Name that Climber....

Tommy Caldwell

Aleister Crowley

I climb like a monkey. I like dynos, I hate chipping and, "...I'm a much better climber than people realize." I spent most of my career toproping, but I'm certainly not afraid to run it out once I have the moves dialed.

Monomaniac wrote:Paul Petzoldt. Its interesting what you find if you google "impecunious climber".

Dang, shoulda done the google search engine test...

Yep, Petzoldt.

Monomaniac wrote:I climb like a monkey. I like dynos, I hate chipping and, "...I'm a much better climber than people realize." I spent most of my career toproping, but I'm certainly not afraid to run it out once I have the moves dialed.

Johnny dawes

Im pretty sure Johnny Dawes is right, and i have to go for a few hours so here is my question.

If i am wrong and it is not dawes you can ignore this...

I rock climb and ice climb, but am known for my rock climbing
I am a clean climbing advocate,
I am considered the first person to establish 5.12 in Yosemite in 1975
Also the first 5.12 at Crow Hill and Ragged Mtn.

That might be Barber, eh?

Gill of course!

Could be Donini, I've heard him take credit for Yosemite's first 5.12 a number of times, though now they call it "11+".

Brian in SLC wrote:That might be Barber, eh?

correct sir!

I did many bold, new routes, sometimes in winter with very thin margins of safety.
A movie star and a notorious media darling.
Had an ice axe and even a climbing shoe with my name on them.
Got kicked out of a prestigious mountain guiding company.
I cut my teeth with the Bleausards.

René Desmaison.

RD it is!

"My solo ascents are legendary.
While riding my bike home from one of them, I fell asleep and fell into a river."

goran kropp

Derek Hersey?

Not Kropp, but it was a very good guess. Did Göran actually fall asleep and then into a river?

Not Hersey, though his solo climbs also deserve to be called legendary. Our climber is older than Derek.

Buhl?

Yes, Hermann Buhl. It's too bad that his book was translated in English by a non-climber. Gully for dihedral, straddling for stemming, split-ring for carabiner, and so on...

Buhl fell into the Inn river while returning from the first solo ascent of the Northeast face of Badile.