olyclimber Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/completetorretraverse/ i think they cancelled the Piolet d'Or just so they could spend another year polishing it for Colin. Official 1st Member of the CC.com Big Ballerz Club, right here. Great job Colin, and congrats on another big one. Quote
dmuja Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 ..Garibotti comments that it involves little extreme climbing.. Thats funny. Quite an accomplishment. Quote
AlpineK Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 Extreme is a relative term. Way to go Colin. Quote
ZimZam Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 "way better than mineralogy homework" Kudos to you and your partner. Quote
TimL Posted January 27, 2008 Posted January 27, 2008 Thats so friggin cool! Homeboy from the Cascade hood puttin it down! Quote
olyclimber Posted January 28, 2008 Author Posted January 28, 2008 If you are what you say you are, a superstar Then have no fear, the camera is here And the microphones And they wanna know oh oh oh oh Quote
Rad Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Sweet! Congrats. "On January 22, in perfect weather but feeling unusually tired, likely due to carbon monoxide poisoning inside their bivy sack, they continued over Herron and Egger to reach Cerro Torre." Yep, that's usually what I do when I'm feeling 'unusually tired'. Quote
billcoe Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Yeah: bad-assed just got redefined for sure. Quote
ClimbingPanther Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 I feel honored to have skied in his tracks once upon a time Quote
pope Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 That's really something! And to think we bailed off the Denny Tooth one winter. Quote
frozen lifts Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 WOW! Weather, conditions, hang it out factor will make this climb go down as one of the top climbs ever! Quote
JensHolsten Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Incredible work Colin! Washington is representing down south this season. Jesse Huey (Seattle) sent a new variation to Fitz Roy´s North Pillar and is attempting the West Face of Cerro Torre right now. Bad ass! Max Hasson (Leavenworth)climbed the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre in 9.5 hours to the summit, one of the best times ever on the route and is attempting a new variation on Fitz Roy´s west face as we speak...more sends to come I´m sure. Send on! Quote
Marko Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Once again-- Freakin' stellar work down there, duderino! Quote
Blake Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Incredible work Colin! Washington is representing down south this season. Jesse Huey (Seattle) sent a new variation to Fitz Roy´s North Pillar and is attempting the West Face of Cerro Torre right now. Bad ass! Max Hasson (Leavenworth)climbed the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre in 9.5 hours to the summit, one of the best times ever on the route and is attempting a new variation on Fitz Roy´s west face as we speak...more sends to come I´m sure. Send on! I didn't know that about Max... that's pretty cool! David Trippett from Seattle/Vancouver also just put up a new grade IV+ free climb in the Torres de Brujo area. Quote
trussed Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 heck yeah! ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Make sure you know your rock climbing basics and the right rock climbing gear. Quote
ScaredSilly Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Very nice, just a little walk in the park ;-). Quote
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