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tim
Mar 25, 2003, 12:00 AM
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dude, I think that's Valerio Folco. he's doing that whole Euro-dog hat-under-the-helmet thing. I *think* this picture is from him and Tom McMillan's ascent on that route.
I've got some issues with bitching about taping anything to a hammer, but, whatever. If you're clean and he's not, then right on. But otherwise... (I'm not the sort of person to say "otherwise STFU" so I'll let someone else)
A4+ DFU would not be sporting a rivet smack dab in the middle of a pitch, would it? Just curious. Maybe it would.
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bigwalling
Mar 25, 2003, 3:03 AM
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That is Valerio. He climbed it with Bruce and Tom. That pitch is rated A2+ or so. It's the pitch after the Killer Whale. I think the pictured pitch is called "Rain of Terror".
By the way, Valerio's web site has some video footage of the climb.
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copperhead
Mar 25, 2003, 4:59 AM
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The WANKER ALERT just went off.
Am I really reading this? Pete, where do you get your information? I sometimes wonder.
Tempest was first climbed in ’93 by Brad Jarrett, Jeff Hornibrook, and Cade Lloyd. I have photos of them on the FA. I don’t know how Gerberding came into the picture. Was it because you have a picture?
So why did you post this thread topic? Are you better than that? You have admitted to ‘cheating’ yourself. Please tell us. What’s your point?
...No, no, PTPP would never cheat but he might drill a rivet on lead on an existing route…
Like your pictures are examples of absolute perfection…
WANKER.
In reply to: [The pitch was already rated A4+, so one wonders how this mistake would affect the rating! Sheesh]
WOW!!! Does that mean that you climbed A5 or A5+? YOU ARE WAY RAD, DUDE!!!!!!!
Everyone who is not on a FA is cheating. Clipping fixed gear is cheating. Using a portaledge instead of a hammock is cheating. Every form of climbing except naked free-soloing is cheating. Live with it.
Valerio would whoop your ass any day. You name the game.
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bigwalling
Mar 25, 2003, 6:34 AM
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In reply to: dude, I think that's Valerio Folco. he's doing that whole Euro-dog hat-under-the-helmet thing.
Who says that is Euro? I do it.
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copperhead
Mar 25, 2003, 6:39 AM
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Ditto.
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tim
Mar 25, 2003, 3:16 PM
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Yeah, but that doesn't make you Valerio Folco now does it? :twisted:
My apologies. Anyone who Tom McMillan would abstain from going off on for an entire wall, has got to be very good. I wonder if Pete would survive a wall with everyone's favorite loose cannon. (Also, I didn't know that Bruce was on that ascent.) I'd probably wet my pants on the Tempest.
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passthepitonspete
Mar 25, 2003, 3:56 PM
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In reply to: So why did you post this thread topic? Are you better than that? You have admitted to ‘cheating’ yourself. Please tell us. What’s your point?
{Dr. Piton shakes his head in amazement} You know, Bryan, I really can't figure out your defensiveness. I am not sure if you have absolutely no sense of humour, or if you have your head so far up your ass today you cannot see the light of day. Did you wake up on the wrong side of bed this morning?
My point is that this thread is humour, and I write it specifically to provoke irate responses among those with no sense of "ha-ha". [You might choose to reread it now - most everyone else appears to "get" the joke]
"Wanker Alert" indeed.
Sheesh.
But evidently I too am a wanker. I thought Gerberding was on the first ascent because the hand-drawn topo I have says "Bad Ass Gerberding" on Pitch 11, and "rivet" is misspelled as "rivit" like Steve frequently does. I stand corrected.
In reply to: Every form of climbing except naked free-soloing is cheating. Live with it.
I do. [Heh] I love a good segue...
You'd better click here, Bryan - if you dare!
Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!! [DDEL]
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fishypete
Mar 25, 2003, 4:45 PM
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Copperhead: Great info!
Pete: Great Troll!
It seems that the dripping sarcasm kinda slipped through unnoticed there...
So the only solution I see is to bestow the
WANKER DU JOUR
award on the both of you!
Methinks things are getting just a bit too fractious in here.... all these wanker alerts and.....how shall I put this delicately.... cranial explorations of one's nether regions....
Just remember the motto everyone, focus all those negative energies on the pig...
Carpe Swinem!!!
Now doesn't that feel better??
Cheers
Fishy
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copperhead
Mar 25, 2003, 5:00 PM
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Well Pete, I guess after reading so many of your posts I have a hard time deciphering between your spray-fests and so-called "humor."
Sorry but if that's supposed to be a joke, then it's pretty lame. Try again.
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bvb
Mar 25, 2003, 6:27 PM
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***sigh***
deep feeling of contentment
{crack} sound of an old english stubby being opened...
here i am at work, but deep in my heart, i feel as though i'm at the deli. thank you, everyone, especially ptpp, for making my day.
and for those of you who don't get the joke...here, smoke this, and pay no attention to that aviation fuel odor, and yeah, the tip of the muggle IS supposed to light into flames every time you pull a hit.
god bless aid climbing, and god bless lousemite valley.
jesus wept. :twisted:
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apollodorus
Mar 25, 2003, 7:16 PM
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At the lower left of this scrap cut from a recently made topo, the name "Gerberding" appears in apparent reference to his ascending prowess. I would have posted the entire topo, but the file is huge.
http://home.pacbell.net/...sper/tempesttopo.jpg
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tim
Mar 25, 2003, 8:02 PM
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your topo is just a LEETLE BEET off, Tom...
http://www.valeriofolco.com/phpsite/static/images/tempesttopo-zv.jpg
IV 5.6 A2+ , I love it... ruthless
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philbox
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Mar 25, 2003, 11:46 PM
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I`ve been following this thread pretty much from when it started. On the open ended troll scale I just consulted the graph paper and discovered that it was a 6.7.
I do think though that this topic has engendered some great discussion as well as being highly entertaining.
...Phil...
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passthepitonspete
Mar 25, 2003, 11:51 PM
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Dude, before I was a climber, I am an angler.
You might be interested to know that the Fish of a Lifetime linked above was caught while trolling.
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bvb
Mar 26, 2003, 12:52 AM
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yeah pete, ya just never know when you're gonna luck out and reel in one of those well-fed, merced-bred VALLEY LUNKERS.......!
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passthepitonspete
Mar 26, 2003, 1:02 AM
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Advice for would-be fish when swimming round posts of Dr. Piton:
"You can only get hooked if you open your mouth..."
Mwah-ah-ah. The Doc himself would be well-advised to take this under advisement.
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apollodorus
Mar 26, 2003, 6:20 AM
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First of all, the Tempest topo isn't mine. Brutus of Wyde made it, and sent it to me.
Second, I intentionally left enough of it there to show A3/A4 pitches. The rating listed at the title is intended to lure the unsuspecting up there.
Or something.
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apollodorus
Mar 26, 2003, 8:43 AM
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UMMMM. Dinner.
Just so the topo, and the Rain of Terror pitch, can be seen:
Original Tempest topo
Brutus' Tempest topo
I'll have you know that I'm not clogging the RC server with those fine, high resolution topos. I stole the server space from SBC (actually, they steal $49.99 a month from ME).
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fishypete
Mar 26, 2003, 8:50 AM
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That is one mean lookin' fish...
Sure to put up a good fight I reckon!
We can sure use some of them around here...
Fighting Fish Unite!
Cheers
Fishy.
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apollodorus
Mar 26, 2003, 9:13 AM
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UMMMMMMMMMM! Dinner, AND a pretty good fight to get him into the smoker!
Here's what that big mouth looked like, right before I filled it up with Turkey Stuffing and shoved him into a surplus shipping container with a bunch of burning white oak. There is no such thing as "Too Big A BBQ".
http://home.pacbell.net/takasper/jaws.jpg
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passthepitonspete
Mar 26, 2003, 3:50 PM
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Dr. Piton always practises "catch and release", especially when he unexpectedly catches a friend who he buys stuff from. Well, at least when it's that cute little copperhead fish on the page before.
If it were that mean bugger above, I think it would be smart to cut the line!
Now, I'm looking at the hand-drawn topo that precedes those above which were made by the third-ascent team, and I see that
' "BAD ASS" GERBERDING ' is actually written in a different hand than that which drew the topo. I just noticed that for the first time now.
On Pitch 15 the same hand has written 'TOM A2+'. Maybe Steve and "Tom" made the second ascent?
It's a photocopy of a fax from April 27 00 and it came from Sybase, Inc. with a 707 area code, in case anyone lurking out there sent it to me. Can't remember how I got it.
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bvb
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copperhead's shark looks an AWFUL lot like bill russel after a night of G&T's backed with OE800....twins, seperated at birth??
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