Brad Esser
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[Hide Comment] Other climbers: Brad Esser (me) and JP (can't remember his last name)? Britt Basset's father worked for Colorado Fish & Game. He packed our gear in along with a vertical-walled canvas tent and a sheepherder's stove. In return, we had to buck hay bales for two days on his ranch. Britt & Dan had experience aid climbing; I was the young, free-climbing rope gun. The hike out was miserable. Britt's dad brought in the pack string and a bottle of bacanora - the rougher rawer version of mescal and told us that the number one rule of the wilderness was that you never pack out alcohol. I remember hiking many, many miles (was it 17?) with a hangover.
Jul 16, 2014
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