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yo
climber
Mudcat Spire
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Jun 14, 2011 - 10:36pm PT
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Yawn.
I mean yikes!
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john hansen
climber
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Jun 14, 2011 - 10:38pm 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 - 11:18pm 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 - 11:22pm PT
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Filthy.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jun 14, 2011 - 11:29pm 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
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jun 14, 2011 - 11:36pm 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 15, 2011 - 01:37am 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 15, 2011 - 02:15am PT
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wow, What a beautiful feat!
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Johnny K.
climber
Southern,California
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Jun 15, 2011 - 02:48am 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 - 06:50am 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 - 09:24am 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 - 10:21am 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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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Jun 15, 2011 - 10:35am PT
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sick!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 15, 2011 - 11:50am PT
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If you're solid and you know it
Solo Phoenix
If you're solid and you know it
Solo Phoenix
If you're solid and you know it
Sure that you can hardly blow it
If you're solid and you know it solo Phoenix!
A little ditty that Alex Lowe used to sing with a grin long ago...Dreams are funny that way.
Way beyond impressive...
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 15, 2011 - 12:01pm PT
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Yesterday it was Chouinard-Herbert. And it was a little bit wet.
Ken
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Jun 15, 2011 - 12:04pm PT
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"Young climbers today, who learned the basics in the gym, have no respect and understanding of the history and ethics of the sport." ODB
Hahahahahaha.... Amazing solos Alex. thanks for inspiring me to push harder.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Jun 15, 2011 - 12:21pm PT
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Peter in Sf, of course everyone here is concerned, and concerned about each and every one of us. We have discussed this at length already as you do note. Part of what climbing has always meant are these kinds of adventures---- ones where the climber very well might die in the doing and for the slightest of reasons. It is nothing new. Roped or not. Climbing is actually real, you know, and has hideous danger in much of its execution. It may or may not be able to justify it deaths; that is a huge and separate subject.
What you might consider understanding better, is your notion that Alex’s reward for his unroped outings is “cameras, sponsorship, and fame”. It just isn’t. His reward and the result of such radical outings is so far beyond the material realm as to make your query blatantly uninformed, with due respect. When you do climbing like this, the ecstatic and transcendental nature of your outing is ever so much more your focus that suggestions by others that you are up there seeking ordinary gain can only seem to be irrelevant and in fact churlish, even if not intended to be so.
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jun 15, 2011 - 12:24pm PT
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Good find twisted crank. Nuts that this silly thread with one guy saying he did it (I'm not saying he didn't) is the basis for a newsflash with no follow up.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 15, 2011 - 12:28pm PT
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Peter,
With all due respect he does make a living at this if I am correct so it does
occur to some that if his intentions were absolutely pure and transcendental
would we even know about this? It is amazing though.
But, can he do 9 to 5?
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