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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Way to go, Dean;....another inspiring adventure! (Those of you still stewing over the Delicate Arch thing;...get over yourselves;......I'm jealous because Dean has climbed Delicate Arch and I haven't yet....). Dean now has also beaten me to the Eiger;...but that don't bother me either..... Go climbing, be inspired, and be cool.
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Shingle
climber
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He's a great solo climber and possibly even a better self promoter. 2 great accomplishments in 1. Whats knott to like?
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elcap-pics
climber
Crestline CA
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Sweet ... nice job DP and getting to take the fast way down is even sweeter!! Dean and I haven't always seen eye to eye on things but that doesn't in any way detract from the very high regard I have for his climbing and enthusiasm. Keep it going Dean!!!
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
Nowhere
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Congratulations to Dean Potter. I can't wait to read more about it and see the pictures.
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Standing Strong
Trad climber
sunlight on the surf
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that's amazing! the eiger is pretty and huge
OT (sorry) hey nefarious - saw that one thread got deleted. saw your comment about your atomic 4 park. right on. i'm looking for a board i can do more tricks on more easily. arbor has a nice line of boards as well. the element is sooo pretty!
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Good on him.
Are there really climbers here who wouldn't have wanted to do that?
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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bookworm wrote:
"of course not...why would he solo anything without a camera crew around to capture the moment?"
uhh- nobody ever said he soloed anything without a camera crew present.
DF-
damn dood, what are you, the reputation police?
your ridiculousness is showing, might want to cover that up when you are out in public!
souns like fun, can't wait to see it in some movie at the pyramid next year. of course what we all really want to see is someone go out and FS something that they very likely might actually fall off of, while wearing a rig...
you know that poster of whats-his-name laying back the wide crack way up on freerider, using the red #5 friends every so often?
i'd like to see one w/ dean (or?) ropeless, w/ a rig on, right there!
or how about repeating the often questioned FS of romantic warrior wearing a wing suit?
if these badasses are gonna be badass, and we are gonna go out and pay to see the movies that they are making, which fund their jaunts and pay their morgatges, then let's get a huge virtual suggestion box going here!
so come on, go do either of those-
and we won't even diss you for traveling w/ a film crew!
hahaha
(btw- quit worrying what everyone else is doing and worry about what YOU are doing! or not doing...)
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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Nice, SS!!! :)
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Standing Strong
Trad climber
sunlight on the surf
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o just looked at the rest of the comments in this thread
stop being b*tches, h8trs!
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Let's see, Mark Wilford solos it and writes an article about it for Rock and Ice and he's cool. Dean Potter solos it and he's a media whore. I don't get it.
A very impressive ascent no matter how you cut it. Good on ya Dean.
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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re:
"Let's see, Mark Wilford solos it and writes an article about it for Rock and Ice and he's cool. Dean Potter solos it and he's a media whore. I don't get it.
A very impressive ascent no matter how you cut it. Good on ya Dean."
did he actually wear the rig while he was climbing?
cause obviously that would add something!
(i have to confess that i am completely unfamiliar w/ the climb)
EDIT-
uptop on the thread someone aid:
"Dean is a sad silly little man."
i don't know the guy and cannot comment on most of that, but i am pretty sure he is around 6'4", so you're at least partially wrong...
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Gene
climber
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Can you imagine the scene at the bar mid-afternoon.
Can I get a beer, please? I'm thirsty. I just soloed the Eiger and then jumped from the top.
I'd bet you Dean didn't have to pay for his brews.
Wild!
GM
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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I do hope there was film, because I think it would have to be pretty cool, seeing the fly-off finish. Sounds pretty exciting to me.
Also.....considering the choss thread going on in another part of this forum, it's sort of an interesting coincidence to have people telling about their adventures with tactility and then this.
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piquaclimber
Trad climber
Durango
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As one of the people who was extremely upset (and vocal) by what happened in Arches I would just like to say that this thread is too much.
How many of the detractors here have climbed the Eiger?
Come on people... soloing the Eiger and jumping off the top is pretty f*#king cool. Karl's comments about how you would react if it was your buddy instead of Dean are right on.
Am I still upset about the restrictions in Arches? You bet.
Am I still angry with Dean for what happened there? Not really.
Here's a question...
How many of you that are still spewing venom wrote a letter to the Arches NPS when we were trying to show that climbing is a legitimate form of recreation in the park? If you did, then you have my sincere thanks. If you didn't, then perhaps you should sit your virtual ass back down.
Brad
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MZiebell
Social climber
Prescott, AZ
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...sitting my virtual ass down.
and, I agree, it is an impressive undertaking. It is usually the followup (mag covers, movies, self-promotion) that leaves me cold. But no doubt, an impressive climb on an impressive mountain.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Wait, I'm confused. Did he or didn't he?
Is this a Michael Rearend thread???
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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DEAN IS THE MAN!!!!
All you haters can suk it!
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Excellent post, Brad. Bravo.
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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As far as the (old news) Delicate Arch thing goes, the idea that a free solo ascent would somehow damage the rock or the structure is ludicrous, if you've ever been there. It's fairly decent sandstone, not sugar. It WAS against regulations, but what hardcore climber hasn't worked the edges of the law?
The stuff that followed Dean's ascent is what got the whole thing all mucked up, but this was mainly "official" jive, as though the NPS has some exclusive on merit and green themes. Next time you're at the Delicate Arch, notice the guard/hand railing that has since been stripped away around the base (originally installed by the Park Service).
We all make mistakes . . .
JL
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swill
Social climber
Colorado
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Good for him. Here it is a couple of weeks ago.
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