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15-Jan-2015 1:24:41 PM
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On 15/01/2015 ambyeok wrote:
>Do you reckon there's trout in that river?
timtom told me it is an atlantic salmon spawning ground.
Still, they are good eating. If you doubt him, then just ask the bears.
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15-Jan-2015 1:28:58 PM
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Yup there are trout. We spied a few when we were there in October. The water levels were very low at that time of year so they were hanging out in the deep pools.
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15-Jan-2015 1:55:39 PM
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"Curious that they were wearing helmets for the final push. Perhaps concerns that the number of people milling around on the exit slabs might kick stuff off? "
Or have a telephoto lense/microphone/smartphone/social media device dropped on them??
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15-Jan-2015 2:07:57 PM
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On 15/01/2015 gnarly_rider wrote:
>"Curious that they were wearing helmets for the final push. Perhaps concerns
>that the number of people milling around on the exit slabs might kick stuff
>off? "
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>Or have a telephoto lense/microphone/smartphone/social media device dropped
>on them??
Or a SAFEty device of some kind.
Oy, where did tha post go about salmon being inedible while spawning an better to eat the bears?
Cliff?? Are you some kind of web troll or something?
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15-Jan-2015 2:13:19 PM
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On 15/01/2015 gnarly_rider wrote:
>"Curious that they were wearing helmets for the final push. Perhaps concerns
>that the number of people milling around on the exit slabs might kick stuff
>off? "
You can get more sponsors logos on a helmet. :P
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15-Jan-2015 2:39:23 PM
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15-Jan-2015 2:40:00 PM
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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY !!!
: D
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/sports/el-capitans-dawn-wall-climbers-reach-top.html
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15-Jan-2015 2:58:45 PM
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I wonder if Rock & Ice will produce a special edition, devoted solely to this ascent?
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15-Jan-2015 3:10:39 PM
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On 15/01/2015 ajfclark wrote:
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>US climbers set to be first to scale Yosemite National Park's 900-metre
>El Capitan rock face without tools
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There must be a lot of tools climbing in the Valley for this to be news worthy
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15-Jan-2015 3:32:31 PM
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From urban dictionary :
'...a tool :
an offensive comment, mainly aimed towards the male of the species, when one is being particularly nasty, stupid, or facetious...'
Eduardo .... *U* are a tool ...
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15-Jan-2015 3:40:27 PM
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Anyway ... enuf of that ... now ... this is from mr ' Tarbuster ' on Supertopo :
'... climbed Hotline with Kim Carrigan in 1980 and at that time he predicted that many of the great wall climbs in Yosemite and those of El Capitan particularly, would go free. I said to him: "even the PO?" He said yes. I was skeptical; it's happening, of course not on the PO, yet....'
Kim will have more to tell on this and other grouse things , in his book , due out sometime in 2016 ...
BY4NOW
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15-Jan-2015 4:14:59 PM
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I thought Imaclawfan had signed off for the last time some time back. Must have been seeing things.
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15-Jan-2015 4:54:55 PM
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On 15/01/2015 Imaclawfan wrote:
>From urban dictionary :
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> '...a tool :
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>an offensive comment, mainly aimed towards the male of the species, when
>one is being particularly nasty, stupid, or facetious...'
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>Eduardo .... *U* are a tool ...
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That reads like an insult directed specifically at me. Pretty poor form, Imasskisser.
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15-Jan-2015 9:18:20 PM
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On 15/01/2015 Imaclawfan wrote:
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>YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY !!!
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>: D
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>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/sports/el-capitans-dawn-wall-climbers-reach-top.html
That article's actually pretty damn good. Well done NY Times!
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16-Jan-2015 9:14:27 AM
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http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/two-idiots-climb-big-thing-for-some-stupid-reason-2015011594457
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16-Jan-2015 9:44:00 AM
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On 16/01/2015 Wendy wrote:
>http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/two-idiots-climb-big-thing-for-some-stupid-reason-2015011594457
Funny title, not so funny article. Not just because I hate the nastiness on the internet - but when you consider things like the Onion - this is just hurling abuse for no real reason... just because they can.
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16-Jan-2015 1:00:56 PM
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People, can we please STICK TO THE FISHING!
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16-Jan-2015 1:09:53 PM
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This has got some really interesting attention in the media, some of it really quite bizarre. ABC News had three items in relation to it that I saw, the one posted above about non-tools climbing, then a video about it which was 95% showing them jugging and hauling, then my favourite an opinion piece by some moron who admits she knows nothing about what she is writing but then goes on to profess a worthless opinion http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-15/rosewarne-el-capitan-el-presidente-and-el-testosterone/6019324
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16-Jan-2015 4:20:04 PM
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>>>Two idiots climb big thing for some stupid reason...
>>>When Harding reached the top of the Dawn Wall in 1970, he was asked why he had done it and said, “Because we’re insane!”
http://www.yosemiteclimbing.org/content/new-acquisition-warren-harding-photos
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16-Jan-2015 4:49:42 PM
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On 16/01/2015 ambyeok wrote:
>This has got some really interesting attention in the media, some of it
>really quite bizarre. ABC News had three items in relation to it that I
>saw, the one posted above about non-tools climbing, then a video about
>it which was 95% showing them jugging and hauling, then my favourite an
>opinion piece by some moron who admits she knows nothing about what she
>is writing but then goes on to profess a worthless opinion http://www.
>bc.net.au/news/2015-01-15/rosewarne-el-capitan-el-presidente-and-el-testosterone/6019324
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I thought her opinion was spot on. Why should anyone who isn't into climbing give a fcuk?
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