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Thomas Stryker

Chatham, NH
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Aug 24, 2014
Last Visit: 13 hours ago
250 Points
Point Rank: #4,574 DetailsDrop down

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Jun 7, 2020
This was my first 5.9 lead. View Comment
Mar 27, 2019
The fingerlock bulge doesn't trouble me as much as running out of gas near the end. An extra red Camalot he… View Comment
Mar 20, 2019
My first attempt circa 1986 I did get it clean by climbing up, placing the first nut, then climbing back do… View Comment
Apr 8, 2018
I love this route! I never took a #4 and had no issue either, it pretty much will eat your whole rack perfe… View Comment
Nov 8, 2017
Did it a few times in the eighties. Pressure ice in the middle once, and once with that same sketch last pi… View Comment
Jan 24, 2017
This route had zero bolts on the first ascent. View Comment

Forum Messages View All 250

General > General Climbing
Reply: New and Experienced climbers over 50 ##24
May 10, 2023 Ice climbing by headlamp is not to be missed! View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: Most downgraded and upgraded routes.
Apr 19, 2023 I have never seen the guidebook that had Duet Direct at 5.7, but I heard George Hurley talking about it one day, so I asked Michael about it . He grinned a little and said he s… View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: New and Experienced climbers over 50 #23
Jan 5, 2023 budman wrote: Hi Tom! Was one of those bolts New Generation at High Rocks?  Your name is on the FA and I replaced that 1/4 coffin nail about 25+ years ago.  Poss… View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: New and Experienced climbers over 50 #23
Jan 4, 2023 Nick, I started climbing in earnest in 1977. I worked part time at an outfitter that sold climbing gear. I devoured every printed word about climbing I could find. North Americ… View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: New and Experienced climbers over 50 #23
Dec 20, 2022 Meanwhile, back East, we also just had the two small Robbins books, and the Chouinard catalog. Later I got a copy of Freedom of the Hills. It's hard to convey to modern climber… View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: Austrailian style rappelling
Dec 16, 2022 Back in the late seventies-early eighties I used to be able to get a magazine from the UK called Crags. One issue had one of my favorite climbing tales. Two guys out at their l… View Message

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