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m_jones
Trad climber
Carson City, NV
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Pretty astounding conclusion to what we knew was bound to happen some day. Still, my god...
Kind of takes the wind out of the sails for the eventual first onsite of an el cap route.
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Marshall
climber
bay area
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Q: Do you feel the world kind of needed something cool like this, at this moment in time?
Alex: What the world needs is for the U.S. to stay in the Paris Accords.
So classic. What an unbelievable achievement.
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andrew_g
climber
Ulm, Germany
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Incredible and for most of us an incomprehensible achievement. Congratulations to Alex.
Very much a singular event. Why do we feel the need to rank it?
At the risk of inciting just that ;-), to me similar achievements have happened, at least they blew my mind: Alexander Huber’s free solo of the Hasse-Brandler or Hansjörg Auer’s free solo of “Der Weg durch den Fisch” on the Marmolada with minimal rehearsing. True they are easier and shorter, but have few rests, are complicated, some chossy, and are certainly singular deeds as well.
Ultimately, it is a very intimate experience between the climber and the climb.
Do we diminish by trying to relate?
What is the way to celebrate such an event?
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, DCFRENCH... say, thanks for the tom report...
and wow, and oh my...
i have no words...
heard of this, from lacey... been so busy, but i have
read the shares, by now, on facebook, and here... oh my, :O
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Pretty cool that almost 60 years after it's first ascent El Cap still remains the main stage of adventure climbing in America.
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F
climber
away from the ground
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Respect.
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Pretty cool that almost 60 years after it's first ascent El Cap still remains the main stage of adventure climbing in America.
On the flip side, maybe 60yrs of climbing(possibly other sports!) has kept Emerica on the main stage⁉️
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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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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Just curious: he bypassed the ear to get in the monster?
In the picture he seems very low.
Yes, that is correct.
See The Dak's post (62) from June 3, 2:44pm:
I believe he climbed the Bermuda Dunes entrance into the Monster Offwidth, which avoids the difficult 11d downclimb into the Monster, and in doing so tacks on an extra 30ish meters of hand-to-offwidth solid 5.11 crack climbing. Far more secure.
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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Congratulations to a dedicated and courageous man, Alex Hannold, setting the bar for generations to come.
-Tim Sorenson
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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The idea of being ropeless 2,000 feet up El Capitan is something many climbers have pondered while resting in El Cap meadow, smoking weed, and staring transfixed up at the granite monster towering over them. For most, those moments were nothing more than ass-puckering fantasies that would spur uncomfortable fits of laughter. For Honnold, it was a serious project to be tackled.
BY ANDREW BISHARAT JUNE 04, 2017
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Just read the interview with Synnott. It was pure gold. Honnold hypothetically talking to his grandkids when they first see El Cap: "Kids that thing takes about four hours to climb by yourself—after years of effort."
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Thank you Clint for those links. Very gracious of you to post them up.
I recall seeing the video a while back but had never seen the posts.
So an El Cap climb with his Mom in the future!!!!! That would be another uniquely special event.
Just from seeing her talk again "I had to give up worrying along time ago" reinforces my belief the apple didn't roll far from the tree". The kernel of that tenet seems to allow both of them to accomplish what they do and how they approach truly living in the present.
I think there are many that could train their body to do what Alex (and his Mom) does, but it's the deeply disciplined mindfulness and profound ability to transcend fear of mortality for a sustained period of time that allows the achievement of something so rare.
I hope she finds her jugging partners and I hope to hear about them climbing together this fall. "Your heart has to decide" She certainly passed that on to her son.
Susan
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Mr. Honnold seems to be having more fun than the average climber...
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Sorry King
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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^^^^. My best wishes for your Moms recovery. I have a hip that's headed to no where good.
I feel differently about what climbing, and by extension Honnold's accomplishment, may mean to some and the motivating effect it can have on individuals.
Several years ago I was in the throes of a life limiting illness. I recovered (obviously) but during the darkest times much of what got me through were climbing metaphors...crux, whippers, falls, staying in the moment, hand holds and foot holds that aren't there but then others appear. Chalking up sweaty hands to keep going. Pushing myself when retreat was not an option. Then the summit. Regardless of what the outcome was to be I had a vision of what I wanted the journey to be. I was going to be the one in control of ME.
So in the grand scheme of things, the Big World may not have shifted because of Alex's accomplishment, but many indivual worlds have shifted and once again many individuals are confronted with the realm of possibilities that may just expand their horizons a little bit, even if it doesn't come close to Honnold's achievement.
Just my thoughts about how a grand achievement can have significant trickle down effects.
Susan
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jplotz!
climber
Wenatchee, WA
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Everyone is in a state of stunned awe, while Alex shruggs it off as, "Four hours of light exercise, you know?"
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Sula
Trad climber
Pennsylvania
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I'm thinking that to do this, he had to get his mind into a place that no human mind has ever been, and keep it there for four hours.
Not something that mere words can encompass.
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