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Prod
Social climber
Charlevoix, MI
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May 10, 2008 - 04:38pm PT
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Nice route.
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L
climber
Ocean of dreams....
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May 10, 2008 - 04:41pm PT
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Oh...My...God! Alex Honnold is the Man.
Climbing a 5.13 Offal-Width friggin' upside down. It hurt to just watch the guy.
And then he couldn't get his foot out of the jam, and ended up plunging. I've never seen anything like that...pretty amazing athlete. Really great attitude, too.
Thanks for posting this Marty--Alex is the real deal, isn't he.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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May 10, 2008 - 06:03pm PT
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Pretty cool, even if he did use the extra wall.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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May 10, 2008 - 06:33pm PT
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Jaybro - That is some seriously hot leg material that dude is wearing! How old is this picture? Now I'm thinking, if the book club gets slow, maybe ST monthly fashion takes!? Did you say you just picked up 3cups? I'm on call this weekend so at least I have ST for "recreation".
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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May 10, 2008 - 06:42pm PT
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Truly, lycra at it's finest!
might clash with mint Green Mythos, though...
and oh yeah, started reading it in between all the things I'm supposed to be doing.
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Mimi
climber
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May 10, 2008 - 08:19pm PT
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I posted these from the 2002 R&I calendar on one of the OW threads, but as this is route specific...Would love to witness it being done or get the gory details. Wow!
John Varco, by Simon Carter.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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May 11, 2008 - 12:46am PT
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that is some serious action! Todd Gordon, even my Bridwell shirt will not get me up this. LRL
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Topic Author's Reply - May 11, 2008 - 04:52am PT
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I couldn't find it online, but the footage of Eric Decaria climbing BFOBB in "Parallelojams" is something to behold. Beyond smooth and totally in control. Super inspiring. But not as much as a 50 year old with a kid doing it. (Mr. Anderson, that's your cue--post up, man!)
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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May 25, 2009 - 10:35pm PT
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So why are they inverted? Isn't that chicken-wing action w/ heel-toe or foot-cam?
I dunno, outta my league....
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ct
climber
CO
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May 25, 2009 - 11:46pm PT
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He's inverted because the crack is an upside down arch. Belayed that feller in the pic on this climb a few times, watched him place gear upside down from a foot first bat-hang, fortunately without the lycra on...
While thoroughly impressed, this thing is just too burly for me. Love the 'thumbtack' hole in Mimi's scan! Even that classic photo doesn't do justice to how burly that thing is.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 25, 2009 - 11:52pm PT
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You would have to have arms like a Penguin to chicken wing that crack.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 25, 2009 - 11:54pm PT
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um, word on the street is that there is more to this story...
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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May 26, 2009 - 12:17am PT
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Ooh, street news, gotta love that--spill it, Jay.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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May 26, 2009 - 12:30am PT
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what story?
The brother got on it this spring...though he said he needs a few more days of work to 'link it up'...
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 26, 2009 - 02:23am PT
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I did no inversions when I did it. Though, I can envision a way to do it like that.
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Phantom Fugitive
Trad climber
Misery
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May 26, 2009 - 04:35pm PT
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nice pics!
I tried and I flied, and fried, but didn't died, no lied.
All about the ab strength once you commit to doin the moves. not too long, but long enough!
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MH2
climber
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May 27, 2009 - 03:37am PT
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Super inspiring. But not as much as a 50 year old with a kid doing it.
Yep. I'd like to echo that sentiment.
Sort of like Big Bad Mikey climbing Pipeline. Meaningful to the workaday lot of us.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 27, 2009 - 06:09am PT
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I was a 48 yr old with a kid, when I did it.
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