FJ Cruisers of Northern California
Wampler
Hey all,
The wife and I spent this past weekend in Yosemite. Did a couple of hikes, hit the major tourist traps - the awanee, inspiration pt, etc. On our way out of the park sunday afternoon, I decided to stop at the bottom of El Capitan for a few minutes to watch the rock climbers. There was a bunch of activity where I stopped, several telescopes and high powered telephoto lense equipt cameras. Even a video crew. Low and behold, about 1/4 the way up El Capitan is none other than Steve Wampler!!! Steve told us about his plans for this climb when we were at his camp in August.
For those who don't know him, Steve is the founder of the Wampler foundation which runs a summer camp for disabled kids that some of us here at Nor Cal FJs have helped out with for the past three summers. Steve has a severe form of Cerebral Palsy and will be the first person with CP to scale el capitan. In talking to his friends and family who were there this weekend supporting him, I was told the climb will take him 4-5 days. It was totally exciting to watch Steve and his team through the binoculars.
For more information on Steve and his climb, check out wamplerfoundation.org.
I didn't get a picture of steve, my camera is not that good, but here's a shot of his van parked at the base of mountain.
ROCK ON STEVE! What a truly amazing guy.
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Permalink Reply by 5AND5TORM on
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From Wampler Foundation on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wampler-Foundation/140723361532)
Jennifer Leialoha Lane wrote, "HI everyone this is Dave Lane's (the third climber of TEAM WAMPLER) wife Jen. Talked with Dave last night and he said that Steve's an animal!!! Super strong and gettin' after it!!! Rock On Steve and keep the good vibrations!!!"
Rock On Steve!!
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Permalink Reply by DivnGirl on
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I've been following his progress on FB. His wife has been posting daily updates. ROCK ON STEVE!!!!
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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on
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looks like they are keeping a video log:
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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on
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Tater Thanks for Posting this !!!
I can honestly say that Man inspires, !!
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they've added another clip for days 1-3, just cycle left or right on the YouTube clip above. if all goes according to planned, Steve should be topping out on El Capitan later today!
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apparently Steve's gonna be on ABC's World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer.
i would imagine he has topped by now, if not very close. here's another video of the support team:
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