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Douglas on lead, Richard on belay.

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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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Brian Donivan

Mar 11, 2012

“Douglas on lead, Richard on belay.”

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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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