Is he down in the trees? I see someone on the ledges in the pine trees.
— Jay Fletcher
When blown up, I think I see someone (no shirt?) about dead center of the photo, and if the picture is 5" high, about 1.25" off the bottom.
— Margaret Hovell
Jay, Mom, I think you're both right... Jay, you know the first pitch of the Nose is called "Pine Line" :). Mom, Alex seems to never wear a shirt when climbing. When you consider he climbed 2900 feet in 2 hours 14 minutes (I don't think I could hike/run a trail anywhere near that fast) perhaps it's justified. Fun fact: since Alex started climbing 5 minutes after Hans and finished 4 minutes before him, he technically did the whole climb in 2 hours 14 minutes.
— John Hovell
I kind of cheated, because the "time taken" would put them at the base of the route :)
— Jay Fletcher
PS: I'm not sure if you care, but the location category shows this to be Lembert Dome in Tuolumne :)
— Jay Fletcher
You know that's interesting.... I didn't look at the timestamp and assuming Alex was belaying while Han's was climbing the first pitch but now I think that's all wrong. Alex is stretching/prepping (and there's a guy to his left taking photos - probably the the photographer who posted on the Supertopo thread I shared yesterday) and Hans & crew must be elsewhere, not visible. Oh, and thanks about the location! I will fix that.
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Is he down in the trees? I see someone on the ledges in the pine trees.
— Jay Fletcher
When blown up, I think I see someone (no shirt?) about dead center of the photo, and if the picture is 5" high, about 1.25" off the bottom.
— Margaret Hovell
Jay, Mom, I think you're both right... Jay, you know the first pitch of the Nose is called "Pine Line" :). Mom, Alex seems to never wear a shirt when climbing. When you consider he climbed 2900 feet in 2 hours 14 minutes (I don't think I could hike/run a trail anywhere near that fast) perhaps it's justified. Fun fact: since Alex started climbing 5 minutes after Hans and finished 4 minutes before him, he technically did the whole climb in 2 hours 14 minutes.
— John Hovell
I kind of cheated, because the "time taken" would put them at the base of the route :)
— Jay Fletcher
PS: I'm not sure if you care, but the location category shows this to be Lembert Dome in Tuolumne :)
— Jay Fletcher
You know that's interesting.... I didn't look at the timestamp and assuming Alex was belaying while Han's was climbing the first pitch but now I think that's all wrong. Alex is stretching/prepping (and there's a guy to his left taking photos - probably the the photographer who posted on the Supertopo thread I shared yesterday) and Hans & crew must be elsewhere, not visible. Oh, and thanks about the location! I will fix that.
— John Hovell