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Im going to be in Salt Lake City from at least the 13th-16th of September for the HERA Climb for Life event. Most the people Im going with are only staying for a short time. I was trying to stay for at least two weeks, except I don't have a partner to trad climb, sport climb, or boulder with. I like doing all of them, with a preference toward bouldering. I dont mind doing all, or just one of them, just want to climb. I have a full trad rack, a boulder pad at a friends house in Salt Lake, I just need a motivated partner or multiple partners.

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Where is everyone... Site seemed to slow down a lot. I blame the T-shirts, but thats just me. Ive been off the site a while, as well as climbing due to weather, work, and such. I want to see more videos, pictures and stories. Lets get creative. Bouldering is awesome in cold weather. no excuses.

Don't know if you guys saw this on the Rock and Ice website. A group of us are going down to el portrero at the end of december and I stumbled across this while looking up information...

Monday 27th November, 2006
Posted By: Admin

The Texas and Oklahoma activist Jimmy Ray Forester died on November 24 when he fell while free soloing in El Potrero Chico, Mexico. Forester, of Dallas, Texas, was attempting The Scariest Ride in the Park, a 40-pitch 5.9 ridge route, but failed to return to camp that evening. He was found the next day at the base of the wall, apparently having fallen from one of the route’s initial, loose pitches. Although El Potrero is known worldwide for its quality, bolted limestone sport routes, at least five climbers have perished there in less than a decade, including the brilliant all-arounder Jose Luis Pereyra, who was struck by rockfall in 2003.

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While in Utah in September for HERA Climb for Life (fundraiser for ovarian cancer research), I climbed in many different parts of the state. My climbing partner Keith and I were in Moab and it rained, Joe's valley where it rained, Zion...more rain, St. George...actually, no rain here, Salt Lake...rain, American fork...not rain. snow. We had a bad experience with a "walk off" that ended up being 4th class scrambles, to multiple rappels down places where it was almost impossible not to get your rope stuck, to 4th class down climbs early in the week. We still managed to get a decent amount of climbing in. Later in the week, just before the HERA even, Keith and I decided to have a relaxing day on a very exposed 5.6 13 pitch slab on Mt. Olympus. Now as you are reading this you are probably going to laugh and shake your head at the series of mistakes and poor decisions that could have cost us severe injury or death. The purpose for writing this is to entertain as well as stress the importance of proper safety and communication on and off the climb.

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