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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Good job guys! I guess it's a trade route now.
Ken
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Thanks Clint for that link. Of course we want to hear more!
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2 l l
Sport climber
Rancho Verga, CA
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Nov 17, 2010 - 09:38pm PT
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FFA of Karma next?!? As long as we're dreaming, how about Lost Again next.
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MH2
climber
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Nov 26, 2010 - 08:12pm PT
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Nice to see that. Alex has a great smile.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nov 26, 2010 - 09:49pm PT
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Alex arrived at the belay bug-eyed, and said, "this route is a good adventure!" We rapped down, had pizza at Curry Village...
By far the best writeup yet. Good details.
Thanks Will!
I like his October blog too, swinging leads on Bachar-Yerian with his girlfriend. These are some wild young climbers, obviously having a great time.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Nov 26, 2010 - 09:59pm PT
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Thanks Supa for the Will link. It has become clear that The Belle is still being looked at as quite technical and hard.
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bmacd
Trad climber
100% Canadian
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Nov 27, 2010 - 12:31am PT
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Down to earth guys, brimming with extreme talent , having grand adventures. Simply awesome. Thanks for the link
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Nov 27, 2010 - 01:52am PT
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Thanks for the link.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Nov 27, 2010 - 02:00am PT
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Will Stanhope: a better photo of him
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BruceAnderson
Social climber
Los Angeles
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Nov 27, 2010 - 02:12am PT
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more proof that in his prime Coz was one of the best freeclimbers in the world.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Nov 27, 2010 - 02:38am PT
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Is this the ultimate slab route?
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Nov 27, 2010 - 11:04am PT
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Munge, great question. I have been wondering that myself. I think it is, and we're talking "the world", too. If we consider length, placement, difficulty, history, quality of rock, nature of the climbing, drama.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Nov 27, 2010 - 04:24pm PT
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As for ultimate slab, Hall of Mirrors is another contender, especially in the smooth and edging departments. It has had only one repeat.
Southern Belle is harder, has the hard crack climbing start, and of course is notorious for being more runout than the Bachar-Yerian.
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JakeW
Big Wall climber
CA
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Nov 27, 2010 - 05:31pm PT
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Yes, these guys are great climbers, but Will crashed into my car trying to back out of the driveway, and I once saw Alex unable to get a rope through his rappel device...right after saying "god doesn't rain on MY parade." Apparently competence doesn't always extend to all realms of life. ;)
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