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bigblue
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so who's your favorite climber and why? imma go w dan osman bc he was so ballsy and didnt give a shit abt safety. he pushed the limits and lived his life to the extreme until it finally caught up with him. thats how i wanna go
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shockabuku
Feb 3, 2009, 1:47 PM
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bigblue wrote: so who's your favorite climber and why? imma go w dan osman bc he was so ballsy and didnt give a shit abt safety. he pushed the limits and lived his life to the extreme until it finally caught up with him. thats how i wanna go
Are you in a hurry?
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rainman0915
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im going to agree with you dan osman was crazy 
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jamatt
Feb 3, 2009, 3:45 PM
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camhead
Feb 3, 2009, 4:12 PM
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I'm gonna go with Dan Osman as well, because that fucking video of him speed soloing Bear's Reach has become the #1 viral video representing climbing to millions, has attracted dipshits like the original poster to this sport, and is doing more than its part in taking rc.com even further down to the level of fucking youtube comments sections.
Really, you don't know jack-shit about Dan Osman if you say "he wasn't concerned about safety," this is not an "extreme sport," your attempted importation of ESPN-styled hero worship is pathetic, and I think you should do us all a favor and go play in the highway for a few hours, you clinically river-dancing auto-asphyxiatory five-seven ninny.
that is awl. you're welcome.
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carabiner96
Feb 3, 2009, 4:13 PM
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^ wat he said.
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fresh
Feb 3, 2009, 4:19 PM
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I like dave graham because he's from my region, and he seems to be the kind of guy who makes you better just by climbing with him. not that I'd know?
in other words, FU troll.
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curt
Feb 3, 2009, 4:24 PM
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bigblue wrote: so who's your favorite climber and why? imma go w dan osman bc he was so ballsy and didnt give a shit abt safety. he pushed the limits and lived his life to the extreme until it finally caught up with him. thats how i wanna go
Why wait?
Curt
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johnwesely
Feb 3, 2009, 4:26 PM
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Osman never did anything for anybody by soloing. I respect the local hero's that had the vision to establish new lines and inspired others to do the same.
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scottek67
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here's vote # 5 for DanO
I enjoy watching all footage of him (I wouldn't try half the stuff he did) especially that video of him speed climbing!
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coastal_climber
Feb 3, 2009, 4:40 PM
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Sharma, I like his attitude towards advancing the sport.
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IsayAutumn
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In reply to: so who's your favorite climber and why? imma go w dan osman bc he was so ballsy and didnt give a shit abt safety. he pushed the limits and lived his life to the extreme until it finally caught up with him. thats how i wanna go
I hate you.
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spikeddem
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coastal_climber wrote: Sharma, I like his attitude towards advancing the sport.
Baseball? Basketball?
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Gmburns2000
Feb 3, 2009, 4:58 PM
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I usually don't get inspired by high achievement athletes, but I think what Beth and Tommy and Lynn Hill have done are pretty amazing.
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jh_angel
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Old-school: Henry Barber
New-school: Tommy Caldwell
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dingus
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This is my favorite famous climber:
DMT
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jeepnphreak
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My favorite is Patrik Callis, a local in my home town that back in the 50 and 60 founded and first acent many of the climbing routs and mountneering routs in my area.
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cush
Feb 3, 2009, 5:28 PM
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i'm going to have to go with dave graham. he seems like the kind of person who's really not too full of himself. he seems like a pretty laid back, relaxed guy
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Johnny_Fang
Feb 3, 2009, 5:38 PM
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camhead wrote: I'm gonna go with Dan Osman as well, because that fucking video of him speed soloing Bear's Reach has become the #1 viral video representing climbing to millions, has attracted dipshits like the original poster to this sport, and is doing more than its part in taking rc.com even further down to the level of fucking youtube comments sections. ...
great big ass trophy right here.
shit, that's sort of a youtube post i just made.
m.
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brownie710
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dingus wrote: This is my favorite famous climber: [img]http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u14/cosmiccragsman/comiccosmic-1.jpg[/img] DMT
I didn't know any of the Merry Pranksters climbed, I give this guy a second vote!
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graniteboy
Feb 3, 2009, 7:06 PM
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The Partial List:
Pete Cleveland (gee, who's He??)
Werner
Ed Hillary
And whoever said "henry Barber" above should recall that Henry abandoned his partner on Mt Kenya with a broken leg. That doesn't get him into the hall of fame in my book. That makes him an asshole.
And about Dan-o...his daughter would definitely disagree with the "what a great guy for checking out early" mentality...
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zonie
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Fred Beckey, hands down...
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Feb 3, 2009, 8:13 PM
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graniteboy wrote: And whoever said "henry Barber" above should recall that Henry abandoned his partner on Mt Kenya with a broken leg. That doesn't get him into the hall of fame in my book. That makes him an asshole.
Two sides to that one I think. If Rob was abandoned how did he get from the point of the accident to the edge of the glacier down some very techical terrain? How did the rescue get started? Know here to look?
The two of them are the only ones that know the whole story. One of them has made the accident his life's work. The other has contributed a lot of positive substantial things to the climbing community.
Oh it wasn't Mt Kenya either....
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getout87
Feb 3, 2009, 8:23 PM
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Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell at the moment.
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