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Havachatwithhexy... 2-Apr-2005 At 2:37:10 PM HEX

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'...The husband-and-wife team of Dean Potter and Steph Davis climbed several peaks in Patagonia, including a one-day ascent of the mighty Torre Egger, and Potter made the first BASE jump in the range. Potter had hoped to jump from the summit of Cerro Torre earlier but could not find the right combination of conditions...'
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Interviews With Climbers Friday, 2 July 2004, HEX :
>; And while your at it , Phil , can you ask Rick or Rob , if it's true that the ' first >ascent ' of El Mocho ( bizarre-looking mountain at the base of Cerro Torre), >(Bridwell&Squeak,circa ' 78) , simply involved leaving rock-boot-prints, in the snow ,at >the base of the summit-snow-dome---the route of ascent involved magnificent Gr20 >cracks to the top of the East pillar--but PAs/EBs might have attracted frost-bite by >going to the virgin summit---they are credited with the !st ascent of the mountain...
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'...Still keen to try BASE jumping in Patagonia, Potter climbed El Mocho’s East Pillar with Davis via the Bridwell-Staszewski Route and jumped off, reaching the glacier in one minute and leaving his wife to rappel alone...'

Base-jumping Cerro Torre ?? --- that would be more rad than the one in the Karakorum, the gets aired on tv every now&then ...

'...leaving his wife to rappel alone...'

Waddamissogginistrsole !!!

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