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zealotnoob
Sep 3, 2009, 8:18 PM
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I can't stop watching him fall over and over.
When is he going to send it? Who rigs a climb like that?
It's driving me nuts.
At least they got rid of the sound.
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i_h8_choss
Sep 3, 2009, 8:58 PM
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Its Gaia...geez. It must be "rigged" like that. But the scream is driving me crazy. 
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wzrdgandalf
Sep 4, 2009, 3:09 AM
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I dont know if i would call Alex Honnold a gym rat.
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limeydave
Sep 4, 2009, 3:28 PM
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I think this is the noob doing the white taped route at some gym in cali:
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dingus
Sep 4, 2009, 3:47 PM
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You fellers are funny.
Honnold learned to climb in a gym. Now look at him go.
This is a GOOD THING, yes?
Sheesh.
DMT
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limeydave
Sep 4, 2009, 3:58 PM
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I know how you meant it.
Great links - thanks.
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dingus
Sep 4, 2009, 4:07 PM
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Cheers!
DMT
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majid_sabet
Sep 4, 2009, 4:45 PM
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limeydave wrote: I think this is the noob doing the white taped route at some gym in cali: [image]http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3999;[/image]
looks like yosemite. where did you get this photo?
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gmggg
Sep 4, 2009, 5:09 PM
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uni_jim wrote: wzrdgandalf wrote: I dont know if i would call Alex Honnold a gym rat. pffft! that guy hasn't even seen real stone before! 
He has a sport draw on his pro! Oh Noez!!!11!!
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limeydave
Sep 4, 2009, 5:31 PM
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majid_sabet wrote: limeydave wrote: I think this is the noob doing the white taped route at some gym in cali: [image]http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3999;[/image] looks like yosemite. where did you get this photo?
I was warming up on the pink route to the right.
Or maybe it's a still image from a trailer I saw the other day... (Progression?)
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dingus
Sep 4, 2009, 5:33 PM
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I just thank god he made it to that ledge.
DMT
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munky
Sep 4, 2009, 5:38 PM
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Yea but he still needs to crank off the 12d "slab" pitch next with nearly 5000 feet of exposure if you count the death slabs as vertical terrain. And that pitch is FUCKING HARD AND INSECURE!!! Mind blowing that people can do this shit.
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gogounou
Sep 5, 2009, 4:49 PM
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What a cool view of Gaia! Thanks for the great video link, Dingus.
J
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GeneralBenson
Sep 9, 2009, 7:01 PM
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dingus wrote: I just thank god he made it to that ledge. DMT
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technogeekery
Sep 9, 2009, 11:48 PM
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I could seriously have nightmares about being there with no gear...
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petor
Sep 10, 2009, 12:13 AM
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Which video are you guys talking about where you are so relieved the climber reaches the "ledge"?
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charlie.elverson
Sep 10, 2009, 2:36 AM
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the new big up film "Progression" has footage of honnold free soloing half dome. That's where the picture is from.
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dudemanbu
Sep 10, 2009, 2:59 AM
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On Gaia, why doesn't anyone put gear farther up the crack? It seems like you could definitely get something in there, a micro cam, a ballnut, something.
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fxgranite
Sep 10, 2009, 3:22 AM
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dudemanbu wrote: On Gaia, why doesn't anyone put gear farther up the crack? It seems like you could definitely get something in there, a micro cam, a ballnut, something.
If you watch Dosage IV(?) there's a segment of Lisa Rands doing the route and it really doesn't take any gear.
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marc801
Sep 10, 2009, 4:58 AM
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dudemanbu wrote: On Gaia, why doesn't anyone put gear farther up the crack? It seems like you could definitely get something in there, a micro cam, a ballnut, something.
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zealotnoob
Sep 10, 2009, 11:12 AM
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I see. In the BD add it looked to me like it was rigged as a rope solo somehow. Watching the other videos I see the belayer it just out of sight.
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dudemanbu
Sep 10, 2009, 12:24 PM
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marc801 wrote: dudemanbu wrote: On Gaia, why doesn't anyone put gear farther up the crack? It seems like you could definitely get something in there, a micro cam, a ballnut, something. Don't you think by now that if that were possible, at least one of the world class climbers that have attempted that route would have done so?
I'm thinking that they wouldn't really. I honestly think that the major allure of the route is the danger, not the route itself. It's a 30 foot tall block in a really pretty location.. not much more. If you place gear up high, you cut down on the danger and therefore the point of the route. No one would care about a 30 foot 5.13 with PG-13 gear. That's the reason for my question. I was hoping that someone who has actually seen the route in person could comment about the nature of the upper section of the crack... because in my experience, if you can layback it, you can usually get gear into it.
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