Ushering in a Grade

[dustonian]

Dude, you gotta find a way to get that up on youtube or whatever the kids use these days!! Sounds bitchin.

[LK Day]

I would love to see that. Get that VHS digitized and share it with us. And bag the Hall and Oates. That crap makes me ill.

[ynp1]

Is that video on Souths Steepest? Is so I might know some one with it all ready in digital form.

[batguano]

The video in question here comes from an era prior to even the South's Steepest. It's a home-made video from Souder's personal collection. Before digitizing and sharing, en masse, I would want to get Tom's permission. Anybody got his contact info?

And getting back to the original topic for a moment... Not in the RRG, but I believe Jim Thurmond was the first climber to bring 5.13 to the bluegrass state in 1987 with his traditional West Kentucky test-piece, Thurmonuclear Crack.

[pigsteak]

The video in question here comes from an era prior to even the South's Steepest. It's a home-made video from Souder's personal collection. Before digitizing and sharing, en masse, I would want to get Tom's permission. Anybody got his contact info?

And getting back to the original topic for a moment... Not in the RRG, but I believe Jim Thurmond was the first climber to bring 5.13 to the bluegrass state in 1987 with his traditional West Kentucky test-piece, Thurmonuclear Crack.

that's up there right below the tip of So Ill. if I recall.

[batguano]

[pigsteak]

yup....thought I recall the legend of Thurmond. Isn't he the farmer that was asked how many pullups he could do, and he shrugged and said "not many...7-8 I suppose"....and then after hesitating he said, we'll maybe 8-9 with my right arm.

[SCIN]

Thurmonuclear is amazing. Well worth the drive out there.