elaine Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 The flier for this was given to me at the Madrone Wall Fire Mgmt Plan meeting tonight. All proceeds benefit the Mountain Leadership Institute, a non profit. Tickets are $10 cash at the door or online at mountainleadershipinstitute.com Location: The Kravet Building 1640 NW Irving Street PDX 97209 -3 blocks west of the Pearl REI Big Wall Climber Mark Smith Presents: Wings of Steel, the most controversial and quite possibly the hardest aid route on El Cap. The Story: Mark Smith presents a slideshow of his route, Wings of Steel, on El Cap. Journey back to 1982 and experience sabotage, starvation, and slander as they put up arguably the hardest aid route on El Cap. The climb, trashed by locals as being a "bolt ladder" proved to be harder then their critics' tough language. Countless attempts buy some of the best aid climbers in the world ultimately vindicated Smith and his climbing partner, Richard Jensen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Never heard of Mark Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 ran into that frosty ammon feller n' his girlfriend who did the 1st repeat this summer - it was plain to see they were incredibly jazzed to be on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zig Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Read Rock and Ice Magazine for December. Feature article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobinc Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Only an odd 3000+ plus posts on this over at Supertopo: http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=72849&msg=1677763#msg1677763 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zig Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Also online at: http://rockandice.com/news/1513-el-cap-slanderfest-finally-put-to-bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky_steve Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I've had the pleasure of befriending Mark Smith over the last year and a half. It is an amazing story he has to tell of this climb. I'm looking forward to hearing it presented. Also it should be noted that almost every time Mark and I have a conversation I am laughing at some point. The guy is a riot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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