First Free of Satan's Ridge

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Boggy B
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Re: First Free of Satan's Ridge

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-wren- wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 3:57 pm
Tetonclimber wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 3:37 pm I soloed this ridge back in 1996 or 1997.
Rule #1 of first ascents, descents, traverses, solos, etc in the cont. US: just because it’s the first ascent posted online doesn’t mean it’s the first ascent, in fact it’s a very low chance :lol:
It turns out that if you want to discover who actually has the FA of a particular route, you must brazenly claim (or attribute to someone) the FA yourself on the internet. This works great for obscure ice. Of course, ice climbers in the 70s and 80s (when all existing and potential future ice routes were originally climbed, no matter how remote, difficult, or rare to form) were dropping acid pretty hard, so who's to say whether they actually climbed anything?
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Re: First Free of Satan's Ridge

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Boggy B wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:48 am Of course, ice climbers in the 70s and 80s (when all existing and potential future ice routes were originally climbed, no matter how remote, difficult, or rare to form) were dropping acid pretty hard, so who's to say whether they actually climbed anything?
who’s to say whether anyone’s done anything, maaan?
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