Pete Whittaker on Freerider (All free, rope solo, IAD)

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wstmrnclmr

Trad climber
Bishop
Nov 23, 2017 - 01:44pm PT
Whoops.....deleted previous post because just noticed date! (Obviously done before Honnold's free solo). Well, hopefully we can glean tools used.
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
Nov 24, 2017 - 12:18pm PT
Dude, I responded to the post you deleted. What did the dating of the climb have to do with it?
wstmrnclmr

Trad climber
Bishop
Nov 24, 2017 - 02:35pm PT
Sorry McHale! I made a mistake in thinking Whittaker's ascent was after Honnold's solo. So I mistakenly thought that proclamations of the feat as being a progression a bit presumptuous. But now knowing it was before, it would have been possibly very significant until Honnold pulled of his feat which superceded just about every sporting event maybe of the new millenium.
Hopefully not a dead end as you suggest but a forceful return to where the intent of the original "freeclimbing" was taking climbing. Towards less tecnology and towards a more minimalistic, simplistic, and possibly (dare I say) humanistc way for climbing. But perhaps it is equally humanistic to make tools we are capable of to ally our fears and weaknesses. Whittaker's feat certainly pushed for a return hopefully to a future towards less technology and reliance on others. Honnold's being one big giant exclamation on these thoughts.....
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
Nov 24, 2017 - 03:34pm PT
Pete's climb is still very significant in the world of what people are likely to be doing. Honnold's achievement is in the realm of what people are not likely to be doing. I appreciate your enthusiasm and idealism but there are probably more people trying to figure out how to rope solo big routes more effectively, rather than how free-solo them.

In general, I don't think humans have the capacity to regularly do what Honnold did. Most people can't even comprehend the background of the achievement, even the number of times he did the route roped up before. It's not like he truly free-soled it. The preparation was done using ropes. How do you separate that out? Sure, he's done much free-soloing, but for most free-solos he has done, there has been rope preparation on the same routes. I just think that maybe you should keep the 'Gear' in the proper perspective.

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web16f/newswire-whittaker-freerider-rope-solo

Let's see somebody rope-solo the Dawn Wall! It's the gear that let's us appreciate the walls the way we do. Everything else is icing....or something....

i-b-goB

Social climber
Wise Acres
Apr 22, 2018 - 02:56pm PT
The full vid...

Without a partner: Pete Whittaker rope solos El Capitan in under 24 hours
[Click to View YouTube Video]

https://gripped.com/news/watch-pete-whittakers-one-day-el-cap-free-rope-solo/






This is so awesome, Roy!
vvvv
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Apr 22, 2018 - 08:17pm PT
Holy workload Batman!!!

And you have to remind yourself that he's doing it all free.
Too bad there's no footage of the headwall pitches. F*#king outstanding effort!

When he's on that last pitch, he seems dangerously knackered.
And then looking back on it, he says that he felt he could have kept climbing.

'Atta boy, Pete!
How can you not like this guy? Same with his buddy.

.............................................

What Honnold did is athletically easier, meaning more fluid, cleaner, less overall effort. It's just that the headspace of Honnold's ascent is way out there in the solar system of human endeavor.

 Thanks much for posting up the full video, Matt!
johntp

Trad climber
socal
Apr 22, 2018 - 09:12pm PT
Whoa...

In terms of leading it all, rapping it all and jugging it all, the effort is mind numbing.
i-b-goB

Social climber
Nutty
Sep 15, 2018 - 08:59am PT
https://www.climbing.com/videos/without-a-partner-pete-whittaker-rope-solos-el-capitan-in-under-24-hours/


[Click to View YouTube Video]
Rattlesnake Arch

Social climber
Home is where we park it
Sep 15, 2018 - 01:31pm PT
from the manufacturer

SB1
***The Silent Partner has been discontinued.
The Silent Partner is a solo climbing device that attaches to your rope with a clove hitch, and to your harness with two locking carabiners. The Silent Partner feeds automatically while you climb and its speed sensitive locking mechanism will catch even head-first falls. The Silent Partner can be released under full body weight and it can be used to lower yourself as needed to recover from a fall. Note that solo climbing is for experts only and requires special skills and acceptance of considerable risk and total responsibility.

This device will not keep you safe!
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