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wallwombat
Dec 16, 2003, 11:42 AM
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What climber's have inspired you the most?
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mega
Dec 16, 2003, 1:30 PM
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Ed D. (a guy in the club I climb with) - 78 and still climbing strong. Climbing with him reminds me that I really do have the rest of my life to climb, and he is a great teacher.
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keinangst
Dec 16, 2003, 2:28 PM
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Jesus.
in climbing? Moses. :D
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rmiller
Dec 16, 2003, 2:52 PM
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A lot of climbers have inspired me, but at the top of the list has to be Layton Kor.
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lordjim
Dec 16, 2003, 3:10 PM
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Every Joe and Jane out there with a full time 40+hr/week job who gets out to their local crag every weekend and sends wicked lines.
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climbingjunky
Dec 16, 2003, 3:22 PM
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Chris Sharma
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cthcrockclimber
Dec 16, 2003, 3:40 PM
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everyone who is better than me... so i guess everyone. Just to see somebody send something I cant do helps me try harder and harder.
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tucsonalex
Dec 16, 2003, 4:12 PM
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Any partner that's enthusiastic and supportive. I climb my best when my partner hands over the lead to me on something that I think is over my head yet I can tell that they truly believe that I can climb it if I only give it my best shot.
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smellyhippie
Dec 16, 2003, 4:18 PM
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My climbing partners
Fred Beckey
Alex Lowe
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gravitytheory
Dec 16, 2003, 4:20 PM
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Ron Kauk. He climbs hard trad and fights for the environment.
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Dec 16, 2003, 5:33 PM
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Reading the daily dispatches of Mark Synott, Jared Ogden, and Alex Lowe's climb on Trango Tower in '99 was a distinct turning point for me. I had only been to the climbing gym a few times and climbed outdoors once, but after a few days of following their escapades on-line I knew that I wanted to be a good enough climber some day to have the self-sufficiency and courage to live in the vertical world for days and weeks at a time. Big wall climbing has been a fixation for me ever since.
Thank you, Alex Lowe.
Ed
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calamity_chk
Dec 16, 2003, 5:47 PM
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marcus garcia.
he was part of the group that got me started in climbing, and while they all played a part in the addiction, marcus spent more time teaching me technique and brainwashing my ethics. from him, i learned about traditional ethics, chopping bolts, alpining & mountaineering, and most important of all - moab.
after listening to him talk about the fisher towers and looking at some photos, i set my sights on the kingfisher .. and after i made my way to moab, i fell in love with climbing all over again. in fact, that trip is what defined me as a climber - and without knowing it, marcus planted the seeds for a lifestyle that has changed my life in several, profound ways. looking through his photos and slides turned the spark inside me into a raging fire - a fire that made me feel alive.
i am forever indebted to the friendship that we shared during my first few months as a climber.
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wallwombat
Dec 16, 2003, 11:18 PM
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Greg Child inspires me.
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hugepedro
Dec 16, 2003, 11:29 PM
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In reply to: marcus garcia. - - - -
Fred Beckey.
Pete Schoening.
My Grandfather.
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climbsomething
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There are people who I can bounce off of, and in their presence I feel like a better climber and/or person, but I am not sure that people "inspire" me, per se.
Climbs themselves inspire me. Toproping a steep little finger crack and considering the gear I could put in it, had I the gear, inspires me to 1) spend money I don't have ;) and 2) sharpen my skills as a trad betty. And my own failure inspires me to try harder. (that goes for climbing and other aspects of life...)
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tucsonalex
Dec 17, 2003, 12:02 AM
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In reply to: sharpen my skills as a trad betty
Hillary, repeat after me: I am a sport weenie, friends don't let friends climb trad...
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climblouisiana
Dec 17, 2003, 1:15 AM
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Steve Grossman
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Dec 17, 2003, 1:18 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: sharpen my skills as a trad betty Hillary, repeat after me: I am a sport weenie, friends don't let friends climb trad...
What do you mean? What other kind of real climbing is there, other than bouldering of course.
Curt
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ikefromla
Dec 17, 2003, 1:55 AM
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SO many people inspire me. Folks who climb hard trad esp.. but one particular buddy of mine is a huge inspiration. the guy climbs HARD.. but beyond that, his attitude toward climbing is inspiring... he's one of those guys that makes you send your hard project.
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Dec 17, 2003, 2:02 AM
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Andy and Lisa Puhvel, with their success with Yo!Basecamp as well as their own climbing careers, have inspired me the most in my climbing.
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All of the original yosemite hardmen. They were out there sending insane lines before most of us were born.
I can remember back to when I first started climbing; I saw a picture of Ron Kauk on Magic Line in Yosemite. It was a perfect day and a perfect line. That picture has to be one of the most influential pieces of my early climbing life.
Jimmy
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copperhead
Dec 17, 2003, 2:25 AM
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My Uncle... but he is dead. Got blasted by a 12 guage with 00 buck while asleep with his wife in their tent in Pakistan...
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Dec 17, 2003, 4:15 AM
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Bryan, I am sorry to hear that. I also lost an uncle who inspired me in a different way.
I hope all is well and happy holidays bro.
Oh, and I think you know who my #1 inspiration is. Peace
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cbeltrano
Dec 17, 2003, 4:19 AM
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In reply to: Every Joe and Jane out there with a full time 40+hr/week job who gets out to their local crag every weekend and sends wicked lines.
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frankyb
Dec 17, 2003, 4:25 AM
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A friend of mine, has inspired me into starting to climb.
My hero right now is Alain Robert.. I saw a video of him climbing a building in Montreal and holy guacamole... he really is spiderman
when I grow up, i want to be just like him
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copperhead
Dec 17, 2003, 4:46 AM
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Cheers, Gabe!
Happy Holidaze to you too, my friend.
Yes, he is an inspiration to us all.
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rogueclimber
Dec 17, 2003, 4:57 AM
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Holidaze! 8) thanks for the cheer!
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Dec 17, 2003, 5:28 AM
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Dean Potter has brought the realm of climbing to a whole new level, particularly crack climbing. he inspired me with his pure approach to climbing.
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In life I think the people who have inspired me the most are Alber t Einstein and Mark Twain. Both normal guys but turned their lives into exciting adventures. Also Mother Teresa, Gandhi and the Dalai Lama.
In climbing I think people like Chris Sharma, Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodden inspire me. This is because like the people mentioned above they were all normal people nothing really exceptional about them. But they became disciplined and trained and 'scent and 'scent and 'scent. Just thinking that there is someone who can climb 5.15, inspires me to climb and train harder!
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Dec 17, 2003, 2:52 PM
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My best friend and climbing partner Mark.
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calamity_chk
Dec 17, 2003, 5:54 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: marcus garcia. - - - - Plus, the guy climbs like a monkey.
oops . . misread the quote. yes, marcus does climb like a monkey, and he's about my height so i could learn a lot about moving through "reachy" problems by watching him. plus he's got a cute butt. hee hee.
the eternal climbing perv,
amber
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calamity_chk
Dec 17, 2003, 5:56 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: sharpen my skills as a trad betty Hillary, repeat after me: I am a sport weenie, friends don't let friends climb trad...
fie, fie, fie. friends dont let friends clip bolts, or friends help friends chop bolts - whichever. .. hehehe.
.. and hillary is anything but a weenie.
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Dec 18, 2003, 6:55 PM
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Not really any climber but that nagging voice I hear that tells me that if I fall, I'll die. That has inspried me the most.
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Dec 18, 2003, 7:42 PM
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8) Dan Osman has inspired me a lot...
Jimmy
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takeme
Dec 18, 2003, 8:24 PM
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Lots of people!
I'll second Layton Kor, especially since I do most of my climbing in Colorado and Utah. The guy nabbed an incredible amount of first ascents of routes that are today considered the most classic around. Even more so, when he started doing it, Colorado climbing was stuck in the mud and his manic energy took it to a whole new level.
Lots of guys from the 70s'--Webster, Wiggins, Dunn, Becker, Erickson, Wunsch, Briggs, etc. etc. etc. I find the exploits of that era really inspirational: free ascents of Jules Verne, Scenic Cruise, the Diamond, etc. A real go-for-broke attitude, true commitment and a sense of adventure. And the modern days reincarnations of the '70s--guys like Mike Pennings, Jonny Copp, the late Cameron Tague.
In my own climbing, a couple of partners who I started climbing with a lot this year, Josh Janes and Chris Weidner--in totally different ways, they've really opened my eyes to new approaches toward and styles of climbing. It's helped my climbing so much to get out, and just talk about climbing with those guys.
Charles
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Dec 21, 2003, 4:01 AM
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"The Bird"
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Dec 21, 2003, 4:31 AM
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Kor, Childs, A. Lowe, Anker, Pratt, Harding, Robbins, Long, Bachar, Caldwell, House, Potter, my climbing partners, the rock. Too much inspiration to go around.
Nate
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wallwombat
Dec 22, 2003, 12:27 AM
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I'm rather amazed that no one has said Lynn Hill :shock:
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Dec 22, 2003, 12:40 AM
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Lynn Hill :lol: (seriously tho)
*Beth Rodden*
Tommy Caldwell
John Long
Chris Sharma
Simon Roberts
Travis Griggs
Joseph Zimmerman
Hillary Tuton
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Dec 22, 2003, 4:02 PM
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Jim Herson
That dude is king of style, hard work and motivation.
just check out his website:
http://www.ai.sri.com/~herson/climbing/tr.html
ridiculous!!!
j.
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not trying to be egotistical, but I feel like I am self inspired as far as climbing. Now that I've gone and stepped in it, lemme 'splain.
I view climbing as a metaphor for my own spiritual journey. Who else could I look to for guidance on my own path? That being said... anyone who is brave enough to belay me is my hero of the moment! 8)
---Ford---
Some say he is a zen master, others say he is a sh*t head.
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Dec 23, 2003, 1:55 PM
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Peter Croft, Dean Potter, Dereck Hersey & #1 is Salathe
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dean potter, or fred nichole excuse my spelling
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Paul Calabro, hometown hero
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Vasya (i'll omit last name, you'd know him by his first), a 5.14 climbing friend of the same age
--yes, vasya, you've inspired me (this is derek)
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Mike Fischesher
An all-around great guy that taught me everything that I know about climbing. If it wasnt for this man I would probably spend most of my time high or drunk but, thanks to him I spend it doing something a little more meaningful. Besides being a great all-around climber and first ascentionist, he began an outdoor program in Morganton, NC where I live and is pretty much the reason that any climbers come out of Mo-town at all.
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oh yeah, rrradam is pretty inspiring too....just to know that you can really climb and smoke on the rock at the same time gave me a new outlook on the sport! Talk about multitasking. Here I thought you could only light up on the ground :wink: . THAT is talent!
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Every person who everyday get's on the rock with a wish of sending the route till the anchors!!
Merry Christmas :D
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I saw this girl on the Discovery Channel, She was very inspireing... and there is a "bendable" rock climbing doll of her that they sell at galyans. I guess she is pretty much pro...I want to say that her name was Tori or something, I really have no clue what her name was. Apparently her parents brought her to South Africa or somewhere when she was young, and she climbed trees with a monkey, and she is really good because of this...also I saw that her armspan is one inch longer than her height(something she developed because of climbing at a young age I guess).
Also I was at a Boy Scout Camp in N.M., and I was climbing for like a day, and the instructors seemed so cool, like it was their life...like that is all they did all day, and they were moving all over the place...I was climbing befor the trip to N.M, but they really got me started.
Also, Messner...
I guess that he is more known for mountaineering, but because that guy did the first ascent of Everest without supplemental o2, he became some sort of demigod to me I guess...his VOX was like 62, If I ever meet him (which I doubt)...I will bow down before him.
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In reply to: I saw this girl on the Discovery Channel, She was very inspireing... and there is a "bendable" rock climbing doll of her that they sell at galyans. I guess she is pretty much pro...I want to say that her name was Tori or something, I really have no clue what her name was. Apparently her parents brought her to South Africa or somewhere when she was young, and she climbed trees with a monkey, and she is really good because of this...also I saw that her armspan is one inch longer than her height(something she developed because of climbing at a young age I guess). Also I was at a Boy Scout Camp in N.M., and I was climbing for like a day, and the instructors seemed so cool, like it was their life...like that is all they did all day, and they were moving all over the place...I was climbing befor the trip to N.M, but they really got me started. Also, Messner... I guess that he is more known for mountaineering, but because that guy did the first ascent of Everest without supplemental o2, he became some sort of demigod to me I guess...his VOX was like 62, If I ever meet him (which I doubt)...I will bow down before him.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I guess for me, I've never really had much inspiration beyond what's inside me. I just love climbing.
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Dec 25, 2003, 11:51 AM
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wolfgang gullich. (and please don't say you ve never heard of him)
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Dec 25, 2003, 4:49 PM
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In reply to: wolfgang gullich. (and please don't say you ve never heard of him)
(not really, but I saw him there).
Wombat Dreaming :angel:
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Dec 25, 2003, 4:54 PM
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all of my climbing partners
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Dec 25, 2003, 5:21 PM
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losers, lowlifes, bums, bathstall poets, people who hang out in bus stations. plus that fukkin' manly stud i see in the mirror every day.
most the people who've been mentioned so far in this thread would stare at you for awhile, then tell you to go someplace else for your "inspiration", with the possible exception of tori allen, who'd probably ask you if you wanted her autograph, then her dad would step in and try to sell you one of those embarassingly absurd dolls.
i mean, fuuck.
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