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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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I know! If only he was a regular sports star and played football.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Yeah, it's like watching the Pied Piper. Fun to watch.....just don't suck me into your vortex!
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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I think what the OP wanted to talk about, yet no one seems to take the clue AT ALL, is to take notice of another soloist, Mr. Hansjorg Auer, who (gasp) is not actually from the United States.
Can we take a minute from Hollywood or Teton Gravity or Peter Mortimer or whatever and learn a little of some other great athletes?
Alex would want it no other way I'm sure.
Arne
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WBraun
climber
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what is the message?
Gold.
After watch lots of tin, platinum, lead, silver and so forth have been seen.
Everyone appreciates Gold which can never be synthesized nor imitated.
Whether life or death it always makes it's appearance in some form or other whether you care or not.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Hannold is way stronger than any soloist I've read about nor seen.
Years ago bouldering around stoney with reardon. I asked him if soloing the regular route on the big dome. He was more interested in putting womens panty's on sierra peaks!?1
IMHO peaks like half dome and el cap in a solo day is super strong. Climbers who do that are well accomplished.
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Matt
Trad climber
it's all turtles, all the way dooowwwwwnn!!!!!
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Once he solos Freerider the debate will be over, game set match.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Not buying Rearends solo claims. I watched him over a Trash Can once trying to solo butteryfly crack and blow the crux at least 4 times.
If he was so bad ass why wasn't he up in the valley soloing the test pieces? Simple, people would have called his bullsh#t.
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mountainlion
Trad climber
California
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Have some respect. Reardon isn't here to defend himself. I personally watched him solo the bat crack start and then the VAMPIRE downclimb the trough and repeat for 3 laps one day at Tahquitz. Lot's have verified his solo accomplishments including John Bachar. IMO both would have been very friendly to Honnold and very pleased in thier support of anyone pushing themselves to reach that level.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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reardon was such a wired guy!
I did witness him soloing the overhang bypass out at JTree.
I did witness him soloing the prow out at stoney.
honnold is such the climber!
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duck on a bike
climber
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All I can say is this must be one of the most stoked climbers in the world!!! Can you imagine coming off your 9-5 and say hmm...I want a brain drain...and meet up with your friends 2 hrs later for a pint with this buzz in your head thinking....
Actually I do that too but...
D...
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Yafer
Trad climber
Chatsworth, California
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Feb 12, 2014 - 11:50pm PT
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Feb 13, 2014 - 05:19am PT
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Longer Sendero Luminoso video:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Some of those flakes look a little sketchy, but I guess they checked them out pretty carefully during the preparation. The route looks really good!
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Jim Clipper
climber
from: forests to tree farms
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Feb 13, 2014 - 03:01pm PT
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Dude is obviously bright. Imagine that skill set on a rescue team. I remember Lynn Hill saying that a Nose in a Day attempt was stopped because she didn't have enough chalk. A lot of planning and preparation.
It certainly isn't my place, but I wonder if I would have thought to throw a grain of rice in the path for his walk, then maybe give the rest of the bag to a mom in town. Also, maybe I see agreement with the first post, I don't see competition in any of the climbs.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Feb 13, 2014 - 03:24pm PT
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"suboptimal" classic.
Ol alien eyes is pretty f*#king rad.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Feb 14, 2014 - 11:20am PT
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The best climbing video I've ever seen. Artistically done, with great music,
capturing Mr. Honnold, at his best. The mind control of Alex is off the charts!
I bet he could feel some of those flakes flex as he pulled on them - amazing.
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 14, 2014 - 11:32am PT
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"I don't believe in such extreme activities where there is no margin of error"..."
Stupid Americans don't understand that just the simple fact of being born in this life time is no margin of error ......
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Tony Puppo
climber
Bishop
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Feb 14, 2014 - 12:31pm PT
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Wow!
So what are those yellow soles? I've seen them once before in a Euro video clip. Special Limestone edition maybe?
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eagle
Trad climber
new paltz, ny
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Feb 18, 2014 - 12:54pm PT
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MIKE HAD HAIR...AND TO THINK SOME ROUGE WAVE SWEPT HIM AWAY. GO FIGURE
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