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passthepitonspete
Aug 2, 2002, 5:16 PM
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Dr. Piton believes it to be a Very Good Thing that you climb a route that is longer and harder than anything that you have yet done, and that you climb it solo.
The fact that you have announced it here for the whole world to see should make it that much more difficult to back out, and shows that you may have more balls than brains.
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Send it, dude, or be prepared to face your peers in failure.
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climbchick
Aug 2, 2002, 5:41 PM
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Rock on! Let us know how you make out.
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aid312
Aug 2, 2002, 5:59 PM
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Great route. I did it about a month ago. Let us know how it goes.
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krustyklimber
Aug 2, 2002, 6:12 PM
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Jon,
Got your rope???
Best wishes
Jeff
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climbsomething
Aug 2, 2002, 7:00 PM
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wacky, nutty aid soloists!
have fun, be safe!
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spiffdog
Aug 2, 2002, 7:15 PM
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Don't forget to link 5 and 6! There is no bolted anchor for the last pitch, and soloing on a gear anchor wouldn't be pleasant on your first outing. Be sure to bring a camera on the roof pitch and take a shot up into the roof corner, and then one straight down past your feet when your dangling at the lip!
Spiff
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melonhead
Aug 5, 2002, 2:35 PM
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First off,
Pete, thanks for the 2:1 beta. Hauling is no longer a chore!!!
Second,
I'm still not a soloist yet, aid anyway. I managed to scrounge up a partner last minute and shared the ledge.
Next time.
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hollyclimber
Aug 8, 2002, 4:52 PM
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What route are we talking about here?
It appears, although I apologize if I am wrong, that someone made a big announcement. These announcements are a form of accountability. Then, that person deleted their announcement?
Hey, its ok to not do what you announced you would do, but lets keep the integrity of the method, or it won't work at all!!
holly
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passthepitonspete
Aug 8, 2002, 6:05 PM
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Hottieclimber is 100% correct.
The purpose of such a post is to make yourself accountable to your peers.
Deleting such a post is not cool.
If you fail, then you must expect to face a bit criticism from your peers, but you will also receive our love and support.
Will the perpetrator of the above deletion please 'fess up?
Perhaps this was an accidental deletion, for the purposes of clarity...?
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melonhead
Aug 8, 2002, 10:15 PM
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OK, now it's time to bring out the old NJ/NYC attitude I have. First of all I deleted the post. It was MY post. I didn't fail, I just didn't "solo aid" it. In fact we did most of the route "Free". Personaly, I'd rather "Free Solo" it when I am ready. When I got home, I posted what happened. After a day or two, I figured why keep the posting up? So I deleted it. Hey guys, let's get over it. The route was done days ago. Why follow up on old news?? I mean, are you guys loosing sleep over this?????
Melon
Pete, you've helped me out so many times. It sadens me to reply this way.
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punk
Aug 8, 2002, 10:32 PM
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Pay no mind melon…you just learned to put the action in the shade and rave on after fact
Its all good we all bros around here… so what if someone gives u a nuggie
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rock_climbin_06
Aug 8, 2002, 10:45 PM
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Its ok Melon. Rock on man. I can't compete at your level yet so keep climbin. It doesn't matter what other people really think. If you completed the route its your gain. Good job though! Rock on!
-Adam
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melonhead
Aug 8, 2002, 10:46 PM
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Thanks Punk. Ya, I know better. I just don't like to be walked on. Hey, PM me on your Labor Day Weekend plans. If we're around the same area, we should hook up.
Thanks Adam!!!!
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krustyklimber
Aug 8, 2002, 11:05 PM
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Melonman,
Pete wrote;
The fact that you have announced it here for the whole world to see should make it that much more difficult to back out, and shows that you may have more balls than brains.
[Note: This character attribute can be of tremendous benefit to solo wall climbers]
This can also be a lot of weight to carry, and added pressure one may not need. I don't think it helped me out any!
It's O.K. that you didn't solo it or aid it, I was happy for you when I saw that you had found a partner!
But I agree that you didn't need to delete your "announcement", I was also very glad to see that you had at least accomplished your goal of "the ascent" no matter how.
I did not.
And when I posted the fact that I had failed and didn't have it in me to try for awhile, I recived overwhelming support and a bit of deserved good natured ribbing.
We haven't all made this go away as it should not, good on you for having a great day of climbing. You can't hide from us we're your friends
But no need to stress on it anymore,
Jeff
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hollyclimber
Aug 9, 2002, 4:31 PM
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Melonhead...
I don't think I was giving you a hard time? I just wanted to know the route (which I still don't know) and the progression of the thread, which was missing.
No big deal, definitely not losing any sleep over anything here...
By the way, if you edit a message more than one time, you can delete the extra editing marks so that it doesn't have four edit stamps!! Unfortunately, you can't delete discussion by deleting the first post, as you now learned? Some of us take a few days to catch up on what happened last weekend.
Congrats on doing the climb (whatever it was!)
Holly
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passthepitonspete
Aug 10, 2002, 1:23 AM
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Aw, hell, it was you...
I couldn't remember whose post it was. OK, OK, sorry to be such a smartass.
The whole point behind this announcement stuff is to keep you motivated to not give up.
It is not intended to diss you.
I'm sure you "get" the difference.
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melonhead
Aug 10, 2002, 2:02 AM
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Pete,
I was motivated, everybody was psyched for me, so I went up and "sent". After I posted the results I thought I deleted the "whole" post, not just my first one. It's all good. I toast my bowl to you all while on the wall.
Melon
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