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bearbreeder
Dec 16, 2011, 12:04 AM
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sounds like a sketchfest ... free soloing in icy conditions with no backup plan ... just need a cell phone to call SAR i guess http://www.thedenverchannel.com/...29974459/detail.html Xavier Rojas was free-soloing -- climbing with no rope or equipment -- on the Standard East Face route on the First Flatiron when he became stuck about 4 p.m., Boulder County sheriff's Deputy John Seifert said in a news release Sunday. Rojas was about 500 feet up the face when the temperature started falling and the rock iced up, Seifer said. In trying to avoid the ice, Rojas went off the route until he reached a spot where he could not continue. Rojas was wearing only a sweatshirt and climbing pants, but did have a headlamp and used his cellphone to call 911 and communicate with rescuers.
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socalclimber
Dec 16, 2011, 12:20 AM
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Well, soloing is what it is. Soloing. Best to take things like weather, conditions as a whole, and your "skills" for the route before you leave the ground.
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Kartessa
Dec 16, 2011, 4:18 AM
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billl7 wrote: bearbreeder wrote: Xavier Rojas was free-soloing -- climbing with no rope or equipment -- on the Standard East Face route on the First Flatiron when he became stuck about 4 p.m., Boulder County sheriff's Deputy John Seifert said in a news release Sunday.MP.com doesn't list such a route on the First Flatiron: http://www.mountainproject.com/v/first-flatiron/105744678 Wonder if they meant that route on the Third Flatiron: http://www.mountainproject.com/v/third-flatiron/105744681 Well, if he ever wondered whether he'd "say uncle" while free soloing - he need not any longer. Bill L Mp may have nothing... But summit post lists the direct east face-off the first flatiron. http://www.summitpost.org/...east-face-5-6/167600
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