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Location: DunkarooLand Gender: Male Total Likes: 24 likes
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
| | | | Best Climber - closed because just no < on 5/19/2010 3:03 AM >
| | | My top picks are: 1. Alain Robert 2. Dean Potter (uses base chute as fall protection) 3. That monkey climber guy from india. 4. so many more ... some even crazier than the following: (I do not think I am anywhere near a large number of the following )ROLL CALLplayed uLiveAndYouBurn dsankt steve duncan siologen yaz36 loops ryan(xpromise) willskith shane lord awesome djcraig aurelie anapplesnail bouncewiggle dresden hi-lite skyjumper ok, tired of adding names, no offense to the forgotten, feel free to add more or pick a top climber.
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| "No risk, no reward, no fun." "Go all the way or walk away" escensi omnis... |
| aurelie
Location: pacific northwest Gender: Female Total Likes: 48 likes
high tech:: low life.
| | | | Re: Best Climber < Reply # 11 on 5/20/2010 12:12 AM >
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| reckless thoughts abide; anachronistic and impulsive. loosely jacketed against the cold and ten thousand worlds for the choosing. |
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Location: DunkarooLand Gender: Male Total Likes: 24 likes
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
| | | | Re: Best Climber < Reply # 15 on 5/20/2010 2:44 AM >
| | | Posted by MindHacker Is that the guy who died? I'm pretty sure the best free solo-er took a fall maybe 10 years ago.... Also, I haven't seen any actually technical climbing on UE trips, only ballsy climbing on ladders, structural steel, and the like. At most 5.4 or 5.5... Not that the people nominated couldn't do 5.8s+, I just haven't heard of it happening for urbexy reasons.
| I googled "free soloing" and got that image. It was Micheal Reardon who "died" by being swept out to sea, body never recovered... I like to think maybe he really went underground because he was recruited for a super secret group of special forces. The real (albeit non explorer) winners of a thread would be listed here: http://en.wikipedi...bing#Practitioners There are images out there and self described documents of technical climbing from several explorers I listed. Generally I find it hard to climb and take pictures at the same time. Few reasons: 1. It's usually night and therefore requires ridiculously long exposures. 2. If it's convenient enough to stop and take pictures on the way up ... well shots are always better from the top. 3. If it's not convenient enough to stop and take pictures on the way up there's a good reason for it; have to move unseen quickly or have to utilize both hands to get up.
| "No risk, no reward, no fun." "Go all the way or walk away" escensi omnis... |
| MindHacker
Location: Suburbs of DC Gender: Male Total Likes: 1 like
If you spot a terrorist arrow, pin it to the wall with your shoulder.
| | | Re: Best Climber < Reply # 17 on 5/20/2010 3:33 AM >
| | | I was thinking dan osman ( http://www.metacaf...an_speed_climbing/) who looks totally different, but also died. Thanks. Also, can we include some stories then? I'd love to hear some cool stories that aren't 100% ladders, or 100% aid. The most technical I have is just some buildering, using 1/2" ledges and 1/4" window frames to transverse the back of a building (not even for any good reason). It wasn't that hard until I got to the gap between windows, which was a yard of perfect brick wall. One of my friends dyno'd half way up the building, 1/2" ledges every 5', but they pussied out when they realized that the fun trick @ 3 feet off the ground is a dumb trick 3 stories off the ground. Actually, I have a better one: On to the first subroof by running up the wall and grabbing for the lip. The next roof was 12' higher, but had the advantage of presenting two faces to climb (interior 90* angle). Climbed up a person, then stemmed one of the walls and a 1" window molding 3' along the other, grabbed a decorative cut-out, but failed to get the final one foot to the top. I ended up repeating it with an etrier on a hook, which is much easier than a one-handed pullup on 2" ledge. The final two roofs were easily slanted.
| "That's just my opinion. I would, however, advocate for explosive breaching, since speed and looking cool are both concerns in my job."-Wilkinshire |
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