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zBrown
Ice climber
mercenario de merced
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Gives new meaning to "could or couldn't carry his bag" in several ways.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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How many pitches, total? Then toss in the pitches with tCaldwell three weeks ago.
This total is more than the total many of us have climbed in our whole lives!
Based on the ST route search:
19 on Mt. Watkins' face,
23 on Half Dome's dome,
31 on El Cap's nose.
73 total.
A heady experience, solo or partnered, plus the record time...
There's some showmanship happening this week on the big routes! Yay!
Go Alex!
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Light sauce. He had to beg assistance from aid climbers.. totally invalidates the effort....not a real solo...
Ok, you know I'm kidding. that's insane! At least the existence of monster talent like that frees us to compete with no-one but ourselves
Saw him in the parking lot of Manure Pile yesterday. He looks more like a video game champ than one of the premier athletes of all time but actions speak louder
Incredible
Peace
Karl
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Nibs
Trad climber
Humboldt, CA
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18 hours on the triple crown, sure...but could he spend 8 hours in an office cubicle?? I think not.
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Congratulations to Alex! Having done all those routes as 1 day ascents myself, it is still hard to fathom doing all 3 in one day, let alone in a mere 18 hours.
Super proud effort by one of the leading lights of the climbing world.
That was very nice of the Nose party to donate their chalk bag to Alex. Good Karma coming your way I think!
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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I'd be pretty stoked with myself if I managed to aid solo those objectives over the course of a season
The mind gets sorta numb to the scale of it, sorta like the national debt. What is a million or billion really?
Three climbs that would be uber-knackering by themselves, solo, under 24 hours? How do you top that? That's even beyond free soloing El Cap except that we create these ideals and venerate them
The bro can't keep topping himself forever. Hopefully he has an inner inspiration to guide his journey to wherever it takes him beyond this
Peace
Karl
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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He'd be one hell of a guide... If you could keep up.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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What's left for him to do?
Nose speed record, with Hans. Happens within the month.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Why was an aid climber using chalk? Sounds kinky.
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briham89
Trad climber
los gatos. ca
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i don't think anyone would have thought this possible a few years ago...i still don't think it's possible and it happened! haha
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viejoalpinisto
Social climber
Pahrump, NV
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Getting Mount Watkins on the Radar of the masses....
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Dang!!
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RoryKuykendall
Mountain climber
Glacier National Park, then maybe Death Valley??
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What the f***?
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Gagner
climber
Boulder
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RAD....
and impressive!!!
WOOT!!
Paul
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Why does he need Hans?? Hans needs him.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Somebody needs to tell Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones to check this kids passport.....
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Sonic
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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When he went with tommy they did it in twenty-one hours and fifteen minutes. So he went faster solo which is crazy to think about.
Well maybe not if he did in fact free solo about 90% as the Facebook post suggests! Badass!
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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He could do some crazy stuff as an Alpinist. He got the endurance and BOLD down for sure. Rupal face as a dayhike!!!!
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zBrown
Ice climber
mercenario de merced
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Uh ... Would this count as a trifecta? Somebody's gonna name their race horse after him, wlll probably win the triple crown.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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Just as a bit of a clarification, what route is used on Mount Watkins for this trifecta? Is it the original South Face Route (Harding/Pratt/Chouinard)?
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