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Gmburns2000
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lena_chita wrote: jt512 wrote: enigma wrote: anyone climb with Chris SharmA ? I've watched him climb a few times, but have never climbed with him. Jay I sat next to Sharma while he waited in the bathroom line at Miguel's... ...and I did climb with camhead.
Chris Sharma threw a chalk bag into the crowd and I caught it...and I'm NEVER washing that chalk bag as long as I live...NEVER!!! 
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lena_chita
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Gmburns2000 wrote: lena_chita wrote: jt512 wrote: enigma wrote: anyone climb with Chris SharmA ? I've watched him climb a few times, but have never climbed with him. Jay I sat next to Sharma while he waited in the bathroom line at Miguel's... ...and I did climb with camhead. Chris Sharma threw a chalk bag into the crowd and I caught it...and I'm NEVER washing that chalk bag as long as I live...NEVER!!!
If you combine that with a strict protocol of kissing his autographed poster during morning prayers, you will achieve 5.15 climbing ability... in your afterlife.
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okieterry
Jun 13, 2011, 5:43 PM
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Wolfgang Gullich - Eldorado Canyon (Psycho roof, Genesis, NED, Supremacy Crack, etc.) and the Camp 4 Boulders incl. Midnight Lightning (with John Bachar).
John Sherman - Crack a Go Go and Separate Reality in Yosemite
Camhead - Lost Dome
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Gmburns2000
Jun 13, 2011, 6:20 PM
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lena_chita wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: lena_chita wrote: jt512 wrote: enigma wrote: anyone climb with Chris SharmA ? I've watched him climb a few times, but have never climbed with him. Jay I sat next to Sharma while he waited in the bathroom line at Miguel's... ...and I did climb with camhead. Chris Sharma threw a chalk bag into the crowd and I caught it...and I'm NEVER washing that chalk bag as long as I live...NEVER!!! If you combine that with a strict protocol of kissing his autographed poster during morning prayers, you will achieve 5.15 climbing ability... in your afterlife.
can't kiss it...too sticky 
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boymeetsrock
Jun 13, 2011, 11:00 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: lena_chita wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: lena_chita wrote: jt512 wrote: enigma wrote: anyone climb with Chris SharmA ? I've watched him climb a few times, but have never climbed with him. Jay I sat next to Sharma while he waited in the bathroom line at Miguel's... ...and I did climb with camhead. Chris Sharma threw a chalk bag into the crowd and I caught it...and I'm NEVER washing that chalk bag as long as I live...NEVER!!! If you combine that with a strict protocol of kissing his autographed poster during morning prayers, you will achieve 5.15 climbing ability... in your afterlife. can't kiss it...too sticky
[Mr Burns voice]
...Yes... kiss it.
[/Mr. Burns voice]
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erisspirit
Jun 14, 2011, 10:50 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: lena_chita wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: lena_chita wrote: jt512 wrote: enigma wrote: anyone climb with Chris SharmA ? I've watched him climb a few times, but have never climbed with him. Jay I sat next to Sharma while he waited in the bathroom line at Miguel's... ...and I did climb with camhead. Chris Sharma threw a chalk bag into the crowd and I caught it...and I'm NEVER washing that chalk bag as long as I live...NEVER!!! If you combine that with a strict protocol of kissing his autographed poster during morning prayers, you will achieve 5.15 climbing ability... in your afterlife. can't kiss it...too sticky
ew
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jbone
Jun 15, 2011, 12:44 AM
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jt512 wrote: enigma wrote: anyone climb with Chris SharmA ? I've watched him climb a few times, but have never climbed with him. Jay
I put my project at risk one day by showing it to him. After about 3 attempts he threw his shoes on and stepped up to the first move. Pulled up off the ground for a few seconds a few times but never stuck the 1st move. He looked at his fingers and immediately decided not to put any of his other projects at risk by trying it any further.
The next season I was finally able to send it. To this day it stands as the greatest project of all boulder problems I ever put time into.
Not sure if Chris has ever returned to finish it off but to keep things in perspective. I still got burned by Natasha Barnes who flashed it, then later by Kehl in like 3 tries. Just one of those really fingery problems that maximizes the crimp.
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essay
Jun 15, 2011, 1:00 AM
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I heard Ethan Pringle asking Natasha Barnes for a pre-send "release" before a burn attempt three years ago at Hueco near the base of Chris's Arete'.
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rangerrob
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Bouldered with Leo Houlding in Huaraz after meeting him and his mates in The Thai restaurant the night before. This was in 2000, and I think I remember Leo bragging about how he had turned 18 that day. needless to say I couldn't get off the ground on his warmup problems. I did howevere drink more beer than he did that night in El Tambo.
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jt512
Jun 16, 2011, 3:42 AM
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rangerrob wrote: I couldn't get off the ground on [Leo Houlding's] warmup problems. I did howevere drink more beer than he did that night in El Tambo.
Who says correlation doesn't equal causation.
Jay
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potreroed
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enigma wrote: potreroed wrote: I'm too lazy to type out the whole list. C'mon you must have a long list.
OK, OK, here's a list:
Jim Erickson
Pat Ament
Ron Cox
Duncan Ferguson
Kevin Donald
Jeff Lowe
Charlie Fowler
John Long
Lynn Hill
Richard Harrison
Randy Grandstaff
Wendell Broussard
Paul Van Batten
Mark Wilford
Pete Cleveland
Tommy Deuschler
Eric Zieszche
Rich Bechler
Tom Kelley
Forrest Gardner
Leo Houlding
Jim Thornburg
Kurt Smith
Craig Lueben
Rusty Baillie
Carlos Carsolio
Carlos Garcia
Pablo Revilla
Paco Medina
Rodney Rodman Blakemore
Todd Skinner
Nicky Dyal
Jeff Jackson
I've also met and hung out with many others like Jim Bridwell, Katie Brown, Sonnie Trotter, Scott Milton, Peter Croft, Boone Speed and Steve Manboy Townsend but did not get to climb with them.
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rc_vinay
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with michaël fuselier,liv sansoz and julien nadiras in hampi india.
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healyje
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I'm gonna have to let Kevin know he's still famous...
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jomagam
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Heh, rc.com uses perl.
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enigma
Jun 22, 2011, 1:43 AM
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jbone wrote: jt512 wrote: enigma wrote: anyone climb with Chris SharmA ? I've watched him climb a few times, but have never climbed with him. Jay I put my project at risk one day by showing it to him. After about 3 attempts he threw his shoes on and stepped up to the first move. Pulled up off the ground for a few seconds a few times but never stuck the 1st move. He looked at his fingers and immediately decided not to put any of his other projects at risk by trying it any further. The next season I was finally able to send it. To this day it stands as the greatest project of all boulder problems I ever put time into. Not sure if Chris has ever returned to finish it off but to keep things in perspective. I still got burned by Natasha Barnes who flashed it, then later by Kehl in like 3 tries. Just one of those really fingery problems that maximizes the crimp.
Pictures?
Gee, I was so hoping Chris would post!
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jbone
Jun 22, 2011, 1:57 AM
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Better than that...
Ever seen Mike Call's vid "Best of the West"?
The problem is Doggie Jump, there's even a try of me throwing for the lip. Chris was working "Filet Mignon" nearby which is also in the vid.
As far as Chris posting... He reads your posts and if he posts he won't reveal who he is, as far as I know your Chris. lol, but I doubt it, he's not the type of person to mess with people from what I remember.
If you really want to ask Chris some serious questions try looking up an email through one of his sponsors, Evolv perhaps? Maybe Prana. Send him a mail introducing yourself and throw him some questions. If he's bored on a rest day he may just return it.
Chris is a cool dude, he'll likely want to hear as much about your climbing as you would like to hear of his.
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enigma
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jbone wrote: Better than that... Ever seen Mike Call's vid "Best of the West"? The problem is Doggie Jump, there's even a try of me throwing for the lip. Chris was working "Filet Mignon" nearby which is also in the vid. As far as Chris posting... He reads your posts and if he posts he won't reveal who he is, as far as I know your Chris. lol, but I doubt it, he's not the type of person to mess with people from what I remember. If you really want to ask Chris some serious questions try looking up an email through one of his sponsors, Evolv perhaps? Maybe Prana. Send him a mail introducing yourself and throw him some questions. If he's bored on a rest day he may just return it. Chris is a cool dude, he'll likely want to hear as much about your climbing as you would like to hear of his.
OMG, He reads my posts !
Hmmn, maybe some elite marketing skills needed?
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enigma wrote: jbone wrote: Better than that... Ever seen Mike Call's vid "Best of the West"? The problem is Doggie Jump, there's even a try of me throwing for the lip. Chris was working "Filet Mignon" nearby which is also in the vid. As far as Chris posting... He reads your posts and if he posts he won't reveal who he is, as far as I know your Chris. lol, but I doubt it, he's not the type of person to mess with people from what I remember. If you really want to ask Chris some serious questions try looking up an email through one of his sponsors, Evolv perhaps? Maybe Prana. Send him a mail introducing yourself and throw him some questions. If he's bored on a rest day he may just return it. Chris is a cool dude, he'll likely want to hear as much about your climbing as you would like to hear of his. OMG, He reads my posts !
And laughs at you like the rest of us
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aprice00
Jun 22, 2011, 2:39 AM
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Aahaahhahahha
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enigma
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potreroed wrote: enigma wrote: potreroed wrote: I'm too lazy to type out the whole list. C'mon you must have a long list. OK, OK, here's a list: Jim Erickson Pat Ament Ron Cox Duncan Ferguson Kevin Donald Jeff Lowe Charlie Fowler John Long Lynn Hill Richard Harrison Randy Grandstaff Wendell Broussard Paul Van Batten Mark Wilford Pete Cleveland Tommy Deuschler Eric Zieszche Rich Bechler Tom Kelley Forrest Gardner Leo Houlding Jim Thornburg Kurt Smith Craig Lueben Rusty Baillie Carlos Carsolio Carlos Garcia Pablo Revilla Paco Medina Rodney Rodman Blakemore Todd Skinner Nicky Dyal Jeff Jackson I've also met and hung out with many others like Jim Bridwell, Katie Brown, Sonnie Trotter, Scott Milton, Peter Croft, Boone Speed and Steve Manboy Townsend but did not get to climb with them.
Wow! Very Impressive List!
So can you share which climbs you did with Lynn Hill, John Long, and Todd Skinner? Or any other that were particularly memorable?
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chadnsc
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About five years ago my partner had just come down off South Tower in the Needles SD and ran into Herb and Jan Conn. They were out for a hike so we didn't climb with them but we did chat with them for a while about their FA of the route we'd just done.
Let's just say it was a tremendously humbling experiencing to hear about how Herb lead the climb with 60 feet of goldline, dime store sneakers, and a hand full of pitons placed only at the belay.
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areyoumydude
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I even made the cover, yo.
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I should have gotten you to sign my moobs  missed my shot, I guess.
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sungam wrote: I should have gotten you to sign my moobs missed my shot, I guess.
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