Jim Whalen after surviving a fractured overhanging curtain that left him dangling by one axe and feet hanging in free space at 150ft. You're a STUD, dude!

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$Jim Whalen after surviving a fractured overhanging curtain that left him dangling by one axe and feet hanging in free space at 150ft. You're a STUD, dude!$

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Douglas on lead, Richard on belay.

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Dec 8, 2009

“Jim Whalen after surviving a fractured overhanging curtain that left him dangling by one axe and feet hanging in free space at 150ft. You're a STUD, dude!”

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