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Leavittator
climber
san diego, ca.
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Sep 11, 2012 - 09:15pm PT
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O-Man,
Rodney, you will be missed. Peace
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Some Random Guy
Trad climber
San Franpsycho (a.k.a. a token of my extreme)
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Sep 13, 2012 - 02:14am PT
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makes me feel not so bad about myself to see pros taking some gnarly spills
i went from riding these waves
strait to riding these waves
a good week!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Sep 13, 2012 - 10:43am PT
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Some days I wake up here in Tucson and go outside to have my coffee. Something about the lighting, the calmness in the air, and I just know.
But I can't grab my damp wetsuit from the patio railing and suit up at home. I can't run down to the garage and apply a nice fresh layer of purple lable or some tri flow to the rusted chain.
Mesquites don't show wind like palms and there is no smell of salty air.
I won't be riding up to the bluff this morning.
But my spidey senses still tingle, and I know the boyz are there, on it.
I used to be on it.
It's okay.
I will console myself by removing the last flakey scab from the back of my hand, remembering that jam and the beauty of the place.
I'll console myself with my growing hit list. I see my foot twisting into a crack on Jah Man. I feel the exposed glory climbing atop the Rockefellows. I am watching my dog bounce up the approach to Magnolia.
I am topping out on the last first ascent of the season.
I will remind myself that I will surf and climb til the day I die.
And that is a fortunate life.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Sep 20, 2012 - 02:00pm PT
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I will console myself by removing the last flakey scab from the back of my hand, remembering that jam and the beauty of the place. Great post drljefe!
Just had a refreshing rock fix of Eldorado and Platte climbing with my old Colorado gang.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Sep 21, 2012 - 11:07pm PT
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Nice post Jefe... you will be topping out on Magnolia this weekend :-)
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Our second GIANT NW swell of the 2012 season is scheduled for early next week.
Game On!
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Oct 10, 2012 - 02:30pm PT
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The past week has been the best surfing that I can remember.
For day and days it has been glassy and double overhead in the sets.
I have been surfing Noriega's which is right in my back yard every day except yesterday when it got too big to hold up.
I drove down to Kanaha and surfed 4 delightful hours at glassy head and a half with one of my all time favorite surf partners Debbie Brown. She just killed it!
It seem to be closed out all the way down the North Shore so I think I will go out to Peahi and sit on the cliff above Jaws and watch the show.
Here's a video of Shane Dorian at Jaws yesterday.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Oct 10, 2012 - 02:46pm PT
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o-man.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Oct 10, 2012 - 03:06pm PT
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flyingkiwi1
Trad climber
Seattle WA
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Oct 10, 2012 - 05:57pm PT
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Jefe, haven't made ST time in a coon's age... Super-sweet to drop in on your September poetry.
Ian
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Oct 10, 2012 - 10:27pm PT
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Olaf-that car shot is precious!
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Oct 10, 2012 - 11:25pm PT
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Hey, I've been to that lake (that is, the one mentioned in the comment superior to this one). Long before I could stand up on a surfboad. My mom was born in Ironwood, Michigan. Verrry cold there.
Mouth of the Black River rocks.
Poor old Kaw Liga hung with us. Is it any wonder?
Train depot - there's a story there ...
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Griffin
Trad climber
Monterey, CA
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Oct 11, 2012 - 01:19am PT
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I feel that surfing is restorative, while climbing is a bit more aggressive, relative to ones skill level and concentration within each. I often notice that they both go well hand in hand. My climbing enhances my surfing, while my surfing benefits my climbing. As my surfing has evolved, my climbing has co-evolved. As Charles earlier said, its time allocations can be difficult to accommodate. I spend so much time doing one or the other that they infringe on eachother. Its difficult to fully pursue both simultaneously.
But hell, at a place like this why not try.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Oct 11, 2012 - 02:55pm PT
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"This is Michi Schwiger finally making it back to the beach at Kuau without his board or paddle after getting hit by a monster close-out set at Mama's, then getting washed way outside the reef and having to bodysurf back through another monster set at Sunrise (which tossed him over the falls like an Austrian rag doll), and after an hour swim being greeted by the Maui Fire Department and a lot of tourist fans on the rocks. This guy is my hero." Andy Church
This is the s..t legends are made of!
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