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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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