Re: Slab/Offwidth/Techy Dihedral: Hit me with your best/wors
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 7:57 pm
The biggest fish is always the one that got away.
LK Day wrote:Cool, Jt. When Pearsall and I did the first ascent we also found the final offwidth to be green and slimy, though not really what I'd call wet. Anyway, it had lots of slick green grown on it and I just couldn't get established above the roof without pulling up on a big hex that I was able to place overhead. Though we got to the top that day, I was living in Colorado at the time and never went back to the gorge to bag the FFA. No big deal, but I've regretted that decision to this day. I think it was five years later that Souders and company freed the last section.
So I'm going to momentarily give up my typical trolling behavior to say this:
Larry, if you ever decided to write a book on the early exploits in the Red River Gorge a la Steve Roper did for Yosemite in his book Camp IV I would find it hard to believe that it wouldn't sell... Granted I can't speak for anyone other than myself, but I can't get enough of that shit!