Trip Report
A trip down memory lane, Autana.....The Eye of the Gods.
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Wednesday November 11, 2015 10:11am
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In 1981 Bev Johnson, Mike Graber, Rick Ridgeway, Mike Hoover, Peter Pilafian and I travelled to the Orinoco River Basin to climb and film a remote Tepui (Autana) for the television show "The American Sportsman."
donini
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About the Author
donini is a trad climber from Ouray, Colorado. |
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Nov 11, 2015 - 10:29am PT
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TFPU
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Nov 11, 2015 - 10:30am PT
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Back when adventure was served raw. With a side of unknown and a danger garnish.
Thanks for sharing. That cave shot begs a story around a campfire for sure.
Scott
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Nov 11, 2015 - 10:53am PT
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Wow! Thanks for doing - and posting - such adventurous work so far off the beaten path.
John
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nopantsben
climber
europe
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Nov 11, 2015 - 11:01am PT
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Awesome, Jim. Thanks!
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
https://nutagain.org
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Nov 11, 2015 - 11:04am PT
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That is a seriously badass looking adventure. That first pick of the tower is giving me a boner.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Nov 11, 2015 - 12:25pm PT
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Cool post!
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Nov 11, 2015 - 12:32pm PT
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Jim,
I had no idea you ventured down there. You definitely have been on some wild trips! TFPU
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Nov 11, 2015 - 12:33pm PT
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1991 At the Devils Punchbowl Bev Johnson.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Nov 11, 2015 - 02:40pm PT
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Never mind the piranhas and the reptiles, they have those microfish with spines that swim up your urethra and have to be cut out.
Was the climb any good?
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Nov 11, 2015 - 02:55pm PT
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MORE
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Nov 14, 2015 - 03:01am PT
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Thanks Jim, looks like an adventure!
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
The fake McCoy from nevernever land.
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Nov 14, 2015 - 09:26am PT
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Nice pictures, thanks for sharing these.
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RyanD
climber
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Nov 15, 2015 - 05:34am PT
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Nice
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Nov 16, 2015 - 09:05am PT
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Cool. Mike Graber came and worked with me on the second unit of Twister for a while. I was a horrible smoker, and one night in the bar, he asked me for a Marlboro.
It freaked me out. He was just telling me that he came THIS close to doing Everest without oxygen, and giving him a smoke just seemed wrong.
Super nice guy. Very solid at his work.
You guys certainly sampled well at the table of life.
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