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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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May 19, 2012 - 07:28pm PT
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Cool!
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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May 19, 2012 - 07:28pm PT
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I am sure that they spent more time walking than climbing.
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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May 19, 2012 - 07:37pm PT
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It is great to see these two climbing together . . . probably just getting warmed up!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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May 19, 2012 - 07:53pm PT
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Tommy & Alex are A Force to be reckoned with. That is a bunch of mileage.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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May 19, 2012 - 07:54pm PT
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Just waiting for somebody to start a thread about their risky behavior. ;)
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MH2
climber
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May 19, 2012 - 08:03pm PT
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base of first to top of last in 21:15
Less time than it takes me to think of what to say.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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May 19, 2012 - 08:04pm PT
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on the facebook page I saw only a thrust-and-parry b/w KC and some military guy concerning homosexual sex. no mention of caldwell and honnold
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Josh Higgins
Trad climber
San Diego
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May 19, 2012 - 08:06pm PT
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I love days like that. It's just fantastic to spend that much time on the rock in beautiful places with an amazing partner.
Edit: not that I've come even close to linkups like that, just that have had good long days with fun partners!
Josh
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edejom
Boulder climber
Butte, America
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May 19, 2012 - 08:13pm PT
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cut and paste from FB Climbing Mag:
Climbing Mag
about an hour ago via Mobile
No access to upload to our news pages this weekend, so we'll post it here: Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold free-climbed Yosemite's three biggest walls, Watkins, Half Dome, and El Cap in 21 hours 15 minutes, bottom of first to top of last. Ca. 70 pitches! Source: Kelly Cordes.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Climbing-Mag/309020637131
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john hansen
climber
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May 19, 2012 - 08:14pm PT
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Wonder how they did it? Watkins first,, run to Tioga rd? down to El Cap,, east ledges quick drive to the stables and up the death slabs?
Wonder if Tom got any pics?
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MisterE
Social climber
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May 19, 2012 - 08:30pm PT
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Amazing - there's a lot of mileage NOT climbing in there as well.
Big congrats to Alex and Tommy!
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WBraun
climber
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May 19, 2012 - 08:32pm PT
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Me and Walleye are gonna team up and beat this in few days .......
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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May 19, 2012 - 08:36pm PT
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bring back the dream team -- Speed and Croft
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schwortz
Social climber
"close to everything = not at anything", ca
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May 19, 2012 - 08:43pm PT
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bump
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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May 19, 2012 - 09:49pm PT
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so very very cool
or we could post again to the brim thread wtf
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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May 19, 2012 - 10:21pm PT
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Amazing!
Hard to fathom.
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enjoimx
Trad climber
Kirkwood, ca
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May 19, 2012 - 10:29pm PT
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First done by Dean Potter years ago. But now FREE!!! Trifecta.
Badass!!!
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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May 19, 2012 - 10:55pm PT
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Piton R.. It seems a lot of folks misunderstood my position on risk. There is being damn good and managing risk well and there is being pretty good and just freaking winging it a lot of the time, gettin lucky usually..but eventually dying young.
Was talking to Alex Honnold 4 days ago in C4... talking to him and seeing him climb.. I don't get the impression he is reckless.
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Impaler
Gym climber
Vancouver
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May 21, 2012 - 01:39pm PT
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Wow! Amazing accomplishment!
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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May 21, 2012 - 01:56pm PT
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Whatever, I can do that asleep, like in my dreams.
Proud!
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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May 21, 2012 - 02:14pm PT
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Dumbstruck at those times.
Wild that Potter had done this trifecta before (even if not entirely free). Since the Delicate Arch affair his accomplishments have really dropped under the radar, which is neat.
Nice to be reading about something amazing Honnold did with a rope on! Wonder if Dean will recruit him for the Dawn Wall...
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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May 21, 2012 - 02:24pm PT
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Crikey!
Well done Lads.
Two really nice guys.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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May 21, 2012 - 02:33pm PT
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Wow! Pretty Awe-mazing!!!
Yep. They ain't human, but superhuman. Perhaps they can team-up with the Avengers.
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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May 21, 2012 - 02:52pm PT
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Caldwell at least sounded a little bit mortal (he fell three times on El Cap., once on face crux, another on a 5.11 section), but it sounds like Honnold was just getting warmed up!
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jfailing
Trad climber
Lone Pine
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May 21, 2012 - 03:10pm PT
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They're not humans. They're... machines.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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May 21, 2012 - 04:14pm PT
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pretty amazing fo sho
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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May 21, 2012 - 04:45pm PT
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I love it. Great mastery, without a doubt, and the way to use it. Critical intuition and imagination! My two heroes, I've got to say once again.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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May 21, 2012 - 05:13pm PT
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Details from Climbing.com:
5/21/12 - Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold have pulled off an extraordinary feet of endurance free-climbing in Yosemite Valley. The two climbed the south face of Mt. Watkins, Free Rider on El Capitan, and the Regular Northwest Face on Half Dome, all free, in a combined time of 21 hours 15 minutes, from the foot of Watkins to the summit of Half Dome.
Caldwell said the clock started at 4:45 p.m. on May 18 at the foot of Watkins. The 19-pitch route is mostly 5.10+ or easier, but also has two 5.13a pitches, including a very hard dyno, plus three 5.12 pitches. The two sped up the route in 2 hours 40 minutes with no falls.
Once on top, they hiked about an hour to reach the Tioga Pass Road, near Tuolumne Meadows, where Tommy's wife, Becca, met them with food. She drove them down into Yosemite Valley to the foot of El Cap.
The two started up Free Rider (5.12d/5.13a, 37 pitches) at about 10:45 p.m. and climbed through the night, finishing up just after 5 a.m. (ca. 6 hours 15 minutes). Caldwell said he fell twice at the crux face climbing section and slipped off a 5.11 pitch as well, before successfully freeing both pitches. Honnold didn't fall once during the three ascents.
After hiking down the East Ledges of El Cap, the two refueled again and then drove back to Mirror Lake Trailhead where they'd started the previous afternoon. They hiked up the Death Slabs approach to Half Dome, and began the Northwest Face route (5.12, 24 pitches) at 9 a.m. They were on top 5 hours later, at 2 p.m. on May 19.
In all, they free-climbed approximately 70 guidebook pitches in a little over 21 hours, simul-climbing substantial sections of the routes.
"It was great to team up with Alex," Caldwell said. "When I asked him how he felt this morning [the day after the ascents], he told me that he thinks he could go climbing."
The El Cap/Half Dome/Watkins sub-24-hour triple was first done in 2001 by Dean Potter and Timmy O'Neill, with some aid. The two started on Half Dome, then did Watkins, and finished up The Nose on El Cap.
The following year, Potter free-climbed the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome and Free Rider on El Capitan in a day, with two different partners.
Dates of Ascents: May 18-19, 2012
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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May 21, 2012 - 05:18pm PT
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Feats like this are near unimaginable. Wow!
Wow...(had to be said twice)
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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May 21, 2012 - 05:27pm PT
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So cool-glad to hear about it!
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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May 21, 2012 - 05:28pm PT
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so incredibly awesome!
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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May 21, 2012 - 05:31pm PT
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Sounds like they are both getting ready for Festivus.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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May 21, 2012 - 05:36pm PT
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Has Honnold been up on the Dawn Wall yet?
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thetennisguy
Mountain climber
Yuba City, CA
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May 21, 2012 - 06:05pm PT
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Simply amazing!! Congratulations guys World Class!
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Dos XX
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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May 21, 2012 - 06:07pm PT
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Our daughter ran into Honnold last week in the check-out line at the Village Store in Yosemite. Said she considered proposing marriage on the spot.
I was there also, but he didn't have quite the same effect on me ;-)
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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May 21, 2012 - 06:40pm PT
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He lives in a van and is known for doing things quickly.
Just how old is your daughter?
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Dos XX
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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May 21, 2012 - 07:06pm PT
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Yes, we saw The Van in the parking lot. We gave it a wide berth. But my daughter's 23, so there's only so much I can do.
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go-B
climber
Habakkuk 3:19 Sozo
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May 21, 2012 - 07:13pm PT
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That's crazy fast if they pulled on every piece, Cheers!
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LongAgo
Trad climber
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May 21, 2012 - 07:40pm PT
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Hats off to an outstanding achievement!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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May 21, 2012 - 07:59pm PT
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But did they make closing time at the Mountain Room Bar? Isn't that the definitive test?
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MisterE
Social climber
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May 21, 2012 - 10:50pm PT
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Ron, be nice - at least she has enough information to know how cool Alex is.
Dos XX is giving good beta.
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rurprider
Trad climber
Mt. Rubidoux
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May 21, 2012 - 11:34pm PT
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What Risky Behavior??? Caldwell and Honnold don't have a death wish, Ron. What got your heckles up? Both are cutting edge, but manage the risk brilliantly. Get off the couch and get in the game. Way to go Tommy and Alex, super achievement!!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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May 22, 2012 - 12:54am PT
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Incredible! Those boyz is from outer space fer sure :-)
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
the green triangle, cali
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May 22, 2012 - 02:03am PT
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congo rats fo sho.
if they rode a bike in between they coulda called it the true trifecta, anyone?
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Rankin
Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
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May 22, 2012 - 12:57pm PT
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Amazing!
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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May 22, 2012 - 02:02pm PT
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Their rack was probably super light too, made mostly from knotted Perlon.
What's the record speed for free-climbing any of these routes? I bet the were pretty close to cuttin' that record too. Needless to say, those boys are Honed!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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May 22, 2012 - 02:23pm PT
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Before long there will be Caldwell-Honnolds populating the crags.
Routes, you dirty-minds.
I was there on Saturday.
They were running. I was shuffling.
At least I think it was them two.
Ah, fame.
My single question: Who did the bulk of the "leading," not that there could have been much of it in a simuclimb situation? (As if it mattered)
S.Leeper, bump for the info & gold star for succinctness (from the wordy one).
P.Ron, you are such a "wet blanket," but that was a good zing.
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saa
climber
not much of a
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May 22, 2012 - 03:10pm PT
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Dave t, so sorryy specially as you thought about it doing with Alex . Côme to Cham, lots for you to do hère my friend.
Alex, my favorite squamish/ Berkeley boy, congratsss. I donated your 6 shoes, to Good use.
Lové to the gang= c4 dwellers, bridge rats, rock stars, Green uniform hhunted.... Well u know who u are.
Chamonix in thé rain
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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May 22, 2012 - 03:23pm PT
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Werner:
This linkup has been done.
Top it. Sentinel and a stroll to HD. Then Watkins, etc.
Walleye, good luck! :)
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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May 22, 2012 - 03:40pm PT
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Alex and Tommy have both free'd The Nose.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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May 22, 2012 - 03:45pm PT
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Tommy did The Nose and Freerider with no gear pulling, in a day. Tommy did it 3 times actually.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=114312
3rd FA - Tommy Caldwell, Beth Rodden 10/05
each led about half the pitches, and every pitch was followed free
Great Roof 5.13c, led by Rodden, on her second try that day
Changing Corners 5.14a, led by Caldwell, on his third try that day
4 days on the free push:
started at midnight, climbed 20 pitches to Camp 4, where they hid from the sun, using some stashed bivvy gear
Great Roof to Camp 6
Caldwell led Changing Corners pitch, Rodden rested
Rodden followed Changing Corners pitch, on her second try. Then free to top out at around noon.
preparation: 5 weeks of working pitches
Climbing #245
4th FA - Tommy Caldwell 10/05, in a day
only one fall, on the 5.14a Changing Corners pitch
under 12 hours
started at midnight, reached Dolt Tower at 3am
belayed by Beth Rodden
Climbing #245
5th FA - Tommy Caldwell 10/05, linked with Freerider in a day
two falls, on the 5.14a Changing Corners pitch
11 hours
started at 1am, ran/rappelled down the East Ledges, reaching El Cap Meadow before 1pm
belayed by Beth Rodden
Trying to find Honnold's. I'm sure it's somewhere on the internets.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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May 22, 2012 - 03:46pm PT
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michaeld wrote:
Alex and Tommy have both free'd The Nose.
I haven't seen anything about Alex freeing the Nose.
Soloing the Nose, yes, but not free climbing it.
(they did Freerider on this Triple)
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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May 22, 2012 - 03:49pm PT
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I swore he did it with like, 1 fall at Changing Corners. Oh well. At least that guy Tommy has guns.
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climbingbuzz
Trad climber
SF, CA
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May 22, 2012 - 11:19pm PT
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WOW!
Awesome, just awesome.
I can't imagine pulling 5.12 on HD after all that mileage.
Wait, I can't imagine free climbing Free Rider in the freaking dark, AFTER Watkins.
In the dark!
Sounds like fun!
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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May 23, 2012 - 06:18pm PT
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From the Alpinist web site:
Regular Northwest Face Route on Half Dome - 5:00 (Usually 4 days).
Seriously? Who on earth would take four days on RNWF of Half Dome?
I know a bunch of weekend warriors that have done it in a day.
I'd think 2.5 days is pretty much the max for complete BWN (big wall nOObs).
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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May 23, 2012 - 07:04pm PT
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http://neverstopexploring.com/
Link to North Face Q and A with Alex H.
To the best of my knowlege.
Tommy C. has climbed the Nose free at least twice.
Alex H. has not.
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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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May 23, 2012 - 07:16pm PT
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That's a funny picture of Honnold with slack on HD. If that was me, I'd be yelling "Up the f***ing rope!"
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Emon
Trad climber
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May 24, 2012 - 10:27pm PT
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bump for an amazing accomplishment
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Janet Wilts
Trad climber
Grand Teton National Park
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Wow, talk about being in shape......great climbing.....
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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An impressive career by most mortals, done in a single day.
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Aint it amazing to see the elite at work/play!
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Flanders!
Trad climber
June Lake, CA
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These two are amoung the strongest climbers (maybe THE strongest) ! Unbeleaveable what the Masters of today are able to do !
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Impressive! I have always been in awe of climbers that feel so one with the stone, risk and exposure. Wish I had that gift.
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cole lawrence
Big Wall climber
missoula
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I was on heart ledges and passed by Tommy and Alex in the middle of the night. Alex said "this is a bit unorthadox so please... Don't take notes" as he ran it out 70 plus feet in the middle of the night while simuling to 5.12. They down climbed mammoth rappells to stay true to the free style in like 5 minuets and were on the spire 45 minuets later.... The best show on earth thanks guys!!!! We met alexs friend on top who claimed to be sleeping on the big stone until the rider went free. He was very nice and stoked for us and Alex and TC for all of the shrending! That is a mix of shreding and sending...
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melski
Trad climber
bytheriver
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WOW>WEE>WOW,,just have done those routes years ago brings a cool flashback,,more vertical hiking i suppose ,,still the views,,breath in breath out,,,,,kiss her softly ,,
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