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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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May 19, 2011 - 07:35pm PT
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40 years ago this month-seems like a different life....
30 years ago this month-newer stuff, still different life
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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May 23, 2011 - 05:28pm PT
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LOOK HOW YOUNG DOUG WAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sh#t,..look how young RUSS WAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I look exactly the same, though many say I've gotten even more handsome. Doug on the other hand is looking more like Harding every day. There is no justice.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
or some such
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May 23, 2011 - 07:31pm PT
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It was a different Life, Mastodon.
Your looks are incredibly resilient, Russ. Amazing.
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mctwisted
Social climber
superslacker city
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Topic Author's Reply - May 23, 2011 - 10:39pm PT
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mark is a world class kayaker friend of mine i wanted to take him up a wall to repay him for getting me into boating, this was his first, and he had only done a few freeclimbs before i had brought up the idea of a wall, i could tell mentally how sturdy he was.
i always wanted to try going up during a winter storm, so we put on the plastic boots and the storm gear and walked to the base in january while it was snowing. its not wet when its cold and the waterfalls are mostly frozen.
we had fairly windless weather up to pitch 7 where we bivied at the base of the circle. then we woke to a big storm day and it was not reasonable to open the fly of the ledges.
late in the day however i had to get out for a quick look and notice that two pitches up the slings at the anchor before the nipple were not moving despite our getting worked by the wind down below the protective dihidral.
about an hour before dark i talked mark into belaying me and as i took off to climb the snow started and he was getting drilled while i was protected in the dihedral and warm leading
we made the move up 2 pitches to the top of nine, and were set up to bivi before midnight.
slept in late
the ledge we were at on 7 was getting pummeled by ice, turned out to be a good call t move up
this is the spot where you kinda have to say go up or whatever, as once you lead the nipple traverse your in for the long haul
after leading the nipple, then mark of zorro roofs i peeked over the final steep part and had to chill for perhaps an hour to wait for all the final bits of ice to come off, then off to peanut ledge, an excellant bivi but there was this giant icecle up about 50' that had to weigh a few hundred pounds
i was kinda gripped all night with the big icicle hanging over, but i figured it was cold enough to stay stable(i didnt voice my concerns to mark)
next day had to go wrestle with that thing, definately more challenging than i wanted to deal with
i could just hear john dill voice warning me of what would happen if that thing came off, and then werner saying "ho mon that things bomber, just get up there and do it"
i was lucky my hammer held up to the abuse of hacking all the ice out to get placements! actually a few of those specter ice hooks that you can pound in would have been like gold up there
mark never complained on the entire route, he was hyperjacked the whole time and never whinned.
good job buddy
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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May 24, 2011 - 01:02am PT
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Sick DAN!!!
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susu
Trad climber
East Bay, CA
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May 24, 2011 - 02:43am PT
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I would love to get a big book of this thread's sorts of photos and stories. TFPU!
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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May 24, 2011 - 03:09am PT
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Had to ask: Was he tied-in on this space walk?
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perswig
climber
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May 24, 2011 - 06:30am PT
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^^
I kinda wanted to ask, too, but really didn't want to know.
Bump for another excellent thread.
Dale
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ec
climber
ca
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May 24, 2011 - 10:17am PT
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Ian, I think I was on that trip with you when you had that POS Poncho...miserable. - ec
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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May 24, 2011 - 03:33pm PT
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Beverly leading above Camp 6 ( I think) Triple Direct
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road again!
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May 24, 2011 - 03:37pm PT
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I think this is the pitch above Camp 4 on the Nose
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ec
climber
ca
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May 24, 2011 - 04:28pm PT
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Sibylle, great historic shots of you and Bev! Thx!
 ec
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mctwisted
Social climber
superslacker city
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Topic Author's Reply - May 24, 2011 - 11:29pm PT
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cool shots sibylle
i used to climb a bit with your dad here in yosemite in the 90's.
at 76 years old he would easily climb 5.10's, which will always stick with me as very impressive, we met and would mostly climb in tuolumne, after a couple seasons of climbing together with your dad, sue and i actually went on a road trip with your folks from tuolumne to colorado, climbing at every crag along the way, all four of us piled into that great old van your folks had and just went for it!
memorable trip with lots of great climbing
look us up in el portal (a couple miles out of the park) if your ever in the neighborhood!
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Prod
Trad climber
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May 25, 2011 - 07:38pm PT
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Russ,
That Penji pic of you is one of the coolest wall photos I have ever seen.
All of the pics on this thread rock, but that one just stands out to me.
Too bad 2008 isn't back in the day or I'd post up pics of my 1 wall.
Cheers,
Prod.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Separated at birth:
Erik Eriksson
and John Curtis Holmes:
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Eeeew, she's got some cheese on that butt!
Speaking of cheesebutt, Doug McDonald on the Shield.
The beauty of Mt Watkins.
L to R, Mike Seizys, Keith Royster, Mel Johnson, Bruce Birchell
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
the secret topout on the Chockstone Chimney
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Apr 16, 2012 - 02:40pm PT
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Spring storm bump!
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jul 22, 2013 - 04:32pm PT
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Some of these are reposts
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