Sharma in Yosemite
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As a "fan" of climbing is anyone else psyched to hear that Sharma is getting on the Dawn Wall. Wish they had a live video feed...even Tommy Caldwell needs a rope gun! |
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Tommy needs a rope gun? Really? I'd be surprised if Sharma or Ondra were anywhere near as good as TC at technical, granite face climbing. |
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Tommy Vs. Chris.....GO! |
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Remember, this can only happen if the government starts back up. |
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well no one has been able to unlock those pitches so far...no Tommy doesn't really need a rope gun, but the Dawn wall might need someone with pure bouldering power. Sharma has that. Maybe he will free the 14+ face climbing and be spit off by the 13 trad pitches. Though he did onsight the Rostrum with Alien finish and Moonlight Buttress I believe. |
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Most exciting climbing news in a while!!! Cant wait to see how Sharma does! :) |
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Yeah, I think it's rad. It's like fantasy climbing league. Although it highlights a cool aspect of climbing vs. other, more organized sports. Hope the shutdown doesn't wreck their plans too much. |
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Its brilliant to see sharma trad climbing big wall out side his norm. beautiful f'in team the government needs to get it together! Id say that tc has a wicked stronger grip missing that finger. Allows more pressure if certain grips, according to a friend with the same digit missing |
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This is just damn rad. It's not about who can climb harder. It's simply that, the two defining characters of an entire generation of climbers are getting together to collaborate on something epic and awe-inspiring. These two were once the "hotshot kids" of climbing, but now, in their thirties, they're not the young guns anymore, yet their psyche is so high that you pretty much have to be dead inside to not see this as a really neat occurrence in the history of climbing. |
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Meme Guy wrote:Don't forget Caldwell is missing a fingerawesome. lol |
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There had better be cameramen littered about that wall if and when this happens.
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The Blueprint Part Dank wrote:This is just damn rad. It's not about who can climb harder. It's simply that, the two defining characters of an entire generation of climbers are getting together to collaborate on something epic and awe-inspiring. These two were once the "hotshot kids" of climbing, but now, in their thirties, they're not the young guns anymore, yet their psyche is so high that you pretty much have to be dead inside to not see this as a really neat occurrence in the history of climbing. I attended a Sharma slideshow a few years back where he talked about a period in his early 20's when he got jaded clipping bolts and trad climbed for a couple years almost exclusively. I'm sure the draw of adventure high on El Cap pulled him in, and I for one rink that's going to be a pretty sweet thing to watchWell stated... |
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I was in the valley a few years ago and all of the little sharma fan boys were running around giddy, just trying to catch a glimpse of him. quite the powerhouse team for the dawn wall, I hope tommy pulls it off this year. he deserves it. |
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Can't wait... hoping these guys crush... will be a defining moment in modern climbing if these guys send! |
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This just might (NOT) happen! |
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I for one was stoked when I saw that Sharma was being added to the team. They better send! And the parks better open! |
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Jeffeos wrote:This just might (NOT) happen! adventure-journal.com/2013/… "Googles donation comes with two stipulations: The National Park Service logo will temporarily be rebranded with Googles famous color scheme, and all NPS employees will be required to wear Google Glass, whose video streams will be live webcast 24/7."HA! Looks like that article fooled Mayan Smith-Gobat!!! |
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Yeah, Ondra doesnt have nearly as much experience as Sharms: |
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While we're all rambling about this stuff....anyone know how Tommy lost that finger??? |