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...but aborted my attempt 1/10,000th of the way up.    I spent a week and a half in California seeing my Marine son at 29 Palms. And had time to tour Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Joshua Tree National Parks. I got a chance to climb the rock fall up to the base of El Capitan. I'm going to post some of my pictures in different posts. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | ||
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You almost made it! You were like > < that close to the top! ______________________________________________________________________ "When its time to shoot, shoot. Dont talk!" “What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.” —Author Tom Clancy | |||
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At least you tried!  ► 6.4/93.6 “It is peace for our time.” — Neville the Appeaser | |||
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Great pics and smart move, Micropterus. Glad you made it down safely!  After reading some of the other El Capitan thread recently, we watched "The Dawn Wall" and started watching "Free Solo." I enjoyed TDW but FS seemed too much like Russian roulette to me. You might get to the top this time but if you keep pulling the trigger and making such dangerous climbs without safety equipment, the one with your name is likely to come up eventually. *** "Aut viam inveniam aut faciam (I will either find a way or make one)." -- Hannibal Barca | |||
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Sounds a lot like my trip where I walked the width of the Appalachian Trail. | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
Sweet, but the mountain always wins. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
9,999/10,0000 of the way to go! | |||
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There for a minute, I thought this was one of those "they died doing what they loved" threads. They don't think it be like it is, but it do. | |||
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You didn't count your own height - I think you made it maybe 1/9,999th of the way. Just keep tryin'! Remember, it's not the fall, it's the sudden stop.... "And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day" | |||
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At least You tried! Bravo. | |||
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you da man! | |||
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Grueling! Kudos. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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Yeah, I'm not sleeping halfway up there overnight! | |||
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I'm thinking you were a good 8" off the ground!!!  SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>>  | |||
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I wish I had your courage. When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed. Luke 11:21 "Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." -- George W. Bush | |||
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Whew. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Conveniently located directly above the center of the Earth  |
OP: with extra training & dietary preparation, I've been able to achieve almost watching chilling climbs such as yours WITHOUT even requiring much safety gear any more.... **************~~~~~~~~~~ "I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more." ~SIGforum advisor~ "When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey | |||
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I'll say, I have much respect for anyone that can get up even a few yards free-climbing. I saw nothing even a rock-monkey could hang onto. The crack i had my left hand in only was an inch or two deep. Maybe that's enough for some people. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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No, no, that was you climbing back down. | |||
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Awesome. A true inspiration. But careful there. A man has got to know his limitations... I did about 1/550,000th of the Application trail once. (about 20 feet IIRC) But I was much younger then... Collecting dust. | |||
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