Very impressive. I can't stop smiling. What a wonderful accomplishment.
Congratulations Tommy.
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Corey Fields
Trad climber
Austin, TX
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"What's the rush? It's not like The Nose or Freerider was going anywhere. Kind of like having sex in 60 seconds."
No, I'd say it's more like having two orgasms in 60 seconds.
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Gramicci
Social climber
Ventura
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This is an incredible example of endurance and technical ability!
I feel like we were all just Wilbur and Orville Wright that afternoon back in the seventies when we wandered up to the terraces without our aid slings. Some of us may have had higher aspirations but for myself we were just goofing off in the playground. To witness this evolution is cool let’s call like it really is, 22 hours of multiple organisms!
TC et al, my hats off to you!
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