First Mescalito Update From Kevin Jorgeson

Posted October 20, 2009 at 7:30 am · Comments { 8 } ·

Kevin Jorgeson provides an update for the Black Diamond Journal on the first week of his and Tommy Caldwell’s efforts to free a new line up El Capitan.

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8 Responses to First Mescalito Update From Kevin Jorgeson

  1. John Knoernschild October 20, 2009 at 8:22 am #

    The Journal link is not working for me

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    • Narc October 20, 2009 at 8:27 am #

      I double checked it and it seems to be pointing to the correct URL

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  2. Mark October 20, 2009 at 10:08 am #

    Soooo sick. Keep the hardcore coming!

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  3. John Knoernschild October 20, 2009 at 11:24 am #

    Ya, it works fine. Something is wrong with our Internet at work. I had to use a proxy server to view the link. Time to call Time Warner

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  4. Luke October 20, 2009 at 12:31 pm #

    We looked up at the first four pitches when they were working on it two weeks ago. You could see the blue fixed line. It is so amazingly blank…. Good to know that easier pitches and 5.13d can go in the same paragraph! So Wild!!

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    • Narc October 20, 2009 at 12:33 pm #

      Seeing some of the harder pitches on Magic Mushroom in the Progression extras blew my mind…and made me realize I enjoy climbing things with actual holds.

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      • Tyler October 20, 2009 at 6:12 pm #

        Not to mention the 10 foot sequence on Mescalito consisting only of thumb gastons. Ridiculous. And that 7 foot dyno is pretty crazy too

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