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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Apr 10, 2007 - 12:59am PT
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Wild Bill,
historically I was thinking Mark Richards for surfing - coming out of retirement and winning at Waimea etc.
Who else for surfing?
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Apr 10, 2007 - 01:02am PT
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I'm glad that Nate C took it well when I pointed out in email that, besides Gill, most climbers' abilities extend beyond their feets.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Apr 10, 2007 - 01:07am PT
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cool!
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Wild Bill
climber
Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 10, 2007 - 01:19am PT
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These guys did rad pretty well, spending 60+ days on Trango Tower to free a Grade VII
Jeff Bechtel, Todd Skinner, Mike Lilygren, and Bobby Model.
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scooter
climber
B loop site 15
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Apr 10, 2007 - 01:37am PT
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BISCUIT
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Apr 10, 2007 - 02:09am PT
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Jackie Robinson.........
Tiger Woods..........
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bonin_in_the_boneyard
Trad climber
Up the 'Creek w/out a Prada
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Apr 10, 2007 - 02:41am PT
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That video of Laird was pretty sick, but I bet even he would give it up for the Duke.
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Apr 10, 2007 - 07:46am PT
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Nita, c'mon, golfers do NOT qualify as athletes. Christ they'd probably have a stroke if they had to sprint 100 meters.
This guy takes the cake for me:
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=2631338
I watched this dude/s in the Ironman a number of years ago. Not many things brings tears to my eyes but this sure did. There is probably no athlete on the planet, ever, that has even half of this dude's drive and dedication, not to mention love. To hell with all the fame and glory guys and gals, they all pale in comparison.
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Apr 10, 2007 - 09:18am PT
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Eugene Sandow. One arm, one finger pulls on each finger evidently...
Off the top of my head--Pele, Jordan, Gill, Gullich...oh yeah, and Nagano:
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Dragon with Matches
climber
Bamboo Grove
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Apr 10, 2007 - 09:27am PT
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Jesse Owens bested the perfect race and sent the Fuhrer to the showers. (Edit: In Berlin.) Pretty rad.
Muhammed Ali stood up for what he believed was right, kicked ass, and made funny rhymes.
Pat Tillman should be rated as the raddest football player EVER.
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Dragon with Matches
climber
Bamboo Grove
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Apr 10, 2007 - 09:30am PT
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Oh, and in that vein, how about the 100,000 or so kids who sprinted out of the water and onto a beach in France on June 6, 1944.
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Wild Bill
climber
Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 10, 2007 - 09:58am PT
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426, that Nagano clip is great. He has such a casualness in the way he moves.
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BASE104
climber
An Oil Field
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Apr 10, 2007 - 10:38am PT
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Records are always slowly and incrementally broken. What you have to look for is an athlete that utterly transcends all competitors. Someone that blows everyone else out of the water.
Being an Okie...I vote for Jim Thorpe. Sac and Fox Indian.
At the Games' closing ceremonies King Gustav V told him, "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world!" To which Thorpe reportedly replied, "Thanks, king."
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Apr 10, 2007 - 10:43am PT
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Glad you enjoyed Wild Bill. DanO in the original post is a given; I was lucky enough to climb with him when Cave was all kosher.
He was a real class act; I was in a dangerous situation on fixed gear when he walked up and said "you should lower (n00b)---I'll put your rope up....those nuts fell out in the last earthquake...we just put them back in but they are junk!" After that I belayed him working out Psycho Monkey---it was the first time I caught "real" whips.
He was, (among many other things), a heckuva bassist...
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Donny... the OHHH!- Riginal
Sport climber
Straight outta Compton!
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Apr 10, 2007 - 11:53am PT
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I gotta agree with WBraun on this one....Potter is amazing. He's conquered every challenge thrown at him yet....
..WITH THE GLARING EXCEPTION OF MY CHALLENGE TO WHUP UP ON HIM!
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Rocky5000
Trad climber
Falls Church, VA
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Apr 10, 2007 - 11:38pm PT
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Roald Amundsen and party, with their little ski trip to the South Pole in 1911. Perseverance, skill, intelligent planning, endurance we can't even imagine, and courage of the highest order. Who is ever going to beat that?
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Apr 11, 2007 - 01:43am PT
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Amundson is tough to beat, you are so right but RE:
"Who is ever going to beat that?"
Messner, IMO.
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Anastasia
Trad climber
California
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Apr 11, 2007 - 05:45am PT
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(The ones on top of my head...)
Muhammad Ali
Phidippides; The first Marathon runner
(Most inspirational climbers= Bob Camps, "my boyfriend", Lynn Hill, John Gill, John Long and those "little lizards."
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couchmaster
climber
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Apr 11, 2007 - 12:30pm PT
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Radical, we have already ascertained that golfers are NOT athlete in any way. BUZZZZT.
I find it interesting that everyone is saying Ali, and no one is suggesting Joe Lewis.
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