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majid_sabet
May 23, 2010, 4:06 AM
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This place I think its in Kashmir and that rock looks huge. May be bigger than El cap so whats the name of it or where is exactly located?
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sungam
May 23, 2010, 10:51 AM
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I abridged that for you.
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wallwombat
May 23, 2010, 11:11 AM
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It's Spantik and that amazing looking pillar is called The Golden Pillar. Mick Fowler and Vic Saunders climbed it alpine style in 1987. I think Fowler rates it as his best climb.
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majid_sabet
May 23, 2010, 2:17 PM
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wallwombat wrote: It's Spantik and that amazing looking pillar is called The Golden Pillar. Mick Fowler and Vic Saunders climbed it alpinne style in 1987. I think Fowler rates it as his best climb.
after you mentioned the name of the peak and the link I found out that two of my own students climbed it few years ago but I do not think anyone ever climbed that face.
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wallwombat
May 23, 2010, 2:40 PM
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majid_sabet wrote: wallwombat wrote: It's Spantik and that amazing looking pillar is called The Golden Pillar. Mick Fowler and Vic Saunders climbed it alpinne style in 1987. I think Fowler rates it as his best climb. after you mentioned the name of the peak and the link I found out that two of my own students climbed it few years ago but I do not think anyone ever climbed that face.
Majid, you are wrong. As I said before, that face has been climbed. The pillar in the middle of the face is called The Golden Pillar and it was climbed in 1987 by Vic Saunders and Mick Fowler. It is one of the climbs featured in the book "Himalaya Alpine Style".
http://www.topworldbooks.com/detail.aspx?s=24587
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majid_sabet
May 23, 2010, 3:57 PM
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wallwombat wrote: majid_sabet wrote: wallwombat wrote: It's Spantik and that amazing looking pillar is called The Golden Pillar. Mick Fowler and Vic Saunders climbed it alpinne style in 1987. I think Fowler rates it as his best climb. after you mentioned the name of the peak and the link I found out that two of my own students climbed it few years ago but I do not think anyone ever climbed that face. Majid, you are wrong. As I said before, that face has been climbed. The pillar in the middle of the face is called The Golden Pillar and it was climbed in 1987 by Vic Saunders and Mick Fowler. It is one of the climbs featured in the book "Himalaya Alpine Style". http://www.topworldbooks.com/detail.aspx?s=24587
thanks
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reno
May 24, 2010, 3:06 AM
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wallwombat wrote: It's Spantik and that amazing looking pillar is called The Golden Pillar.
And I have a picture of that same Golden Pillar of Spantik hanging in my home office.
Stunning line. Mongo WANT.
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wjca
May 24, 2010, 4:05 PM
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reno wrote: wallwombat wrote: It's Spantik and that amazing looking pillar is called The Golden Pillar. And I have a picture of that same Golden Pillar of Spantik hanging in my home office pants. |
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reno
May 24, 2010, 7:08 PM
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wjca wrote: reno wrote: wallwombat wrote: It's Spantik and that amazing looking pillar is called The Golden Pillar. And I have a picture of that same Golden Pillar of Spantik hanging in my home office pants.
That's the Golden Pillar of Spankit. Similar, but not.
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patmay81
May 24, 2010, 8:23 PM
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I think I'll name it Bob.
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wjca
May 25, 2010, 3:00 PM
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patmay81 wrote: I think I'll name it Bob.
Dude, I don't like to judge people, but its pretty ghey to name another guy's penis. Not that there's anything wrong with it.
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patmay81
May 25, 2010, 4:15 PM
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wjca wrote: patmay81 wrote: I think I'll name it Bob. Dude, I don't like to judge people, but its pretty ghey to name another guy's penis. Not that there's anything wrong with it.
I agree, I was only throwing that out there because of his request. I figured he can't think up a name himself, so I'd just throw out an option.
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rangerrob
May 27, 2010, 4:14 PM
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You had to look it up to know what it was? Turn in your alpine license right now....poser. That image should float like a ephemeral dream in every Alpinists brain. Talk about a singluar beautiful line. That is amazing Alpine architecture, and it's name is the Golden Pillar.
RR
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patmay81
May 27, 2010, 4:40 PM
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if you wanted the actual name of the peak you should have said so. I thought it was a request for suggested new names. my bad...
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rangerrob
May 27, 2010, 7:50 PM
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Oh and by the way, the picture in the first post is only the top half of the route. Bigger than El Cap? uh...just a little
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