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bigwallingsbro
Jul 6, 2004, 4:00 AM
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ya this is bigwallings brother and i just wanted to say my bro just climbed a sick 26 pitch route on elcap and he is only 17!!! someone sponsor this kid JAKE HECTOR! he is amazing and should be pro! :D
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lambone
Jul 6, 2004, 4:15 AM
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which route man, do tell.
unless he free climbed it, I wouldn't coun't on any sponsorship.
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bigwallingsbro
Jul 6, 2004, 4:17 AM
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im not sure but i will find out... i was just kidding on the sponsorship. it was like 3,000ft high
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bigwallingsbro
Jul 6, 2004, 4:17 AM
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he could of easily soloed it!
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epic_ed
Jul 6, 2004, 5:55 AM
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Just got back from Yos -- ran into Jake and his partner, Carsten, at the base as they were humping loads up to Mescalito, and then saw them yesterday a day after they got down. Hell of a nice job on the successful send, guys! It was nice to finally met the "Bigwalling" dude -- great guy.
Congrats!
Ed
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lambone
Jul 6, 2004, 4:19 PM
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sweet, 'bout time Mr. bigwallinbg actually climbed a big wall! Nice job Jake, Mescalito is a huge first El Cap route!
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roughster
Jul 6, 2004, 4:53 PM
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roughster moved this thread from Trip Reports to Aid Climbing.
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badassmuthafu
Jul 6, 2004, 8:49 PM
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Whatever, A2+. Ammon soloed the NA for his first wall EVER. Sponsorship HAHAHA!
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ricardol
Jul 6, 2004, 11:49 PM
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In reply to: Just got back from Yos --
congrats to bigwalling..
Ed:
.. how did your time in the valley go -- i was in there about 2 weeks ago -- saw a bag hanging from P1 of zodiac .. that was reported to be yours .. (too bad i didn't have enough time to hike up to the base to see if you were there..) ..
-- ricardo
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epic_ed
Jul 7, 2004, 4:24 PM
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In reply to: Ed: .. how did your time in the valley go -- -- ricardo
Sent you a PM, dude. Wasn't worth mentioning publically. :(
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bigwallingsbro
Jul 7, 2004, 7:14 PM
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my bro is climbing with ammon today and someguy named evo and ammon's son
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ricardol
Jul 7, 2004, 7:28 PM
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In reply to: my bro is climbing with ammon today and someguy named evo and ammon's son
yo ..
its pretty cool how you're very proud of your brother ..
-- ricardo
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texplorer
Jul 9, 2004, 10:04 PM
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Greetings All,
Yes, Jake did well. We climbed Mescalito in a leisurely 6 days with one more of fixing. He led half the pitches including several C3's. We did the entire route clean and generally had a ton of fun. I thought it was crazy when at the top of the 4th pitch Jake told me that was the highest he'd been off the deck. Well, we ended up going alot higher. The walls were empty. Our first couple of days there was not a single soule on the east side of el cap. I'll let him give the a full blow-by-blow account when he returns in a few weeks. I hope to see some good stuff from him in the future. As for me, I'll be back in the valley in the fall looking to free climb a bit and maybe get on Zenith.
Carpe Diem,
Karsten
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epic_ed
Jul 9, 2004, 11:05 PM
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It was good to meet you, Karsten. Nice job.
Ed
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beth23
Jul 9, 2004, 11:10 PM
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In reply to: my bro is climbing with ammon today and someguy named evo and ammon's son
Is he going up Never Never Land with them?
BTW it's Ivo, not evo. Ivo's way cool.
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epic_ed
Jul 10, 2004, 4:18 AM
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In reply to: BTW it's Ivo, not evo. Ivo's way cool.
If you have tits or climb hard. Otherwise... :roll:
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bigwalling
Jul 17, 2004, 7:48 PM
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Hmm... that's pretty funny stuff. My brother sprays more than I do. I'm light duty though, last 2 days were hard and I wanted off. I bailed on the valley yesterday, started feeling pretty terrible. Got pulled over once and was let off for driving like a radical.
Ammon and Ivo along with Austin were climbing Shortest Straw in a push. I don't know how they did time wise. They are both really cool guys and Austin is a real cool kid. We all did some easy free climbing togather, I didn't do any aid with them though. Ammon is a proud aid climber where as I'm a gumby.
Mescalito is a nice route with easy aid, my C1 felt the same as C3, so it's a good first wall. It was a good wall to learn systems on. Karsten was a great partner too! I think next up is something like the Straw, maybe this fall/winter. Maybe right before school starts.
By the way I don't think of myself as being any good, I'm just an average climber. My brother just thinks it's cool and knows that it was important for me to climb it. I don't plan on be sponsored anytime, I have my gear anyways.
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areyoumydude
Jul 17, 2004, 11:17 PM
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Nice job man. The Bizmark is so rad. We sat there half the day just hanging out watching other climbers.
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maculated
Jul 17, 2004, 11:19 PM
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Hey, were you the dude with Ammon when I was belaying my friend up the first pitch of Freeblast/Salathe?
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lambone
Jul 19, 2004, 8:49 PM
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In reply to: Mescalito is a nice route with easy aid, my C1 felt the same as C3, so it's a good first wall.
huh :? what do you mean by that?
Nice job man!
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bigwalling
Jul 19, 2004, 9:36 PM
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As in there is nothing hard on it. I remember the C1 being a bunch of small aliens, I also remember a few C3 sections being the same. I'll just call it Ceasy. The difficulty is in how long of route it is. I'm looking forward to doing something hard soon, but not as long.
Mac, that wasn't me. Austin and I walked under you a few minutes later to go do Pine Lane.
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texplorer
Jul 20, 2004, 8:48 PM
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Everythings easy when your climbin with the Texplorer!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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maculated
Jul 20, 2004, 10:06 PM
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Ah haaaaaaaaaaa, I saw Austin go by. Cool.
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ammon
Aug 1, 2004, 8:55 PM
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In reply to: Hey, were you the dude with Ammon when I was belaying my friend up the first pitch of Freeblast/Salathe?
Uuuhhhhhh? No, that was Dean Potter.
Too funny!!
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maculated
Aug 2, 2004, 6:33 AM
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Oh. Heh. Goes to show you how cool I am! Maybe I need to pick up a _Climbing_ more often.
I was pleased to see you, screw the dude you were with!
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