El Capitan's Boot Flake
Nov 20, 2019 12:35:47 #
Nov 20, 2019 12:47:06 #
DickC wrote:
I'd love it!! 
Thank you for the comment Dick. I have a long time interest and admiration for these folks. Big wall climbing is no country for the incompetent!
Phil
Nov 20, 2019 15:04:21 #
rockdog wrote:
Thank you for the comment Dick. I have a long time interest and admiration for these folks. Big wall climbing is no country for the incompetent!
Phil
Phil
I'm an old 'rock rat' Phil, I lived in Colorado for 60 years, I did all the 54 14er's and several climbs on Long's Peak (the only 'big wall' I ever climbed), lots of the canyons and spires too! Always wanted to go to Yosemite but never had the time or money. The only time I climbed out of state was when I went to Utah with the Boulder climbers to climb Six Shooter Peak (I took extra undershorts)LOL.
Dick C.
Nov 20, 2019 15:32:21 #
DickC wrote:
I'm an old 'rock rat' Phil, I' lived in Colorado for 60 years, I did all the 54 14er's and several climbs on Long's Peak (the only 'big wall' I ever climbed), lots of the canyons and spires too! Always wanted to go to Yosemite but never had the time or money. The only time I climbed out of state was when I went to Utah with the Boulder climbers to climb Six Shooter Peak (I took extra undershorts)LOL.
Dick C.
Dick C.
Yes, the "rock rat culture"! It is very cool that you have spent that kind of time on the 14's! The 14,000' peaks in the Rockies and Sierra Nevada' are pretty effective at separating the backpackers from the mountaineers and climbers. And then there are the free climbers!
https://www.adventuresportsnetwork.com/outdoor/time-lapse-video-of-fastest-el-capitan-climb-is-downright-amazing/
It is good to meet you Dick, thanks again for the comment.
Nov 20, 2019 15:38:41 #
Just a quick comment. Free climbing is a result of improvements in equipment and training as is big wave riding and climbing Mt. Everest. We certainly would have tried it if we could.
Nov 20, 2019 16:03:00 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Just a quick comment. Free climbing is a result of improvements in equipment and training as is big wave riding and climbing Mt. Everest. We certainly would have tried it if we could.
Thanks for the comment. I think the dubious new element in free climbing is the reality-TV, record breaking drama thing. I do take your point re improvements in equipment, technique and training...."stronger, higher faster"! John Muir was a free climber, but not the athlete we see on these big walls.
Phil
Nov 20, 2019 16:06:23 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Just a quick comment. Free climbing is a result of improvements in equipment and training as is big wave riding and climbing Mt. Everest. We certainly would have tried it if we could.
I agree, look at the lines on Everest, all it takes is money now! Honnold climbing El Cap creates a lot of people who will get hurt eventually, he is a natural, few people have the skill and nerve to do what he does! I was a follower of Layton Kor and Gaston Rebuffat (I swear old Rubberfoot could stand on his own shoulder) but never attained any notoriety. Now, I'm pushing 81, and can only dream of the past!
Nov 20, 2019 16:08:22 #
I'm just jealous. I could have done more climbs if I could have finished them in one day because I just couldn't sleep hanging from a couple of pitons. 
Nov 20, 2019 16:19:40 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
I'm just jealous. I could have done more climbs if I could have finished them in one day because I just couldn't sleep hanging from a couple of pitons.
HA!! I never did that either, we usually rapped down and slept in a tent, never did more than 2 days for a climb! I never considered myself as any more than a 'crack rat', I would never know how to do a big climb or expedition!
Dec 14, 2019 19:11:37 #
rockdog wrote:
Boot Flake is a feature on the “nose route” for cl... (show quote)
These are great shots, Phil, despite the fact seeing these climbers give me the cold chills.
Dec 14, 2019 21:28:35 #
Rob48 wrote:
These are great shots, Phil, despite the fact seeing these climbers give me the cold chills.
Thanks Rob, I always appreciate your willingness to take the time to comment on an "old" post. These climbers interest me in a different way in my old age and I understand the cold chills reaction.
Dec 14, 2019 22:55:25 #
Looking at these from a purely photographic standpoint, the only one that has some visual interest beyond reporting what rocks look like and climbers do is #2. Some work to bring out the tension of the space to be traversed between the lone climber and the group would make this an interesting photo.
Dec 14, 2019 23:10:43 #
artBob wrote:
Looking at these from a purely photographic standpoint, the only one that has some visual interest beyond reporting what rocks look like and climbers do is #2. Some work to bring out the tension of the space to be traversed between the lone climber and the group would make this an interesting photo.
Go away fool!
Dec 14, 2019 23:19:02 #
rockdog wrote:
Go away fool!
He just can't get it through his head had that his opinion is only welcome when someone asks for it.
You done good Rockdog!!!
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Dec 14, 2019 23:27:25 #
Bill_de wrote:
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Huh? Shots are posted here then, for what? Some of you are pretty dictatorial. You Russian?
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