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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Maybe going for it today?? last instagram post says "breakfast for dinner after getting up at 10:30pm?" and shows breakfast with a salathe topo on the table. Will be interesting whenever he goes.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Xcon, he's going for a flash on the Salute and you are curious about where he sleeps?
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jaaan
Trad climber
Chamonix, France
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Well, how's he doing?
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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xCon is just another shitposter
need Ondra news!
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trailridge127
Trad climber
Loveland, CO
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Anybody hear how he did? I bet he pulled it off. But onighting is such a difficult game. His previous flash's are amazingly difficult. Yet, El cap has a such psychological element to it, but it didn't seem to affect him on the dawn wall. Go Adam!
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shylock
Social climber
mb
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man! onsighted up to the headwall but fell on first pitch of it. all this in a day, mind you. so cool he really went for it.. would be crazy to have that fitness, after just sport climbing and doing the world championships. then come to the valley, send cosmic debris and hop on the salathe in a day. maybe should have warmed up on the nose or something :)
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Mei
Trad climber
mxi2000.net
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In a day and led every single pitch too (not a team ascent) !
Having seen the footages of Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell, two Yosemite locals, falling at the Boulder Problem (after having undoubtedly climbed the route many times already), I can't help but speculate that almost onsighting all of Salathe on his 4th day in Yosemite on his second trip ever pretty much proves him an alien. Either that, or an extremely talented and hard working athlete.
I was totally rooting for him. Don't really want to say this, but I wish he had waited a few more days before going for it. I think he underestimated the effect of his travel and the altitude on his body and energy. I quote from this article, "The worst timeframe is arriving 2-4 days before your event [at altitude], because you’re more likely to be feeling the impact of disturbed sleep, fatigue from travel, and dehydration in this timeframe."
But maybe onsighting Salathe was not his main objective on this trip, so he did not care THAT much? I have no doubt that if he had taken a multiday approach (or even just two days), he could have done it.
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Zay
climber
Monterey, Ca
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Vye cant vee chust climb???
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Milkman_photos
Trad climber
California, San Francisco
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Looked like he was wearing solutions on the headwall from what I saw through my scope in the meadow.
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A Essex
climber
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if only he had done ground up in the Gunks instead of that silly sport climbing and training... sad!
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Mei
Trad climber
mxi2000.net
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And, he's gone... Wonder if there will be a "Lookout Smith Rock" thread popping up.
BTW, does anyone have a link to a documentary (free or pay) about his previous visit to Yosemite? I have the impression that a movie was made pretty fast, but I have not seen and can't seem to find it anywhere.
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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Mei, ask Ales, he know everything about Ondra
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Amazing performance, amazing athlete. Living and climbing in this decade feels special, with so many great things happening in the climbing world. El Cap free soloed, dawn wall sent, 2nd ascent of Dawn wall by ondra in a week! First v17. Fitz and Torre traverse go down. Colin Haley established a ridiculous speed record on the Cassin ridge solo and soloed one of my dream routes on Foraker, all the Marc Andre impressive climbs, including soloed of Cerro Torre's Corkscrew, some huge Himalayan ascents go down in alpine style. Climbing is getting more and more diverse and more popular. Very cool to be a part of this community and see it progressing to new heights, evolving.
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AE
climber
Boulder, CO
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Nov 21, 2018 - 08:31pm PT
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What's he mean, onsite is no longer possible? I do Alzheimer's onsites weekly. Just wait forty years, and even checking the mail becomes an onsite attempt, and runout at that.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Nov 22, 2018 - 09:45am PT
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Nothing like giving a list of climbs done by white man and finish it off with "Climbing is becoming more diverse!"
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Mei
Trad climber
mxi2000.net
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Nov 30, 2018 - 05:55pm PT
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Okay, these belong here.
Starting and pushing through on Salathé Wall. I'd stay for the very end. ;)
[Click to View YouTube Video]
The heartbreaking Headwall
[Click to View YouTube Video]
If you are interested in following the rest of the series, here is the playlist: Climbing (in) The Americas (Road Trip) . But if you are looking for pure and only climbing footages throughout the series, you will be disappointed at some episodes like what some viewers have complained about. I myself have enjoyed the story telling.
According to the producer of the series, Pavel Blažek:
We will publish at least 20 vids just form USA / Chile trip. Plus we have intentions keep publishing regularly from now on - even if we run out of the USA / Chile footage (which will take a while!) :-)
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Sula
Trad climber
Pennsylvania
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Oplopanax posted:
Nothing like giving a list of climbs done by white man and finish it off with "Climbing is becoming more diverse!" Right - as we all know, racial diversity is the only kind that actually matters.
No one has any right to find joy or inspiration in the achievements of someone outside his own genetic group, and Vitaliy's list of impressive climbs is really just a catalog of oppression.
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shylock
Social climber
mb
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damm nico got rocked when he fell off the onsight! that video was all climbing. pretty rad
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monolith
climber
state of being
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That would be onsight limit. Not the same as red point limit.
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