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Re: [tungflik] Cross Post - Earl Redfern
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Speaking of Earl the Girl....
It's always a pleasure to witness base jumpers successfully out manoeuvring the Tools. It would be a pleasure to see advanced tactics done to secure the perimeter for base jumpers (RIP Frank). What night vision are NPS LEOs running these days? Decoy and diversion with some radio jamming would be a welcome addition to secure the LZ .
Last I saw Earl alive he had just executed a daytime basejump off Glacier point, was hotly pursued by a bad ass Tool halfway across the Valley on foot through hell & highwater....and outran him making his way to into the boulders above Awahnee where he bivied.
I loved Earl’s system to jump the Captain @ night. Ingenious and bold. In his day, he also put up some burly walls in the Valley. Earl was a true gentleman & a practitioner of authentic Southern hospitality.
RIP Earl."
Re: [leroydb] Cross Post - Earl Redfern
Earl was one of the best climbers in the world. As an indicator of skill, he set a first ascent route on the Trango Towers in Pakistan of all places. That would be something like setting a new route on Cerro Torre. It was disappointing to the old school jumpers when everyone remember Clint Ford (Earl and Clint died in the same plane) instead of Earl when Earl was one of the most fascinating people on the planet.
Earl was also probably the first to make 1000 base jumps. If not him, maybe BASE 74. I don't think BASE 36, Mark, got 1000 first.
