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tommy caldwell moves to california?

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MP · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2013 · Points: 2

just heard the news-- any idea what happened-- work? life? divorce? Realization that california has much better climbing than colorado? 

Cosmic Hotdog · · Southern California · Joined Sep 2019 · Points: 295

He's projecting "Empath" which is located in Lake Tahoe. 

Tommy Caldwell and the return to 9a

MP · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2013 · Points: 2

you don't typically move your kids into a new school system to temporarily project a route

Cherokee Nunes · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2015 · Points: 0

Privatization. You're looking at the new CEO of the new Yosemite, Inc.

JCM · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2008 · Points: 115

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.

Zack · · DFW, TX · Joined May 2008 · Points: 439

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.

JCM · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2008 · Points: 115
Zack wrote:

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.

So, basically, an acknowledgement that California is better.

Mike Mullendore · · Hagerstown · Joined Nov 2021 · Points: 10

Tahoe is the new alpha male stronghold. Tommy is an alpha male boss-logical move.

Cosmic Hotdog · · Southern California · Joined Sep 2019 · Points: 295

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.

Eric Craig · · Santa Cruz · Joined Sep 2024 · Points: 0

A California vs Colorado thread? Cool! 

To me that's a tough one.

Ben B · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2015 · Points: 0

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 :( 

David S · · California · Joined Nov 2017 · Points: 10
Mike Mullendore wrote:

Tahoe is the new alpha male stronghold. Tommy is an alpha male boss-logical move.

Tahoe has been the alpha male stronghold since Godfather.

Andrew Rice · · Los Angeles, CA · Joined Jan 2016 · Points: 11

You realize that you can move to Tahoe and not move to California? 

Lane Mathis · · Denver, CO · Joined May 2017 · Points: 216

I guess MP is now short for Mountain People magazine. 

Jabroni McChufferson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2024 · Points: 0
Mike Mullendore wrote:

Tahoe is the new alpha male stronghold. Tommy is an alpha male boss-logical move.

New?

MP · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2013 · Points: 2
Andrew Rice wrote:

You realize that you can move to Tahoe and not move to California? 

You realize that 99% of the tahoe climbing is on the california side? 

Mike Mullendore · · Hagerstown · Joined Nov 2021 · Points: 10
Jabroni McChufferson wrote:

New?

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

Glowering · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2011 · Points: 16

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. 

Ricky Harline · · Angel's Camp, CA · Joined Nov 2016 · Points: 147

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. 

Matt N · · CA · Joined Oct 2010 · Points: 425

California sucks, don't try it. 

Long Ranger · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2014 · Points: 669

Probably has extended family that are getting old and he's moving so that they can all be closer. 

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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