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Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Mar 14, 2010 - 11:52am PT
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The best part is when they're at base camp after their prep-work and Conrad says "Well Peter, we're in a pretty good position..."
And Peter says, "You mean as far away from the cliff as possible?"
Classic Croft.
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cultureshock
Trad climber
Mountain View
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Jun 17, 2010 - 12:58pm PT
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Hulk Bump!
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harihari
Trad climber
Squampton
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Jun 17, 2010 - 01:35pm PT
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One of the many great things about Croft is that is seems OK with all parts of the experience, including falls and failures. Guy just keeps going at it and doesn't complain. It must be his epic coffee addiction ;-)
"In The Shadow of the Chief" (the doc about the FA of the Grand Wall in Squamish BC) has a cool moment. You see local Adam Diamond on the Roman Chimneys, 20 years after Croft et al freed it, and 40 years after the FA, and Diamond, who is rock-solid and has put up 12+ trad, shakes and freaks out and falls (in basically the same place where Jim Baldwin fell when a pin blew on the FA). I asked Adam about it, and he said, no, that fall was not staged, it was really hard, I was weak, etc. Very cool: it's awesome when the storng send, and also awesome to see that they are Ok with the failures that lead to success.
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