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The Asgard Project 20-Apr-2010 At 5:02:17 PM singersmith

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>I'm quite surprised to hear you say that mate.....would've thought that
>mass marketing and hero worship would be way less compatable with your
>style than a little sniping at the "world famous leading climbers"

I'm talking more about constantly being told about the things I can't do, am not capable of, or will never pull off. General negativity toward dreaming, scheming, and positive visualization. I frown on anyone sniping at Leo because he's one of my best friends and one of the most gentlemanly people I know.

Neil, wasn't trying to start a pissing match; just shutting down internet slander. I'm sorry if you took offense. I wasn't there to get rad, I was there to hang out with my friends and do another lap up the Scott Route - which it sounds like you did as well. It's awesome, huh? I was actually a full hitchhiker, showing up unannounced and without food or climbing gear, ha!. Long story, but I felt left out after they all e-mailed me for beta so I just showed up, beat them to base camp, and joined their trip, gambling that 12 people would have extra food for me. No one was more surprised than I was to watch 3 bodies huck out of the plane.

Had you asked me, I would have told you to stay off that buttress of Thor. It's the single most dangerous part of the whole valley, both sides of the valley right there in a short section shed massive amounts of rockfall on a regular basis.

One Day Hero, I'm out of retirement (look out below), more of a 6-9 inches kind of guy, and vegetation keeps the riff raff away.