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Every time I whack a dinner-place sized piece of ice off, or absolutely bury my picks in the ice because any thing less feels dangerously insecure, I think abou
by petsfed 3y ago
Every time I whack a dinner-place sized piece of ice off, or absolutely bury my picks in the ice because any thing less feels dangerously insecure, I think about stuff like what's in that photo. I have no idea how I could ever climb something like the Smear of Fear, which looks like a fat easy waterfall compared to that photo.
- blackguardx 3y agoSmear of Fear on Long Peak’s Diamond? Do you live in Colorado?
- petsfed 3y agoNot any more, but when I was learning to climb, ca 2000, I was living in the Boulder area, and the Smear loomed pretty large in the legendarium I came up in.
- blackguardx 3y agoI live in the Boulder area. I've gotten back into ice climbing recently after a ~10 year hiatus. Smear of Fear is definitely legendary. I don't think it has had many repeats. I'm not sure how much it freezes up anymore, though.