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TheSoloClimber
Trad climber
Vancouver
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 26, 2014 - 11:03am PT
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In other news, I heard that the famous Honnald soloed U-Wall in Squamish. Really want to hear the story on this one.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Aug 26, 2014 - 12:22pm PT
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This Honnald sounds similar to Honnold. They both appear to do amazing climbing feets. I think locker makes their shoes.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Aug 26, 2014 - 12:25pm PT
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The famous Locker?
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Aug 26, 2014 - 05:41pm PT
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When was this nate???
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Aug 26, 2014 - 06:58pm PT
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Alex has been on such an impressive training roll this year . . . he is methodically getting prepared to blow some freaking minds. If your reality has not already been shattered . . . hold on to your hat.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Aug 26, 2014 - 07:46pm PT
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bring it motherf*#ker lol
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Aug 26, 2014 - 07:57pm PT
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That's what I'm talking about!
Thanks Alex for stoking the punting, willy waving masses (Donini and Hudon excepted}.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Aug 26, 2014 - 08:03pm PT
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Anyone got the digits on the University Wall? How big? How hard? How sustained? Nothing he does surprises me these days.
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Aug 26, 2014 - 08:06pm PT
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5.12
900 ft
8 pitches
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 26, 2014 - 08:07pm PT
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Had not realized he was gone....absolutely nothing he does would surprise me.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Aug 26, 2014 - 08:14pm PT
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absolutely nothing he does would surprise me
True Dat!
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Relic
Social climber
Weenie
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Aug 26, 2014 - 08:37pm PT
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University Wall is super steep, sustained, and badass. This is pretty mind blowing. We have some pics banging around on the Squamish thread of it somewhere...
All of the first ascentionists post on the taco. I'm sure they are pretty impressed to say the least.
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MisterE
climber
Bishop, CA
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Aug 26, 2014 - 08:37pm PT
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5.12
900 ft
8 pitches
thanks, Wayne - badass!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Aug 26, 2014 - 08:46pm PT
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I wonder if he did the shadow pitch?? (12d Peter Croft fa).
That would be insane!!!
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Aug 26, 2014 - 08:48pm PT
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calling Hamie, Peter Croft and gf!
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Aug 26, 2014 - 08:53pm PT
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Pretty amazing, with or without the "Shadow"
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Aug 26, 2014 - 09:41pm PT
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The thought of someone third classing U Wall blows my mind, but Alex has been doing that for a while with Northern Lights in particular.
Leading every pitch of U Wall on the second free ascent was a career high point and I don't know for sure what the freakiest place to be unroped would be.
The flying arm bar into the bombay slot to gain the main corner at top of pitch one?
The sloping, no foothold undercling left out of the main corner?
Once you got past that, the rest of the route would probably feel like laid back fluff.
Did Alex really do this?
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TheSoloClimber
Trad climber
Vancouver
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2014 - 09:52pm PT
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I'm just posting from what I heard via social media (Instagram) but James Lucas has a picture of what looks like Honnold just before leaving the corner into the slopy undercling bit.
If it is the real deal, I'm sure we'll hear about it in the mags.
I just know that there's been speculation about the possibility of him doing this for a while now, and it would be pretty cool to know it finally happened.
A bit more beta for those who don't know, yeah he may have soloed harder than .12a, but this was .12a back in what? '82? The first all free climb to the top of the Grand Wall. The first two pitches give it the grade - they are overhanging, sustained, and insecure. There isn't anything near a proper rest until near the end of the second pitch, that being a kneebar. The first hands free ledge is on top of the third pitch.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Aug 26, 2014 - 10:51pm PT
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There's an Alex Honnold article in Alpinist 47 where Alex talks about transcendence. I think I'll read it tonight.
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