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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 4, 2017 - 02:10pm PT
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I saw this linked on the other thread and thought it might deserve a thread of its own. Thank you Tom for all your efforts over the years and for this beautiful report of a historic ascent.
My favorite quote from the report:
He stopped for a moment to wake up a camera man who had fallen asleep on the little triangular ledge on pitch 6. That seemed to break the tension for a time!
http://elcapreport.com/content/elcap-report-6317-special-edition-honnold-free-solo-elcap
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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My favorite "fun" one was of Honnold passing through that couple's bedroom so early in the morning. :)
The conversation? "You might not want to stand up just yet, we're being filmed."
Thanks, Tom. Beautiful, majestic photos.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Thank You ,that is a great report.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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THAT, Tom, was an awesome photo report. Thanks for still being there.
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Tripod? Swellguy? Halfwit? Smegma?
Trad climber
Wanker Stately Mansion, Placerville
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Despite reading the other threads, my palms didn't actually sweat until I looked at Tom's report. Hard to fathom what he just did
Retirement? ...please
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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I'm just speechless,
Alex is a mutant, and an inspiration.
Way to go Honlove ;)
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Tom has done some great photography, but this has got to be one of the best series yet. The Boulder Problem shot made me want to puke thinking about that move. Most have been tough to watch. Thanks Tom
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Wen
Trad climber
Bend, OR
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At some point I hope Tom and Jimmy will write something up about what it was like to watch this amazing feat from behind a camera. These pics are so great Tom, thank you to all who were there to give us a sense of what it was like. I feel like I'm in a special club that understands the magnitude of this achievement while the rest of the world just moves along like nothing is going on.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Thanks, Tom!!!!
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Gersh
Trad climber
San Diego, Ca
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Bump for one of the best threads ever!
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Nice work Tom . . . glad you were chosen to be there for this historic achievement.
Alex Honnold has broken through yet another barrier in the modern human consciousness . . . in doing so he has effectively transformed the world around him.
Congratulations Mr. Honnold! Your dedication and mindfulness are a powerful example to your fellow travelers on this planet. Thank you for being a such a positive climbing ambassador.
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WBraun
climber
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He stopped for a moment to wake up a camera man who had fallen asleep
Might not have been asleep but trying to stay out of the view from the ground cameras. .....
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Happy to see your part of the "News Team" once again.
Beautiful pictures of an amazing event!
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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I'm interested to know the workings of the remotely controlled cameras, as my kite-photo pals and I have systems to remotely control our cameras.
Great work, Mr Evans! This has to be right up there with the all time best El Cap Reports.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Hoo man, that made my hands sweat!
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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🙏💪👍👊 #HONLOVE
Too Tom:👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏼👋🏽👋🏾👋🏿
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Oh well, what'd you expect?
Good show, Alex. Freaking amazing!
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tarallo
Trad climber
italy
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He is the best!
Just curious: he bypassed the ear to get in the monster?
In the picture he seems very low.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Wow. That's all I have.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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All humans are equal, some raise the equality bar to unattainable levels ergo, are they human? Good question.
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brotherbbock
climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Might not have been asleep but trying to stay out of the view from the ground cameras. .....
Tom said he was trying to sneak a candid pic of Alex but he was spotted.... hehe
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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WTF is next? Great job (Alex)but that bars keeps edging higher and higher...
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john hansen
climber
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In Toms photos # 14 shows Alex at one of the crux move,s.
I wonder if this shows him doing the "karate kick" move, Tommy was talking about in one of the links above.
Was this the same spot that some have done as a dyno?
EDIT: Thanks dhayan ,, much safer with a static move.
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dhayan
climber
culver city, ca
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^ yes
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Woo!!! TFPU
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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Phenomenal report Tom...
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chainsaw
Trad climber
CA
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I heard that Alex "backed off" his first attempt. Is it really a free solo with all those fixed lines everywhere? On a free solo, you send or die. I know this will be an unpopular viewpoint, but its not a free solo when rescue is at hand on every pitch. A pinkpoint in some respects. Alex is miles and many pitches out of my league. But to call it a free solo is kind of questionable. Its not really free soloing when you can back off. I know people on the taco will attack me for saying that. I only free solo 5.8. Sorry if I offend. I totally admire Alex's amazing style and balls that require a dumptruck. Great achievment. But it will only be a free solo when backing off and rescue are not options for the climber. Bring on the hate folks. Im used to it.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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I can only imagine that you are used to it because you don't think things thru twice. Of course its a free solo, he never touched any gear, climbed without a rope and started at the bottom and climbed to the top. Now if you want to debate the ethics of having a rescue available that is one thing, but to think that a rope hanging near him changes the basic nature of the climb you aren't thinking very clearly. Had he fallen on any move on the entire route he would have not been caught and died. The ropes would not help. I don't know what else you could ask for.
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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The only way I can see Chainsaw's post having much validity is if Alex and his team had some sort of preset rescue signal, where Alex could start yelling for help and immediately have a rope tossed to him.
Actually, let me edit my response--I guess having ropes hanging near you would change the character of the ascent if you knew you could grab them if you got freaked out or tired or whatever . . . so now I'm not sure what to think.
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Just how many ropes were hanging around there next to the crux sections that he supposedly could have grabbed anyway?
If there were no ropes near any of the crux sections and he didn't have a pre-arranged rescue signal, which may well be the situation, then I agree the ascent is totally legit.
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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rad report Tom.
holy f'in hell chainsaw - is it ok with you that he rubbed his feet on the ascent?
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okie
Trad climber
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The only thing that would have made it cooler would have been less media coverage, fewer cameras. And shitty capitalism is already in full swing: Evans is getting messed with by National Geographic.
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CPorter
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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A big F*#K YOU to National Geographic.
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CPorter
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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^ Sounds like Tom signed an agreement not reading the details and NG misrepresented the nature in a verbal communication.
Then standard corporate d#@&%ebaggery ensues once he posts the photos. As if it'll have any impact on them at all! F*#k off.
Tom, your pictures were awesome.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Everyone looked good. Alex. Yosemite. El Capitan itself. The climbing community.
Everybody - except National Geographic.
Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
but to scared to climb them anymore
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I respect Nat Geo and been dealing with them for years on several fronts. In my opinion much of the content seems to be getting political vs exploration/scientific stuff. Guess I am just cranky about a deal they pulled out of with me.
Anyways...go Alex!
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gunsmoke
Mountain climber
Clackamas, Oregon
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What legal leg does National Greedographic have to stand on to stop him from posting his own pictures taken in a public park?
Tom isn't usually on the left side of the meadow at 5:30AM. Nat Geo contracted with him to do a project for them. Control of the pix goes with the territory. The problem is that one member of the organization said what the photographer would want to hear (i.e., lied) about the nature of a contract to get an easy signature. My guess is that Tom would have grudgingly signed it anyway had he known the legal implications, depriving us of the 5 pix that do survive on the wayback machine.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Natty Geo is now part of the Murdoch news empire...
... aka Fox...
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Cole
Trad climber
los angeles
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Well you can't beat the internet, Barbara Streisand effect anyone?
http://imgur.com/gallery/ZSIAB
EDIT: just realized no photo of the crux tho! Guess whoever this is didn't get em all.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Jun 10, 2017 - 08:43am PT
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^ TFPU that link! And also to whoever archived that page.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Jun 10, 2017 - 12:39pm PT
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A sad and unbelievable story!
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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Jun 10, 2017 - 07:33pm PT
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THANK YOU FOR THE LINK!
My heart was in my throat throughout. Jesus.
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