Impaler
Gym climber
Vancouver
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Jun 14, 2011 - 03:13pm PT
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They? Was it the HonSolo and Stanhope pair? Mason Earle?
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WBraun
climber
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Jun 14, 2011 - 03:58pm PT
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The "Phoenix" free soled?
Now that is radical and insane.
Most people have never tried it to realize how technical those jams at the crux are.
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jfailing
Trad climber
Lone Pine
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Jun 14, 2011 - 04:08pm PT
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Gnarbones.
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nature
climber
WTF?
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Jun 14, 2011 - 04:17pm PT
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Ok ok... I admit....
it was me.
the elbow has been feeling better. what better way than to celebrate by soloing a 5.8d+ off the couch?
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Jun 14, 2011 - 04:22pm PT
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Only two people come to mind who are living in a mental universe where this would be conceivable. Long live the bold!
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Jun 14, 2011 - 04:31pm PT
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tucker tech
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jun 14, 2011 - 07:26pm PT
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Hondo is a Bad Ass Mutherf*#ker . . . it says so on his wallet.
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yo
climber
Mudcat Spire
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Jun 14, 2011 - 07:36pm PT
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Yawn.
I mean yikes!
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john hansen
climber
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Jun 14, 2011 - 07:38pm PT
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On sight?
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 14, 2011 - 08:18pm PT
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It was Alex. He did it yesterday morning for breakfast.
Ken
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jun 14, 2011 - 08:22pm PT
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Filthy.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jun 14, 2011 - 08:29pm PT
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and done while a guy who did it many moons ago is rope soloing ZM on El Cap. Seems somehow.....fitting
 Missing photo ID#206095 |
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jun 14, 2011 - 08:36pm PT
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rapping into solos is the new normal.
that strikes me as a huge deviation. but it's become common. that, rather than the technical difficulty, is what i find remarkable.
i suppose it isn't that far off-- soloing out of aiders seemed psycho to me, but if you really think about it, that's basically what yr doing in a lot of alpine situations. then soloing for cameras. soloing out of raps has become a feature of recent major solos in which folks recreate key pitches for the media-- AR in Verdon, MR on RW, HJA on eP --
a long ways away from older approaches to soloing.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jun 14, 2011 - 10:37pm PT
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interesting and amazing news...
stunning display of mastery and control
simply amazing
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MBrown
Big Wall climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Jun 14, 2011 - 11:15pm PT
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wow, What a beautiful feat!
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Johnny K.
climber
Southern,California
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Jun 14, 2011 - 11:48pm PT
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That "kid" is beyond "dialed in".Wow.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Jun 15, 2011 - 03:50am PT
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KLK: "AR in Verdon, MR on RW, HJA on eP"
Cld I gt sm vwls pls?
AR: Alain Robert?
HJA: Auer, eP= the fish route on Marmolada?
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Jun 15, 2011 - 06:24am PT
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Wow. that's all I got to say about that
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Peter
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Jun 15, 2011 - 07:21am PT
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Astonishing ... and kinda morbid.
I'm leaning toward Drummond's view (http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1122068). Anyone else concerned about whether Alex will still be with us in 5 years? When cameras, sponsorship and fame are the rewards for risking your life, the end result seems almost inevitable.
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