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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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WUT A LIGHTWEIGHT HE HAD TO USE A PARACHUTE? I'LL DO THAT TODAY WHEN/IF I GET OUT OF MY ARMCHAIR.
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Trippel40
Social climber
CO
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It sure isn't ground breaking stuff but who cares?
I bet it was fun as $hit!!!! Way to go, Dean.
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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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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Who cares?
Bachar and Croft never had BASE rigs to save their falls.
Cool climb and all, but it's like soloing with a safety net. MMwaahh!!!!
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yo
climber
I drink your milkshake!
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I'm reasonably certain you don't know what you're talking about.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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BASE rigs to save their falls? LOL
If it is THAT overhanging and big I say go for it.
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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SICK!
(and large- old news, but it wasn't the actual 'pushing of the limits' on that DA fiasco that pissed everyone off so much, it was the fact that it was volunteered to SLC papers for headline fodder, but i digress...)
me personally, as stated earlier, i seriously hope this is a dry run for the big stone!
come on dean!
B E T H E B A L L !!!!
(and don't let that alex kid beat you to it!)
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
Castle Rock
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He was on freebase?
Potter, you the Man!
What kind of lighter did he use?
Must have been a wind proof Calibri?
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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I know it's historic and all but the Eiger looks like one of the biggest junkers in creation.
JL
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
Castle Rock
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Have you seen Eastwood's face lately?
Perfect match.
The guy said No Surgery, and I respect that.
Heck, if you can bang an 18 year old News Caster without out it, why bother?
Why does everybody pick on the big name climbers around here?
In the Kayak world, we think Class 5 people are crazy, but we don't say anything about it.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Did DP really solo the Nordwand of the Eiger and then BASE jump?
Damn, people that is visionary. I'm not worthy.
Pretty darn inspirational if you ask me.
Is there a link to an article, photos, or video? I'd like to check it out.
Edit: duh . . .
http://climbingnarc.com/2008/08/dean-potter-free-solos-the-eiger
Pretty awesome. I'd like to see the footage of the climb and then the jump. It's the future people.
It is not the classic Eiger Nordwand route, but none-the-less it is hard and overhanging limestone; a solo sans rope.
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L
climber
Flat-faced Buddha Cat City
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Holy Moly--The Eiger! What an amazing solo--good job, Dean! That guy never fails to inspire people, does he? And then to fly off the top...pure brilliance!
I bet CMac is eatin' his heart out right now, too heh-heh-heh!
BTW...Nice troll, Bluey! I almost fell for it, too...and then I thought, "No, not even Bluering can be so drug-deranged as to actually believe what he just wrote...he's trolling." Good one!
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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WOW!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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I'm gonna hurl if i see Dean going off about how spiritual and personal the solo was to him and then see that it was filmed and photographed to the nth degree.
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WBraun
climber
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Take it easy Mark
For one Dean loves climbing and all the other crazy stuff he does.
That's the real Dean.
Because he's so good at it and high profile people naturally always want to document and film him doing everything. It comes with the territory, you can't really get away from it now-a-days.
Then these guys interview you on camera and what are you gonna say/do? Most of the time you're thinking I'd rather not be here now but your committed to saying something and it not always comes out how you wished.
Bottom line, he'd be doing this stuff if nobody filmed or captured it on camera/media or whatever.
This guy just goes ......
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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The choice to live in the public domain is in fact a choice.
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Standing Strong
Trad climber
sunlight on the surf
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if i could get paid to just be my fabulous self i would totally go for it!
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