Thanatopsis

Post by **pigsteak** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:28 am

Rumor has it that Thanatopsis had it's 3rd ascent on Saturday.

10 of us witnessed this impressive send. Nice job Andrew.

Post by **the lurkist** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:39 am

Good job Andrew! That has to be a high water mark for the Red.
For the history books- So it took Dave 2 years to do Thanatopsis ( and he did Just Do It international concensus 5.14C in 4 goes, the red point at the end of the day)
It took James Litz maybe a year? I am not sure but I know he worked it over several seasons.
Now, as Andrew tried it, several holds broke? Key holds?
A typically understated Dave called it 14B. Yeah....
I don't know what James thought the grade was.
After crucial holds are broken, Andrew does it. So, what is the grade? I am guessing it is not in the neighborhood of Dave's original grade.
Super strong work.

Post by **DJMike** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:05 am

I did this route, flashed it...no seriously awesome job andrew!

Post by **Andrew** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:21 pm

Andrew's a beast, to bad its not me.

Dude better bolt something new a sick, hes running out of lines.

Post by **flashmaster** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:24 pm

congrats dude thats rad!!!

Post by **heavyc** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:20 pm

If Dave Hume did Thanatopsis in 1996 and it really was a 14c instead of a 14b, was there anything harder in america at that time?

Post by **Spragwa** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:37 pm

Awesome work Andrew! The great thing about that is he's a terrific person as well. You rock Andrew!

Post by **SCIN** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:10 am

Nice work Andrew.
Lurkist, I think Litz did Thanatopsis like second go or something crazy.

Post by **Power2U** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:00 am

Killer... ah to be strong, and be able to rock climb well

Post by **Stewy911** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:07 pm

yea i heard he got it second go or third go but almost flashed it first go.........incredbile is all i can say...