Chriznitch Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 I definitely vote for the ones who aren't afraid to get dirty and miserable, climb alpine, smoke cigarettes and drink beer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyCamper Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 (edited) I can't believe someone hasn't chimed in yet on Polish climbers.... Â Oops...reading comprehension slow after lunch.... Edited April 7, 2005 by HappyCamper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Wanda Rutkiewicz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Alex Huber Speed Ascent Big Walls Redpoint of sport .14's Redpoint of trad .13's Freed Many El Cap routes Soloed multi-pitch 5.12 Freed climbed hard grades at Altitude  free soloed 14a ... but his hardest mixed climb is only m9.... wimp  oh ya i beat dfa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 now will gadd 5.14 sport 5.13 trad m13+ bareback bouldering grade? alpine routes - freed east face of howse peak where steve house had to aid mt robson car to car in a day world record paraglider kayaks too freed big walls in the cirque of the unclimbables  now that sounds pretty top of the game all round to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Alex Huber Speed Ascent Big Walls Redpoint of sport .14's Redpoint of trad .13's Freed Many El Cap routes Soloed multi-pitch 5.12 Freed climbed hard grades at Altitude  Plus free solo of .14a!  Good call, Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Dicky Dolma. Â Hauls grain too...never know when that'll come in handy. Â "I once heaved a sack of grain half a kilometer uphill with a boy from the village. We took turns carrying it on our backs and by the end he was reduced to tears so I offered to do his share as well," recalls Dolma who has also been the national women's ski champion for over a decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 "It goes, boys" - Lynn Hill describing the Nose. Â 12 years later, number of successful male leads, never mind in a day - 0 (Scott bUrke's toprope of great roof not counting as leading of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Trippett Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 (edited) here are the criteria....  1. fred 2. not fred  I saw a monkey in asia free solo a 14a, stop, take a one foot rest, upside down, on a one finger pocket, scratch, yawn and continue on for the send. I have never seen any 80 year old monkeys sleep in their Subaru . Fred is evolutionary. Not to mention he's the hometown hero. Pele' is the Fred Beckey of football(soccer). Michael Jordan is the Fred Beckey of Basketball. These are people whose skills will surely be eclipsed at some point, but they changed the game for all time. Freds presence permeates everything. He is truly a visionary. Edited April 7, 2005 by avitripp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Best Fake Climber:  "I did the twenty-three-hour Nose route to the top of El Capitan in eighteen hours and twenty-three minutes, I can get over this." - Avery Bishop (Kelly Preston) in Jerry Maguire responding to Jerry Maquire (Tom Cruise) after calling off their engagement  Maybe a "Vertical Limit" climber can beat this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Post deleted by jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Ok, real climbers. Â Aimee Aucoin Bev Johnson Cecilia Buil Jacqueline Florine Sylvia Vidal Alison Hargreaves Annie Peck Annie Whitehouse Arlene Blum Barbara Washburn Catherine Desteville Charlotte Fox Chris Boskoff Junko Tabei Kitty Calhoun Mirium O'Brien Nancy Hargreaves Stephanie Davis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Oh, and Lucy Creamer... Just for the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Are you saying "Lucy Creamer" is a better name than "Junko?" No way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Good point. Sounds like one shoots up and the other is shot at, doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 the other is shot at   BANG! BANG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Portia Menlove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvallisclimb Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 im going to throw steve schnieder out there sport 5.14s trad 5.13 i belive A5 big walls in patagonia three towers traverse freed el cap multiple routes first to solo the nose in day off width master 2 hard FAs up el cap 2nd ascent bachar-yerain ice climber and mixed climber done a fair bit of alpine  mabey not the best, but definatly well rounded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Smoke_Filled_Avalung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 i forgot that password Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 what's this? dru has more than one avatar? i'm shocked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 well after you guys banned all the other ones, i'm down to two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemco Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 I vote for Moses--FA Mt. Sinai direct, with bad weather (wind, lightning, booming voice of god, etc), plus he was WAY ahead of his time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 I vote for Moses--FA Mt. Sinai direct, with bad weather (wind, lightning, booming voice of god, etc), plus he was WAY ahead of his time. Â No way. Being homeboys with an all-powerful diety is clearly aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 best pagetopper ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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