Author Topic: Climbing With Skelton  (Read 13268 times)

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Re: Climbing With Skelton
« Reply #40 on: February 04, 2009, 09:25:30 PM »
So there's hope for those of us with small hands to climb crack a gogo?
I'm not worthy.

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Re: Climbing With Skelton
« Reply #41 on: February 04, 2009, 09:34:16 PM »
Brad, thanks for the cross post! Wow, wish I had been there to witness.
Inch by inch, I will get there.

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Re: Climbing With Skelton
« Reply #42 on: February 05, 2009, 12:22:31 PM »
Congrats to Ron, this is awesome.  Would have been nice to be there.  Looks like he styled crack a no pro.
Here's to sweat in your eye

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Re: Climbing With Skelton
« Reply #43 on: February 05, 2009, 01:46:55 PM »
Just read the article. Good stuff. Didn't realize it was marrow. Assumed it was lymph nodes.  Glad Ron's still with us.  Amazing to think he didn't come to climbing until later in life and not as a child given how good he is.
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Re: Climbing With Skelton
« Reply #44 on: February 05, 2009, 06:38:37 PM »
"Amazing to think he didn't come to climbing until later in life and not as a child given how good he is."

The advantage he had was learning from masters. Talk to Ron and he'll occasionally and in-passing mention two things. Which routes he did in EBs (usually as you're walking under them), and who he's climbed them with. He learned some seriously good technique from from seriously good climbers. That's what happens when you live 10 minutes from The Cookie.

And how many of you younger Masters of Mud even know what EBs are? (I know you do Rob, but there's probably some other, younger climbers here who don't).