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JLyons
Sport climber
Cali
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As a father of daughters, my use of the female pronoun is purposeful
I wonder what they would think of all those photos you have in your album of ladies wearing very little?
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bishop
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And Rielly. Thank you for taking valuable time from your day to put fingers to keyboard to tell us of our insignificance....
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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No problem! Maybe you could swing by and I could help you with yer dyslexia and prioritizing while you fix my wheelchair?
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bishop
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More like Aspurger's.....I'll be right over....
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chill
climber
The fat part of the bell-curve
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I first climbed that pitch
At the age of thirteen
Feet shod in EBs
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My heart it was racing
Getting to that first bolt was spicy
But once I clipped in
My heart filled with pride
There was this time when I got to the crux of a climb I realized that the hangers had been removed. Did I cry? Yes! Was I scared? Probably. Did I quit? No! I pushed on into the unknown! It's what manly men like me and Jim Hornibrook do.
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bishop
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Ya, let's decide for the FA party......
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Bruce Morris
Trad climber
Soulsbyville, California
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It's only a guess, but I bet someone freed the first pitch of Maxine's Wall (5.10a) long before Pete Livesey. Think I saw that pitch listed as 5.10a in that article of Bridwell's listing a number of Valley routes as 5.10a/b/c/d; 5.11a etc. etc. Means that someone, somewhere knows who did the first free ascent of the first pitch. In any case, I bet they clipped the in situ pin as their first point of protection when they did the F.A. Someone knows. Clint? "The unperceived perceiver."
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chill
climber
The fat part of the bell-curve
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Or maybe some sarcasm is going over my head?
Man, I hate when I try to be super-sarcastic and someone thinks I'm serious.
I thought the OP was just trying to spray about how bad-ass he was in boldly climbing a 10a in eb's a hundred years ago so I wrote some over-the-top spray of my own. Epic fail.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Having done this route several times without the pin, was it originally used for aid?
Probably a dumb question.
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Bruce Morris
Trad climber
Soulsbyville, California
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Having done this route several times without the pin, was it originally used for aid?
Probably, since Maxine's was originally rated 5.7 A3 (which may have occurred up on a higher pitch). No way of knowing unless a witness or picture from 1962 still exists. The proportions are just about correct though if someone pounded in that pin, clipped it with an aider, and then drilled the first bolt on aid.
We need a historical witness!
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WBraun
climber
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We need a historical witness!
No you don't.
Just be done with this st00pid sh!t and get on with climbing .....
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