RuMR Posted October 8, 2003 Posted October 8, 2003 Lee Sheftel, 57, of Carbondale, Colorado, climbed the stout, 110-foot Rifle testpiece Present Tense (5.13d) after 14 days of effort this summer. "I gave myself 15 days to do the route," said Sheftel, a tax accountant and potentially the oldest American to have climbed the grade. A crowd of 30 to 40 onlookers -- a veritable "Leefest" -- gathered to watch and support Sheftel during his send. --from RockandIce Quote
AmberBuxom Posted October 8, 2003 Posted October 8, 2003 yea. tax accountancy is inspiring. imagine: a steady paycheck. Quote
RuMR Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 whatever bouncy-bosoms... Go redpoint crestjewel... Quote
Dru Posted October 8, 2003 Posted October 8, 2003 RuMR said: Lee Sheftel, 57, of Carbondale, Colorado, climbed the stout, 110-foot Rifle testpiece Present Tense (5.13d) after 14 days of effort this summer. "I gave myself 15 days to do the route," said Sheftel, a tax accountant and potentially the oldest American to have climbed the grade. A crowd of 30 to 40 onlookers -- a veritable "Leefest" -- gathered to watch and support Sheftel during his send. --from RockandIce it's neat and all but i thought the 54 year old Italian guy who climbed a 14b roof route barefoot and chalkless was cooler Quote
RuMR Posted October 8, 2003 Author Posted October 8, 2003 Yeah dru...i remember reading that!!! Keep cranking into old age... Quote
cracked Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 Dru, you'd better start training if you want to redpoint 14b in 25 years! Quote
Dru Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 i don't want to redpoint 14b. it seems pretty boring! but i am impressed someone could do it barefoot and no chalk, 54 years old is even cooler. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 Dru said: i don't want to redpoint 14b. it seems pretty boring! but i am impressed someone could do it barefoot and no chalk, 54 years old is even cooler. Far be it from the humble Dr. Flash Amazing to dispute the encyclopaedic Dru Sprayshaw's grasp of the fax, however, if DFA's memory can this once be trusted, he would dare say the ascent in question was indeed sans chalk, but not sans shoes. Oui, ou non? Quote
Dru Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 I am not afraid to admit when I was wrong. I conflated two separate ascents. A Spaniard climbed a 14b shoeless. A 54 year old Italian climbed a 14a chalkless. OK? Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 Awesome. That was totally friggin' awesome. And yes, it's OK. Just peachy-keen, fine and dandy. Toodles, frere Canadien. Quote
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