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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Feb 20, 2017 - 01:21pm PT
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Awsome! the rare upper portion shot
But your hairy-ness,
That Hairshirt is more aid than tape ! (Heheyhe)
Is that display taken at the Black Canyon ? ( Gunnison Colorado)
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 20, 2017 - 03:11pm PT
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Ashley Craycroft on Life Without Parole (from her WideFetish gallery)
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Feb 20, 2017 - 04:10pm PT
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I always liked this one of Lucille.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 20, 2017 - 04:58pm PT
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Wow, I didn't remember this one. I can identify, for years!
Stealing it!
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Feb 20, 2017 - 05:17pm PT
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To tell you the truth, I figured it was probably you who took it (I'm 98 percent it wasn't me). It was the day before my attempt. Note the different shirt color. This was at the top of Best of the Blues.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 21, 2017 - 07:14pm PT
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It must have been Mike?
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Feb 21, 2017 - 07:30pm PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
Bella's Tower, "5.9+" p1 goes from #1,2,3,4 to 5s and 6s and wider. crux is the 6s.
FA 4/20/11(?) SP and TBC
FFA 4/21/13 TBC and SP. chimney is no-helmet suck-in-the-gut territoire
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Feb 22, 2017 - 03:30am PT
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one of the few pictures of me
This is in New Jersey
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 22, 2017 - 05:06am PT
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Hair shirt?
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Feb 22, 2017 - 02:03pm PT
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That 1096 photo of Russ's is now my computer's background image. What a great photo! (Sorry Jaybro, I had considered your hair shirt, but you know, didn't want to scare anybody!)
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 22, 2017 - 03:16pm PT
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Here is the story behind that pic:
I'm in the Valley on July 4th weekend... super hot... I decide it would be a good day to go do 1096 and Bad Ass Momma (bad idea). Will is the bear patrol guy that summer in Camp 4 and he is in todays crew... Will says there is this guy who wants to go to... The YSL (Young Strong Local). Cool... we go.
On the way I'm sorta sandbagging him a bit with how it ain't too bad, and should be no problem, etc... So we get to the base and he is getting ready to go and I ask, "So can you really climb...? I mean this is sorta serious..." I didn't want this to go too far and get the kid hurt or something.
He says something like "yeah, I can climb... I'll give it a go". He gives it a good effort and finishes it off after getting spit out once.
After this we go to BAM and get the full sauna hosing and can't do the damn thing!! (I'll post the link to the TR and vid for that event!)
Now, fast forward a bunch of years... The YSL is/was Mason Earle and is one hell of a good climber... like really big numbers good!
TR: http://www.supertopo.com/tr/TR-Heatwave-Baby-the-Valley-July-07/t273n.html
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Feb 22, 2017 - 05:35pm PT
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I fist-jammed and arm-barred BAM. Nobody had taught me stacking yet.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 22, 2017 - 06:12pm PT
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I think that was the first route I ever stacked on;'79/80.
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Dan McDevitt
Trad climber
yosemite
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Feb 22, 2017 - 09:30pm PT
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I also learned how to stack there! Was there with mussy and swilliam.
Russ ran up the thing in less than a minute, super smooth. very impressive to witness
Walter i dig your last shot! generator crack up close and personal
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Feb 23, 2017 - 08:30am PT
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I saw Russ float BAM in cowboy boots that had 5.10 stealth rubber on them. It took about 3 minutes.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Feb 23, 2017 - 11:14am PT
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I'd love to go back to BAM and try it with stacks. It does seem to me a near-perfect size for stacking. Without stacking, I thought it was pretty darn hard. I had to use the super-wide fist jam that hurts the outside of your thumb.
There's a relatively famous offwidth at 12,000 feet in Colorado called Road Warrior that I probably did 3 or 4 times before ever stacking. I remember when I first did it with stacking it took about 1/3 the time. It was just bam, bam, bam. A perfect size for stacking.
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