Continue with onX Maps
Continue with Facebook
Barefootin!
|
Total Madness! Loved the video Bob. Amazing to see the raw athleticism and mental vibe meet on that solo. Props! |
|
Back in the days of school in the '80s & '90s where we got short snippets of free time after/before/between classes, we used to barefoot nearby routes we had climbed already with shoes to add a new twist to climbs done before. It was fun, but it could be particularly painful for sunny, darker rock. It definitely added some freshness into the limited selection of rock in the Boston area. |
|
It was storied that Atkins came about Vail to scale this mighty pillar called they called the Fang for the attempt of 2nd ascent; but in amazing style of the au naturale, kicked off the lower gear; whether by wish or by yard sale (I'll never tell), and scaled the mighty beast only to be thwarted a few feet from the top and thus pitched off. He renounced the effort: |
|
Those guys in the Czech do some pretty rad barefoot climbing. |
|
Barefootin! |
|
Someone asked, "what was the hardest thing you tried barefoot?". Here it is, with shoes, for I was unable to do it barefoot although I came close. |
|
Bob H. = Old School Badass Through & Through. |
|
On a Western State College geology field trip in the late 70's, Bob Dickerson and I did an all nude, tandem, free-solo ascent of an 800 foot dome (about 5.2 to 5.6) in Capitol Reef National Monument. Later, on the drive to our joint (and I use the term both literally and figuratively) camping spot, most of the people on the trip stayed away from us. But, I ended up sharing a tent with one fellow student that seemed quite impressed with our daring do! |
|
Bob, you and Skip helped me solve a problem I had back then; no money for rock shoes. Living in Eldo, I toughened my feet by only waering shoes to go to town. As I walked up the canyon, I would pick up rocks with my toes and chuck 'em into the creek...Led some good routes, Outer Space being most memorable. Like Jeff says, shoes are aid, but we can all be comfortable with the idea that they are standardized aid. By the way, is it barefoot if your toe blows out while toproping the Ticket? |
|
I've only climbed ropeless above water landings barefoot, except the time I accidentally dropped my shoes at the top of the first pitch of T2 in Eldo and wasn't willing to go back down for them. |
|
Once I forgot my shoes on a trip to go bouldering at the grove boulders. That was funny. Did a V2, which is about as hard as I climb anyways.... |
|
Thought this was pretty cool! |
