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Hooking Up - The Ultimate Big Wall and Aid Climbing Manual - Order now!
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Thanks for following up, Evan. I just replied to your email which I missed when I was underground. Hey guys - don't miss my caving photos on the previous page, eh? |
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How's it goin', eh? I think you will all enjoy reading HOOKING UP - The Ultimate Big Wall and Aid Climbing Manual. It's a lot of fun with our irreverent senses of humour! Fabio and I pored over it and poured all of our knowledge into it, and you will only have to employ a new idea or two in order to save yourself enough time, money, effort and heartache to completely underwrite the cost of the book. Think about it ... you invest so much into your big wall climbing trip. What if you're a poor cubicle puke like I used to be, or married to an unsympathetic wife will would only let you climb big walls a couple weeks per year, and then your big day finally arrives, and you are unable to succeed because you made an avoidable mistake, or didn't know something you should have, or tried to reinvent the wheel, or just didn't have the necessary knowledge to apply? Think of what your failure would COST you! Why not stack the odds in your favour? This book will REALLY help you. This is not Big Wall Theory, this is Big Wall Fact. You will LEARN STUFF, and you will exponentially increase your likelihood of reaching the summit, and have a hella lot more fun at the same time. Come look me up when you're in the Valley this fall. If I'm not on the wall, you can usually find me at the bear boxes just east of El Cap Bridge by the big wall self-registration permit station. Bring coffee in the morning, beer in the afternoon, or wine in the evening. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1TELHRKTYr/ << copy and paste the link for some Dr. Piton piano playing, eh?  |
 Books going out! Please order NOW NOW NOW as I head to Yosemite on Friday. Last chance for the fall season! See you in the Centre of the Universe next week. |
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Hey all, I arrive home end of this week, and a big pallet of books has arrived. I can get your books out next week in time for Christmas. To get your copy of HOOKING UP - The Ultimate Big Wall and Aid Climbing Manual, please message me through this website, or email me directly: passthepitonspete@hotmail.com Cheers, eh? Dr. Piton  |
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Does MP forums not have a way to sticky posts? This one feels like it should be stickied |
Trae McCombswrote: Don’t worry, Pete has an insane ability to turn every thread into a ad for the book Fabio and he write. |
Skot Richardswrote: lol Skot. ;) |
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I literally sold my last copies of HOOKING UP in Yosemite this fall at the El Cap Bridge, but the good news is, *** NEW BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED!! *** HOOKING UP - The Ultimate Big Wall and Aid Climbing Manual by Fabio Elli and Peter Zabrok I just picked up another pallet of books yesterday and I am ready to mail them out to you now.  Another pallet of books arrives from Italy Please contact me right away and I will send you all the beta to get your personally-autographed copy by the diabolical Dr. Piton himself. Email me directly, or use the messaging feature through this website and I will get it. passthepitonspete@hotmail.com If you have already emailed me, it would not hurt to reply to our most recent email to remind me. Email is best, but you could also text me your email address at 905 903 WINE [because BEER was taken]. 🍷 not 🍺  The incomparable view from El Capitan after an early season storm - fall 2025. YOU can be here too! And in case anyone is wondering, those lovely folks at Meta permanently disabled my Facebook and Instantgram accounts for an alleged but undisclosed violation of community standards. My one click appeal was denied - swell service, eh? So no, I didn't block you! Ha! Those who know me best have wondered aloud how I could survive so long without Facebook, but as a recovering addict I take it one day at a time. I am amazed at how many more hours per day have suddenly become available! So much cross training at pickleball and curling. My coauthor Fabio Elli and I are definitely open to suggestions on how best to promote HOOKING UP - The Ultimate Big Wall and Aid Climbing Manual. Can I get back on Facebook, and if so, how? What about other social media platforms? A website? Other climbing forums? Please help!  Charles Winstead climbs the giant roof of the Heart feature - Heart Route, SW Face El Capitan, spring 2025 Referrals remain our best source of new sales! If you have our book and like it, please share this link with friends and family! I will need everyone's help reconnecting with my lost Facebook friends. If you have a copy and like it, please say so here. Fabio and I extend our deepest thanks to all of you folks who have supported our dirtbag project, and brought fruition to our three-year labour of love. It is always satisfying to meet a book owner, and hear how they put our ideas to best use. So many thanks. Everyone who has a copy of HOOKING UP has told me they love it. 760 pages, 3000 colour photos, with ideas, tips and tricks to help you have more fun and more success in your aid climbing and big wall endeavours. You will only have to employ a couple-few new ideas we show you, and you are certain to save enough time, effort, heartache and money to completely underwrite the cost of our book! If you like hanging around this forum, you will love HOOKING UP. This not Big Wall Theory, this is Big Wall Fact.  Storm Camp on Space - SE Face El Capitan, fall 2025. Click on these bitchin' photos to see in full resolution! Merry Christmas 🎄 🎅 season's greetings, and best wishes to all for a safe and happy holiday season filled with the musical jingle jingle of carabiners and pitons. And may you reach the top of your next big wall during your 2026 big wall season with enough supplies left to enjoy your summit party! Cheers, eh? Dr. Piton |
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Absolutely!! But you have to tell me a funny or embarrassing story. 😉 I am just finishing up a kick ass jungle caving expedition in the Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca, Mexico. I will be home in a few days and I have a couple hundred books available to mail out right away. Please message me through this website, or directly to passthepitonspete@hotmail.com and I will send you the purchasing beta.  ^^ The view upwards below the jungle entrance drop of Sótano Zunzún. This pit is a continuous 860 feet deep - straight down! - with only two ledges, each the size of a telephone booth. |
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Pete, remember that you are chasing #67, not #68, because jugging up a rope to the top don't count. haha! |
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Oh, boy. Bridge talk comes to Mountain Project with SS Going to be an interesting spring, methinks |
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^^ LOL. ^ Please bring Sake to the bridge! Good ol' Canada Post. All book orders have been couriered and tracking info sent. Now is a great time to get your copy of HOOKING UP as you have plenty of time to learn stuff before the spring wall season begins. Message me for the ordering beta.  Good ol Canada Post. Cheers, eh? P.S. your old fart wall doctor cleaning a 25m-high pitch of vertical ice in the Great White North, fifteen minutes from home. They don't grow ice like this in California!  |
Steve Schneiderwrote: That’s Facts!! |
 Which is the crux..not working for me That makes 65 Which is my current total All done in perfect style No drilling and leading the majority of most of those routes 317 nites spent on the wall to complete the 65 |
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Ok, that's it, I've had it. I am calling out any and all El Cap veterans to an open forum meeting to ponder and pontificate the rules over what really constitutes an actual ascent of el cap, which ascents deserve an assterisk(misspelling intended), and which routes deserve a DNS(did not send) designation. I'm tired of people taking credit for shit they should not be taking credit for. It lessens the achievements of those who climb purely, to match those ascents with others that have cheated. Let's set the record straight, once and for all. Place: Center of the Universe(aka the El Cap food lockers) When: May 31st, 4:20 PM Be there or be square! |
Steve Schneiderwrote: It aint an ascent unless your ropes got shat on at some point. |
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Ha ha! I’ll be there with a giant bucket of popcorn! Maybe we could first come to a consensus of what constitutes a separate route vs what is merely a variation? To riff on what Erik posted above “no drilling and leading a majority of (the pitches).” I’d have to ask whether that eliminates any climbs done with a partner? I have heard from some high level soloists (who I don’t want to drag into the discussion unwillingly) that one of the reasons they climb routes solo is because anything less than”feels like cheating.” |
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I got a belay on El cap sometimes We bivied on hooks too |
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Oh come on ... who hasn't hung his portaledge off a hook for a better hang? |
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I thought I was the only one My partner definitely didn't like it |
