kevbone

David Lama plans to bring a small bolt-kit with him, so that he has the option to hand-drill some bolts if necessary. If he adds bolts to the Salvaterra variation it would be totally out of line, as Salvaterra climbed the variation in 1999, and already placed all the necessary bolts (and Josh Wharton and Zack Smith climbed a variation to the variation in 2007, without adding any bolts). It is reasonable, however, that Lama is bringing the bolt kit, because on the headwall they will likely attempt a different line than the blank rock Maestri bolted, and the line they attempt will likely be terrain on which any climber would use bolts. What is not reasonable, however, is the way David Lama plans to use his bolt kit. In a conversation with me, Lama explained that they plan to reach the summit via the normal Compressor Route bolt ladders, and then rappel a separate line of weakness on the headwall, placing protection bolts on rappel. Yes, that's right - rap-bolting the Cerro Torre headwall! I tried to convince Lama that he might place the bolts on lead, hanging from hooks, but he insisted that rap-bolting was his intention. Zack Smith chimed in with, "You know that people will be very upset if you place your bolts on rappel, right?" Lama's response was "I can take it." You go boy...... If he climbs on new rock, what is the problem? That he is not following some unwritten rule on how to put a route up? As long as he is not bolting on someone else's route, he should be allowed to continue. A ground up bolt job would be alot of extra bolts.

Which guy are you talking about?

I thought is was still in the making? So in other words it has not happened yet. I dont understand why a bunch of climbers in the PNW would care about something thousands a miles a way. Especially since most of the climbers complaining on here sport climb.

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This is a good thing? No that is not a good thing....what does this have to do with the topic at hand?

Actually dumbass, we all do. Kinda like how it's ILLEGAL to litter or set a forest on fire. Littering and setting fire to the forest is very different than putting up a sport climb on Cerro Torre. Apples and oranges.

Who gives a fuck? Seriously? Good for Lama. NOBODY OWNS THE MOUNTAINS.

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Or for recreational use which is about 98% of legal use of guns.

Nor both of these.....

So true......

And treatable.

Hey Minx...you cant take my title and just hand it to someone else.

Man, woman, dog....

nice, sounds like there's an even more interesting tr to be had there He just disappeared one day, but before he did he left all his belongings on the front lawn of some climber friends of ours. He came up from Cal a few months earlier. We think he was on the run from something. I think he finally decided to face the music and return, hence the box of personal belongings on the lawn, he knew he would not be back for a while. Hell of a climber and nice guy, even if he was a little crazy.

Ah Blueblocker. I wonder about him from time to time. I wonder if he like jail?

We just bought a tent trailer. We have yet to use it, we are hoping to make it out in the next month or so. It has heat which will make winter camping with the little ones easier.

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Thanks OFF just sent it to all my far lefty and righty friends What about your middle friends?

Do I hear 13 pages?

They should be silenced. They are a poison to America's way of life.

What do you think they should get?

You've told us multiple times. Nobody is impressed. I must have impressed you enough for you to remember, girlfriend! You are repetitive enough that even Kevbone would remember it. Remember what?