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Cole Noble's avatar

Thanks for the shout out! Never feel bad about doing things the safe way. For what it's worth, I recently interviewed Jeremy Ashcroft, a UK climber and illustrator. He says a lot of European climbers look at Coloradans like absolute lunatics for climbing some of these spots unroped.

I also love your sentiment about climbing because it calls to you, not to fulfill someone else's checklist. Amen!

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Mark N's avatar

See there, no Walter Mitty moments for you, all for real for real. Good going. So, here is my trivial question, are you doing this in Stinson's? No judgement, promise ...lately I have been fast packing in Mafates and enjoying the float. Since I have been moonlighting at REI and have access to beta waaaay too many shoes I am always staring at feet. Which makes me sound...yeah., anyway I wondered if you feel nimble in a stack height associated with a maximal cushion Hoka model. And did you bring a set of Kahtoola or other brand of easily doffed/donned traction devices? These epic stories from Colorado are rad btw. Two weeks ago I topped out in Virginia and bagged our highest peak, Mt Rogers..ahem, around 5000 feet. Whoop whoop, not worthy of a King Kong chest thumping, regrettably. Does anyone say rad anymore?...oops, getting older. Thanks for the narrative per usual.

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