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granstar
Social climber
Irving, TX
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Great job Mark! Amazing stuff you are doing while I'm sitting here watching The Dead Files on Travel Channel lol! Stay safe and take care!
Grant from Irving, TX
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Cool;...go, go, go, go!......
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Right on!!! I sit on my couch,you sit on a ledge.Good effort,keep it up!!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 3, 2012 - 09:54am PT
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Thanks, for the beta. I'm not going to stop at 17. The ST topo shows two short pitches after it that I hope to combine. 17 is 80', 19 shows 60' and 20 shows 30' for a total of 170'.
Thanks for all the comments and good vibes.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Do you have enough beer;....one hand for yes...two hands for no.....
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Francesca Drake
Trad climber
California,Truckee
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Hey Mark- Gene and I are thinking about you keep the good vibes coming your way.
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PAUL SOUZA
Trad climber
Central Valley, CA
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CRUSH IT MARK!!!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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doing great!
love Gordo's comment "Do you have enough beer;....one hand for yes...two hands for no....."
:)
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Prod
Trad climber
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Reading this is way better than cleaning my garage. I hope Christa doesn't catch me...
Prod.
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duncan
climber
London, UK
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I'm enjoying your reports Mark. My recollection of Iron Hawk was that it was never very hard but kept asking questions right to the end. I had the benefit of very determined and capable partner, soloing is a whole other game.
I aided straight across at the end of the first swing on 15. We linked 17+18 and 19+20 easily with a 50m rope; 17+18+19 should be possible with a 60m. 22 (19 in Reid) took Lost Arrows and small angles; I was happy to sink a 1" angle after ~25' off the ledge at the start. We linked 24 and 25 with a bit of back-cleaning at exactly 50m. This avoided using the hangerless belay rincon mentions. The free-climbing feels a bit alien after days in aiders but is NTB.
(rincon's beta uses Reid pitch numbers I think; mine is for supertopo).
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shipoopoi
Big Wall climber
oakland
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mark, great job up there. remember, the more pain and fatigue that you feel, the more purified you will feel at the end. i'd be up there today, but it is just too windy down here in the bay and i'm finally learning to jibe after a 3 year battle. sorry about the lens issue. steve
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granstar
Social climber
Irving, TX
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Wow amazing pictures! Thanks for posting :)
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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bringmedeath
Jun 3, 2012 - 03:40am PT
F*#K!
Got a problem bringmedeath?
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bringmedeath
climber
la la land
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No, Mark is twice my age, 20 times more fit, and Iron Hawk sounds like a cake walk for him.
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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I know, right? I'm a lazy piece of sh#t...back at it next week though. Psyched to get back up there.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Reading this is way better than cleaning my garage. I hope Christa doesn't catch me...
Prod.
Haha! Cracked me up. And way true. Really great thread! Thanks Mark!
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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I can't believe I've missed this thread till now.... Just simply amazing.
Mark, you are providing a "text book" example of how to solo a big wall and take a vacation at the same time. You look like you are spending a day at the beach. What great style, something that a lot of us aspire to, but haven't yet been able to pull it off!
Drop the Grigri, no problem ... I'll improvise!
Sending good karma!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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The symbol of Mark, the gospel man, is the winged lion.
Great reports from Mark, penning his own gospel: Even uniquer in all the world than Tom's?
We enjoy and look forward to each daily effort from both reporters. Thanks for them.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 3, 2012 - 11:49pm PT
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I don't know why this look like a walk in the park 'cause it's working me bad. I'm sore all over and my fingers are klilling me! It looks like it's not going to rain till tomorrow afternoon and evening, maybe I'll do the 5.9 climbing after the pendulum and fix a line back down to here at the top of pitch 20. I have plenty of water although my Advil supply is dwindling!
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