pink Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 anybody really gives a rat's ass!?!?!? i do way better than IVANS drunken drivel there are way worse things to do. personally I don't follow it, but good for them if they can get someone to pay them to do it and make a living at it. YO DA!!!! Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 Maybe Ivan's thinking is in the 'other' category, Pink. Just maybe. You used to be a cool dude, anyway. And now you're just another one note song in a flat cord. Your humor's gone. I miss it. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 On pitch 24 now. Live video The team chose to climb the last 5.14 pitch (p 15) in the dark so that cooler temperatures would improve friction enough to make the send possible - even in mid winter. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Starting up p28 in the dark. Last .12c pitch. Looks like a top out tomorrow. Quote
stevetimetravlr Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Are they going to name it Dawn Wall or Stone Soup or what? I think Stone Soup is already taken, so that's out, which is a little disheartening. Quote
ivan Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 lord knows Stone Soup would be infinitely more deserving for that there gem, given how little hauling n' jugging n' re-supplying i imagine the Talent was doing on this expedition - fucking crazy to imagine how many friends and how much rope they had to bankroll their 2 plus week stint - oughta be able to have a hell of a kegger up top though Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Seconding a huge ow .12b overhung chimney t an .11d undercling falling traverse without a whole lotta hardware now: Live feed He's just took a little whipper. This guy's fingers are crazy glued together at this point. There's a little kicker move of .13 on the last pitch. No smooth sailing on this one. He's re-following the pitch to try to get it clean, but just fell again. This party ain't over. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 2 more to go - a .13a move and a pitch of .12b 19 days on the wall. Quote
Rad Posted January 14, 2015 Author Posted January 14, 2015 Bizarre media circus around this thing. I wonder how long rock climbing will stay in the public consciousness when it's over. 10 minutes? 11? Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Follower starting up the final dihedral - 2nd to the last pitch. .13a face move at the start. Quote
ivan Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Bizarre media circus around this thing. I wonder how long rock climbing will stay in the public consciousness when it's over. 10 minutes? 11? indeed wierd - shit, even free climbing on el cap looks about as boring as aid when it's all over i hope some rodney dangerfield impersonator screams "hey, we're all gonna get laid!" Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) at the belay Edited January 14, 2015 by tvashtarkatena Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 No more bizarre than pro football. Great athletes doing their thing. Caldwell's leading the final pitch. Quote
montypiton Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) bizarre media circus indeed! abc news this afternoon reports that two climbers have free-climbed El Capitan -- and I quote: "it had never been done before!" the report is obviously grossly inaccurate. El Cap has been free climbed thousands of times by numerous routes (East Buttress, West Face, Salathe Wall, Nose, etc) should Tommy and Kevin be held accountable for what their agents report? I'd like to be impressed, but I'm too busy being disgusted. Edited January 15, 2015 by montypiton Quote
AlpineK Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Based on the number of tvashtarkatena posts in the final hours of the drama CC has a home grown bizarre media circus. Quite a climb for sure, but... Quote
Pete_H Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 I heard on NPR they climbed it only using their hands and feet, without climbing tools such as bolts and ropes. Quote
G-spotter Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 I heard they scaled it by clutching nubs. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 well, theres media circuses and then theres douche circuses. Back to laughing at schizophrenic tutorials i reckon. good luck with that CC. Quote
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