Man Stranded on Longs Peak Ledge
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Greg D wrote: Umm. Was he not climbing the mountain? Hello. Should they call him a walker. A biker. A boater. I know. You think you are special cuz u got cammy things and spikie stuff and ropie shit. But he was climbing the fucking mountain.I would call him a hiker And a stupid one at that! |
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its damned impressive watching the rangers at work I have them in action quite a bit. Even know some of them !hats off guys Thanks for keeping darwinisim in check once again!!! |
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Greg D- a little bit of misdirected anger? I usually enjoy your contributions. I'm going to be bigger than you and not slam someone I don't know. And I would call him a hiker, unless everyone that walks up a 14er is actually a climber? I was merely playing with the words in the article. |
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Greg D, you need Jesus... |
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Now they are reporting that he made it to the top, but saw a way down on the map that looked "faster". And a cotton T shirt and sneakers in June?? Amazingly from Canada too. I don't even see how he made it that far in that attire. |
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Well he was correct about one thing, his route was the much faster way down the mountain. After making it all the way to Broadway he could have traversed over to Lambslide and walked down from there. From the summit down to Broadway is ten times harder than the traverse/descent on lambslide. I still would love to know how he got from the summit to Broadway without rappelling. |
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Ryan N wrote:Greg D- a little bit of misdirected anger? I usually enjoy your contributions. I'm going to be bigger than you and not slam someone I don't know. And I would call him a hiker, unless everyone that walks up a 14er is actually a climber? I was merely playing with the words in the article.So, I found Jesus over night. Thanks for the suggestion. Sorry if I came off a bit too harsh. Its just that I find it amusing, if not a bit annoying when "climbers" get all up in arms over journalists mis classifying people as climbers when "clearly" this person cannot be part of our elite culture. It is not that surprising that this guy ended up on Broadway. My first alpine climb ever with only a few pitches of rock under my belt was Notch Couloir. Because of the conditions that day, we never roped up. I was terrified. But, my more experienced partner made this decision. Yes, this guy made a poor decision to go that way. But, it is possible to get to Broadway either on the way up or on the way down with technical gear. |
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Greg D wrote: So, I found Jesus over night. Thanks for the suggestion. Sorry if I came off a bit too harsh. Its just that I find it amusing, if not a bit annoying when "climbers" get all up in arms over journalists mis classifying people as climbers when "clearly" this person cannot be part of our elite culture.Oh Greg don't go to the dark side, Jesus doesn't need you. I agree that it is sometimes a self centered reason some people are upset when hikers and tourists are labeled as climbers. They hate to have lesser outdoors men/women be compared to them and all their awesomeness. However, I do agree that the media constantly portraying lost hikers falling off 14ers(a yearly occurrence around here) as climbers falling to their death has contributed to a negative public opinion of climbers in some instances. It makes climbing look far more deadly than it really is and has in fact, been used as an argument against climbing access at more than one crag around the country. |
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Yes, the access argument. Fair enough. But, lets face it, most of the "climbers" getting injured and killed are actually climbers. Climbing is dangerous. |
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So Eli, how close is this to the craziest shit you have ever seen? |
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WOW, thanks for some details Eli. Super surprised he down climbed Kieners in Tennies. If he managed to get across Broadway in those shoes Diamond season is on and cracking! LOL. |
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Ok well Brains are not this kids strong suit but god damn that is some seriously admirable descending. Sans rope, gear, in tennis shoes this kid dynos the step across and runs across 45 degree snow above some serious exposure and runs down lambslide and across the glacier in 20 minutes??? After spending a night at altitude in a wet t shirt??? |
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Ryan Kempf wrote:WOW, thanks for some details Eli. Super surprised he down climbed Kieners in Tennies. If he managed to get across Broadway in those shoes Diamond season is on and cracking! LOL.Seriously... Crampons are for pussies. Canadians aint got time for that shit. |
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Call it Divinity, call it Stochasticity, either way, this kid defines the concept. |
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Cotton, sneakers, no gear, sat there overnight and then realized he could dyno the jump? |
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Damn! I was afraid to do that step-over in summer without being roped up (or crawling under it). and downclimbing Kieners now?? The kid may not have brains, but he sure has cojones! |
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Tevis Blom wrote:Cotton, sneakers, no gear, sat there overnight and then realized he could dyno the jump? Frickin' idiot if you ask me!Are you kidding me? He had no idea where the other side of that jump went to, he thought it went no where. This kid had no mountaineering experience whatever, was in tennis shoes on steep snow with a huge drop a few feet from him if he slipped. I think he absolutely did the right thing by calling for help. It is awesome (and badass) that he ended up dyno-ing the move and running down the Lamb's slide, but if he'd slipped and fallen and died we'd all have a lot different view of it. |
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A climbing guide who was with the RMNP SAR and Teton SAR told me as I was walking by the staging area, The guy followed tracks down Keiners after separating from his buddy, and down-climbed that route to the exposed step on B-way, where he spent the night. |
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The guy (or someone claiming to be him) has posted his own account on 14ers.com: |
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Very interesting account! |