ksolem wrote:I know some pretty real climbers who would never consider doing a climb like that all set up with a multi camera video shoot. They'd walk away from that scene.
Potter may be reclusive somewhat, but he has an appetite for publicity and that's what got him in trouble in Utah there.
And to be honest, while the speed and boldness of his ascent is truly remarkable, I don't see much in it which really advances the state of the art in climbing. Aid climbing off a single piece without a belay is bold, as is free soloing the stovelegs and all that but it's not pushing boundaries the way Lynn Hill's free ascent in a day did, which is unrepeated. Or Honnold's Half Dome solo. I think that guy is shifting some paradigms.
Good point.
But we each find our own way to do the gig.
Publicity...hmmm.
Seems there have been and currently are some stout and very strong REAL CLIMBER's that frolic in the media attention. Just as there are those that run as far away from it as possible.
Like I shared, Dean spent some time under the wing of Jimmy Dunn. I know as they were the ones that witnessed and photo'd my FSCA of
Deep Voodoo A3+ (now C3+) and
Play'n Hookey A3 (now 5.13 after Dean freed it the year after I FSCA it at C3) on the left and Center Tombstones in Kane Creek.
Dean lived out of his van for several seasons in the Market P/L in Moab and up in Kane Creek.
Dean and Jimmy freed some incredible lines in both Day and Long Canyons. I spent some of my best days in Moab watching the two of em do some spectacular climbing, quietly. Amazingly, many of these accomplishments never got any media attention. Most likely cus Jimmy doesn't like to be in the limelight.
Dean is a moving climber. When alone amongst few, he is a very personable and intelligent man. Even when stoned.
Kris, Lynn never "Solo'd" the Nose and then Reg route on HF Dome all in a day, as Dean has, either. This method which Dean used, is the exact same manner that Bonatti achieved many of his "Solo" accomplishments. Soloing anything is clearly a whole different enchilada.... trust me.
They are all bold accomplishments IMO. That is why I posted it. to remind us to get out and be bold.....