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Playing with a pole

ajfclark

5-May-2009
3:52:10 PM

http://thealpinist.blogspot.com/2009/05/playing-with-pole.html

nmonteith

5-May-2009
4:36:15 PM

For a brief moment I thought The Alpinist magazine's editorial team had suddenly got very slack - then i realized it was Simon's own blog with the same name.

sliamese

9-May-2009
10:21:45 PM

they copied me... ;)

enjoy!!!! sorry it took so long!! :D

simon

IdratherbeclimbingM9

10-May-2009
12:09:48 PM

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i commited to the hook, watching my pecker fall out as i did so. i looked down past all the worthless pro and figured i'd end up somewhere near the sea when this hook blew. a minute passed and i was still there, the stuong gusts meant i couldnt get high on the piece and i dont know how my rocking around didnt dislodge it. i searched manically for the next piece, another shitty hook. about to commit to it i paused, this hook was suicide. there had to be something better. thirty second later i found it, a positive edge to sink my 'talon's into. highstepping up i clipped the bolt of the anchor, mumbling about how im selling my aid gear after this. it still staggers me that i didnt take the plunge.

Good stuff and I enjoyed reading it.

... Isn't it a great feeling/massive relief, to find something positive amongst a sea of worthlessness when out at the sketchy end!

Congratulations on the first solo ascent of the Tote.

sandwitch time

10-May-2009
1:38:05 PM

Simey... since wen is an east face left of a south-east ridge ... wen looking AT the mountain...

sliamese

11-May-2009
9:22:36 PM

ummmm....

well that whole side is eastfacing, the ridge runs down the middle, so technically it faces se but i spose it differs from the NE ridge close by, which is much larger...

its right when u go climbers east.... huh?!? ;)

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