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dikhed
climber
State of fugue and disbelief
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Jun 30, 2016 - 12:08pm PT
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Gobright says the hardest part of the link-up was the mental and physical exhaustion.
There is a revelation
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Jun 30, 2016 - 04:07pm PT
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Almost super human.
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Mei
Trad climber
mxi2000.net
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Jun 30, 2016 - 04:19pm PT
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Super human indeed.
I'm curious what kind of footwear/trick they employ that allows them effective free climbing (cracks AND slabs), jugging, and trail running for such extended period of time. I purposely wear TC Pros a full size bigger than my street shoes and they still get cripplingly painful when I start on slabs (hard on the heels). Maybe some people just have more sensitive/problematic feet than others?
How do you get down that East Ledges decent in 30 minutes?! Wow.
Will be nice if they make a first-person account of the accomplishment someday. But maybe, real climbers don't do trip reports?
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Jun 30, 2016 - 05:10pm PT
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Impressive, that's a whole lotta moving on the rock in one day.
Having each of those routes as 1 day ascents, the thought of doing all 3 in 24 hours is pretty ridiculous.
Nice job kudos to Brad & Scott.
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Byran
climber
Half Dome Village
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Jun 30, 2016 - 06:46pm PT
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I like the LF/Nose/Zodiac triple. The three "easy" routes on the three main aspects of El Cap. Seems more obvious to me than the LF/Salathe/Nose linkup that Alex and Sean did which ignores the SE Face.
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overwatch
climber
Arizona
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Jun 30, 2016 - 08:30pm PT
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The video link in the alpinist article of them climbing the naked Edge is pretty cool as well
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Holy crap, that is impressive. But the pepperoni sandwiches after the Nose probably made them fat.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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I've not known what to say?
That Is a ton of stone , Miles phook in right!on!
Then I'm also enamored with Friday nights denizen of the dark, of slow boat fame
PtPP, and his travels up big stone.
I feel ya 'Tokin' ' but wHT beeszus waxed
us is old slow & proud of our unique bold survival
That said this is the now, the new fast
caresses then move past
sex is also better slow,
but in today's speed is safety till you loose, then, well,
You loose big ,
See they did this crazy work! It was fun in the beginning
Hard core as it gets, they should get full accolades !
Proud
Respect
Holy schist!
What? Wow that amazing!
I hope everyone reads Nahooo!
& someone post up one of those HD El Cap pictures ! PLEASE!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Yep, I'm impressed!
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Gobi
Trad climber
Orange CA
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I wore TC pros for the entire climb. They're a little tight but they tend to stretch out after a lot of climbing. Regardless though it was pretty agonizing jamming those cracks on Lurking Fear. We averaged 1.5 hours for each decent. The mental and physical fitness quote must have been a mistake in communication with the writer. The crux was doing the east ledges descent 3 times.
Brad Gobright
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Such a wild thing to pull off - damn impressive. Craziest achievement I've heard about for a good while.
I like the LF/Nose/Zodiac triple. The three "easy" routes on the three main aspects of El Cap. Seems more obvious to me than the LF/Salathe/Nose linkup that Alex and Sean did which ignores the SE Face.
Both are badass. Salathe is longer and burlier than the Zodiac, and ups the pitch count/pain factor for the day. Either way it's cutting-edge, and at the absolute limit. How many people on Earth could do this? Respect.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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I can't wrap my head around that many pitches in a day, along with the movement.
Efficiency/fully dialed technique in all aspects of climbing a gear and rope management. True demonstration of mastery.
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Mei
Trad climber
mxi2000.net
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Thanks for chiming in, Brad.
I wore TC pros for the entire climb. They're a little tight but they tend to stretch out after a lot of climbing. Regardless though it was pretty agonizing jamming those cracks on Lurking Fear.
Wow, that's a testimony to TC Pros! I like them, but my complaint is they fall apart (at almost every seam) very fast. I have bone spurs in the back of my heels, so slab climbing gets painful. Not the shoes' fault. Guess it's a personal problem that I'll need to figure out a solution for.
Was hoping for pro tips. Here is one trick from CMac, "On top, we stuffed 2 x 2 inch pieces of foam pad in the heels of our climbing shoes. This is a trick Peter Croft gave Hans. It made a big difference on the descent. " (source)
The crux was doing the east ledges descent 3 times. Funny. Climbing up El Cap 3 times must be comparatively easier!
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msiddens
Trad climber
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Simply amazing. Mad respect
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Hummerchine
Trad climber
East Wenatchee, WA
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Jul 13, 2016 - 06:52pm PT
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I always love hearing about it when somebody does something that is CLEARLY impossible!
(other than the annoying fact that is has been done)
Sorta like the speed recored on The Nose....no freaking WAY!
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jul 14, 2016 - 12:13am PT
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Very very very cool and congratulations!
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john hansen
climber
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Jul 14, 2016 - 11:31am PT
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Ok just thinking out loud here but..
What if you did this while the Caving crew had their 3000 foot rope set up and you could rap instead of doing the east ledges?
Could some team do 4 ElCap routes in a day?
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JohnnyG
climber
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Jul 14, 2016 - 01:09pm PT
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congrats Gobi! And Bennett if you come here too!
That's badass
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 14, 2016 - 01:24pm PT
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So about 30 minutes/pitch, or less, figuring in descents. Huh?
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