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21-Oct-2010 9:55:44 AM
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October's Climbing magazine had a interesting interview with Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson. Full transcript is here: http://www.climbing.com/photo/image/mescalito-interview.pdf
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15-Nov-2010 10:39:53 AM
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From http://climbingnarc.com/2010/11/push-begins-on-el-cap-for-caldwell-jorgeson/
Tommy and Kevin go for it: http://kjorgeson.blogspot.com/2010/11/here-we-go.html
Twitter updates: http://twitter.com/kjorgeson
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15-Nov-2010 3:55:44 PM
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I've been following this and Leo's free routes with a very slack jaw...
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15-Nov-2010 4:30:31 PM
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Latest tweets indicate the just sent pitch 7.
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15-Nov-2010 5:16:18 PM
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This would have to be up there for the hardest multipitch once sent and the grades listed correct?
15 out of the 19 pitches are 5.13 and above, 6 of these are 5.14!
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15-Nov-2010 5:16:53 PM
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I think so, yes.
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15-Nov-2010 8:23:43 PM
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I'm pretty sure that is the line me and a mate free-climbed years ago but we didn't write it up because it wandered around a bit.
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15-Nov-2010 8:41:21 PM
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On 15/11/2010 simey wrote:
>I'm pretty sure that is the line me and a mate free-climbed years ago but
>we didn't write it up because it wandered around a bit.
and they even had to add some extra bolts... wimps. Maybe robertsonja could go and chop them for you.
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16-Nov-2010 6:55:32 AM
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Looks like they got pitch 8 sometime around 1:30am...
More coverage and photos from Tommy's wife: http://tommyandbecca.blogspot.com/
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16-Nov-2010 9:44:57 AM
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Tommy certainly didn't waste any time getting himself a new wife, after divorcing Beth Rodden.
I always thought they were the perfect all American apple pie climbing couple. Apparently not.
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16-Nov-2010 10:27:44 AM
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You have had your myth busted too?
... He shattered my aid climber dreams long ago!
Heh, heh, heh.
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16-Nov-2010 4:45:17 PM
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>kjorgeson: Pitch 9 is done. Now the real business begins: 5.14b ish, 5.13d ish, 5.14b ish, 5.14c ish, 5.14c ish
I love the way he makes it sound like bit to get where they are was pretty easy...
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16-Nov-2010 5:09:23 PM
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Re: The Tommy and Becca Blogspot:
My hope is that Tommy falls in love with Kevin and that the wholesome 'becca is jailed for stealing a mirror from the Curry Company Store. I wonder if Tommy really divorced Beth? More likely the other way around.
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16-Nov-2010 5:20:53 PM
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On 16/11/2010 ajfclark wrote:
>I love the way he makes it sound like bit to get where they are was pretty easy...
If you are referring to 'Life with the Caldwell's' site Becca says;
>They made it look smooth as butter from my view, though they both said it felt awkward and definitely got the heart pumping while gripping underclings with tenuous feet traversing right at the bottom.
... Doesn't sound easy to me!
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16-Nov-2010 5:24:26 PM
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I love how Kevin is 8 pitches up and writing tweets on his phone
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16-Nov-2010 10:25:10 PM
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Still recovering from the opening salvo of the Caldwell blog.
"Im looking forward to another morning of waking up next to my husband with the warm sun and a bird's-eye-view"
Excuse me. I have to lean over the rail.again.
And what's with the "bit" thing. "..bit they this" and "bit they that"? Is she a Kiwi phonetic speller?
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16-Nov-2010 10:33:29 PM
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You have forgotten what young love is like?
☺
Btw; I agree, it comes across as quite smitten, (i.e. too gushy for me, even if others may thrive on it!).
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16-Nov-2010 10:48:18 PM
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On 16/11/2010 kieranl wrote:
>Still recovering from the opening salvo of the Caldwell blog.
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>"Im looking forward to another morning of waking up next to my husband
>with the warm sun and a bird's-eye-view"
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>Excuse me. I have to lean over the rail.again.
I think we need One Day Hero to do a new version of the Caldwell blog. I'm sure he will amp up any bedroom scenes.
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17-Nov-2010 8:44:39 AM
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"A climber, his wife, and their world."
OMG did we all just fall into a time vortex and its now 1952 again !?
Next it will be "Mr & Mrs Tommy Caldwell's Blog"
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17-Nov-2010 9:33:10 AM
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Meh, Mr. Caldwell's private life is his own damn business, I don't care.
Although, I have a strange urge to go and buy a new Sterling rope for some reason after Kevin's last tweet.
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