tommy caldwell moves to california?
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just heard the news-- any idea what happened-- work? life? divorce? Realization that california has much better climbing than colorado? |
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He's projecting "Empath" which is located in Lake Tahoe. |
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you don't typically move your kids into a new school system to temporarily project a route |
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Privatization. You're looking at the new CEO of the new Yosemite, Inc. |
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I heard rumor around South Lake Tahoe last fall that Tommy had moved there. That recent Empath video seems to confirm. Kind of surprising - it seemed to me that Tommy was an Estes Park lifer. Curious as to why that change. I'd assume Empath has become a project because he moved to Tahoe, not the other way around. |
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He had a post on his socials about it and he's talked about it in some podcasts over the past few months: Lots of close friends living out there, access to ski resorts, summers on the lake, proximity to Yosemite and other climbing, etc. |
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Zack wrote: So, basically, an acknowledgement that California is better. |
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Tahoe is the new alpha male stronghold. Tommy is an alpha male boss-logical move. |
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Yeah, I'm sure he didn't move to CA solely to project a route but that link I shared is the most recent thing I've seen from him. Also at the risk of thread drift: as a CA resident for ~6 years now who went to college in CO previously, in my opinion...CO is better. |
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A California vs Colorado thread? Cool! To me that's a tough one. |
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I’m a Colorado resident but lived for two years in California. It sucked compared to here. Colorado is desperately trying to become another California though :( |
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Mike Mullendore wrote: Tahoe has been the alpha male stronghold since Godfather. |
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You realize that you can move to Tahoe and not move to California? |
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I guess MP is now short for Mountain People magazine. |
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Mike Mullendore wrote: New? |
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Andrew Rice wrote: You realize that 99% of the tahoe climbing is on the california side? |
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Jabroni McChufferson wrote: Yea it’s the new one because that is where Tommy moved to. Wherever Tommy moves, that place inevitably becomes the new alpha male stronghold. It is that simple |
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The California vs. Colorado debate is always funny. They are two of the few places I'd want to live. They have their pros and cons. |
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Tommy Caldwell doesn't pull himself up, he pushes the mountain down. Death had a near Tommy Caldwell experience once. Tommy Caldwell makes onions cry. Tommy Caldwell has a grizzly bear rug in his room. The bear isn't dead, it's just too afraid to leave. |
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California sucks, don't try it. |
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Probably has extended family that are getting old and he's moving so that they can all be closer. |