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Kim Carrigan BOOK 8-Mar-2017 At 2:06:26 PM ima.seriousyoungliza

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>Did Carrigan actually climb 30? I mean anything which has stayed 30?

YEP ...many timers the crux of SYL..and Ethiopia ...which davej says has POST Carrigan chips on it ...

https://vimeo.com/75293650

> Cause it looks to me like all those Brits and Germans and Frenchies were smashing out 8c around the time Kim quit (or just a little later).

Kim didn't quit or ' wander off ' ( Claw ) ...he ....peaked.....nothing wrong with that ....specially when the hardest routes in Aus were around 20 when Kim started climbing...

....8c ? ...thats grade 33 and the first one didnt appear until 1987 ...... the Carrigan Years finished the day Wolfy got up Punks 32

>You really going to sit there and claim that someone can be three or four grades below top standard, and still be "among the best climbers in the world"?

He was ONE grade off the pace the day Wolfy got up Punks...and DURING the Carrigan YEARS...Claw says that at one point , ..
'...I hate to admit it , but KIM WAS THE BEST CLIMBER IN THE WORLD....he might of even been better than me ...'

...a bit of gggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr going on there Claw ...its always tough when someone u introduce to the activity gets better than u ...

...BUT HEY !!!! ...apparently you u regarded as being more ' colourful ' than Kim .....u get a trophy for that ...

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