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The guy above
climber
Across the pond
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Jan 28, 2016 - 08:47am PT
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Floppy?
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The guy above
climber
Across the pond
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Jan 28, 2016 - 08:47am PT
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Floppy???
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The guy above
climber
Across the pond
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Jan 28, 2016 - 08:48am PT
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Are you still there?
Come on man, don't do this to me
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The guy above
climber
Across the pond
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Jan 28, 2016 - 08:50am PT
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I'll let you call me Daddy...
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overwatch
climber
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Jan 28, 2016 - 08:50am PT
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having to pull out is a bitch...
vvvvvv if you are 'talking' to me, that is not necessary, my feverish imagination is enough.
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The guy above
climber
Across the pond
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Jan 28, 2016 - 08:51am PT
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I'll send you pics if you want...
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Jan 28, 2016 - 08:53am PT
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87 tops
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overwatch
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Jan 28, 2016 - 08:55am PT
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^^^ ??? That one flew over my head
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The guy above
climber
Across the pond
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Jan 28, 2016 - 08:56am PT
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Ooohh... Floppy... I missed you
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The guy above
climber
Across the pond
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Jan 28, 2016 - 08:58am PT
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Blurred the photo for respect to Neebee, but there's more where that came from Floppy.
Come on pretty boy, make daddy happy
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overwatch
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Jan 28, 2016 - 09:00am PT
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she is not the only one that thanks you, I am sure.
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The guy above
climber
Across the pond
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Jan 28, 2016 - 09:00am PT
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Uh ok, floppy, if you don't want to play nevermind. There's a sheep grazing just outside which seems like will be more fun than you.
Yeeeehaaaaa!!!!
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The guy above
climber
Across the pond
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Jan 28, 2016 - 09:01am PT
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Your loss, Overwatch ;)
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overwatch
climber
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Jan 28, 2016 - 09:02am PT
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Story of my life, limited by my own fear.
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LAhiker
Social climber
Los Angeles
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Jan 28, 2016 - 09:14am PT
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Very sad accident. My condolences to the family and friends of the two BASE jumpers.
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Spiny Norman
Social climber
Boring, Oregon
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Jan 28, 2016 - 09:31am PT
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In my wife's family most have been competitive swimmers and everyone (parents, brothers and sisters) have at some point been certified and worked as a lifeguard. One blustery, off-season day her brother was on a beach on the Outer Banks and performed an ad hoc rescue without any gear available. He saved a life. All of us understood what this meant, how brave but dangerous, even foolish what he'd done was.
That stretch of Big Sur coastline is serious business and rule number one for rescuers is to figure out how you won't be the second victim. This one is particularly awful because feels like classical tragedy: once the LZ was identified as a manageable hazard (obviously, it wasn't with that sea state and tide condition) the ensuing events were almost foreordained.
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snakefoot
climber
Nor Cal
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Jan 28, 2016 - 09:39am PT
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such a sad day for all those involved. the water can seem so peaceful, yet it has such power to take us out and away. A prior freak rogue wave accident comes to mind.
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Jan 28, 2016 - 11:34am PT
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The week before, 2 young UCSC students were swept off rocks and drowned north of Santa Cruz. You don't have to be a daredevil to fall victim to the ocean.
Sad stuff. Condolences to all.
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SalNichols
Big Wall climber
Richmond, CA
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Jan 28, 2016 - 11:37am PT
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Starting friday, 1/22 we experienced three days of exceptional or "king" tides. At the lowest, they were +3 ft. In addition bouy reports showed swells of 3.5-5 meters from 288 magnetic...IOW aimed directly at west facing beaches. Pirate, the jump itself might have been well within your friend's capabilities, but there was a considerable lack of appreciation for the sea state; and it doesn't count unless you stick the landing.
Btw, for those unaware, the significant wave height is the average of the highest 1/3 of the waves, so a 5m wave should indicate a fairly large swell. Additionally, approximately 1 in every 100 waves will be 2x the sig wave ht. One in every 1,000 waves will go 3x. All you need to do is take the avg period and do the math to figure how often you're going to get wacked.
I'm sorry for your loss, but this was completely avoidable.
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amyjo
Trad climber
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Jan 28, 2016 - 05:29pm PT
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Hard not to think of Icarus,
Yet again
Behold the gates of mercy
In arbitrary space
And none of us deserving
The cruelty or grace.
Leonard Cohen
"Come Healing"
RIP
(Sheriff) Bernal said Connell is an experienced skydiver
with more than 300 jumps.
Thank you, Werner.
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