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yodelthis
Feb 21, 2012, 6:09 PM
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Rolo Garibotti pulled together a great statement that offers the mountaineering community's response to the removal of Maestri's bolts. Impressive list of Patagonian activists and alpine luminaries support Kennedy and Kruk's restoration project.
http://teton.outerlocal.com/climbing/cerro-torre-an-impossible-mountain-outpost
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bearbreeder
Feb 21, 2012, 6:43 PM
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a first free ascent beats the pants off any "fair means" aid ascent or bolt chopping anyday
the sad part is that north americans seem to be putting down mr lamas 5.13b R/X FFA up that wall ...
theyd much rather talk about a few bolts ... rather than about the compressor route finally being freed after half a century
i sense a lot of hatred going around ...
the REAL story ...
http://www.redbull.com/...view-021243166676734
(This post was edited by bearbreeder on Feb 21, 2012, 6:51 PM)
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Gmburns2000
Feb 21, 2012, 11:22 PM
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yodelthis wrote: Rolo Garibotti pulled together a great statement that offers the mountaineering community's response to the removal of Maestri's bolts. Impressive list of Patagonian activists and alpine luminaries support Kennedy and Kruk's restoration project. http://teton.outerlocal.com/...ble-mountain-outpost
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potreroed
Feb 22, 2012, 12:48 AM
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Yawn. I don't care one way or the other if they chopped the bolts but I think they lied when they said it was a last minute decision after summiting. You don't remove 100 bolts with your bare hands, you have to come prepared.
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Khoi
Feb 22, 2012, 4:23 AM
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potreroed wrote: Yawn. I don't care one way or the other if they chopped the bolts but I think they lied when they said it was a last minute decision after summiting. You don't remove 100 bolts with your bare hands, you have to come prepared.
IIRC, they said during their live presentation at the VIMFF that the bolts were removed with their ice axe.
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