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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BNdAEcUA5nv/?taken-by=adam.ondra
Adam.Ondra Bye bye Valley!
1,5 month in Yosemite has come to an end.
A few notes:
Yosemite climbing is hard. Like really hard.
The Free Nose is even harder. Lynn Hill's achievement is one the most radical achievements in the climbing history, in my opinion, still not fully appreciated. Hats off.
The Dawn Wall is the hardest. I am proud to have done it. Possibly my proudest achievement im climbing. Nevertheless, the effort I had to make is incomparable to what @tommycaldwell and @kjorgeson had to go through, not knowing where to climb and if it is climbable. I think they can be way prouder than me for what they did.
El Cap is bad ass. That is the fact. No choss.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Those words are an act of class...
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Thanks, ß Î Ø T Ç H
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Sweet!
He's a screamer eh?
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BigB
Trad climber
Red Rock
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damn they've already taken the video down
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Mei
Trad climber
mxi2000.net
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I enjoyed reading this: http://blackdiamondequipment.com/en_US/experience-story?cid=interview-pavel-blazek-dawn-wall-adam-ondra
what I really like about Adam is that he has a lot of knowledge about not just climbing. So we were discussing, like, the Palestine and Israel relationship, politics, whatever Elon Musk was doing. And of course, two guys on a wall … we talked girls too [laughs].
... pitch 10, and he started climbing, and the protection is not awesome. Actually it’s pretty sketchy. And he’s maybe 10 or 15 meters above me and five or six meters runout, and suddenly three copperheads pop out. Ping, ping, ping! I was thinking, if he falls he’s going to be flying way below me. And it was dark. I didn’t even tell him though, and he got through it.
Even on the last day though, we started in really thick fog. It was drizzling. I think it was pitch 22 [5.10] and it was 100% wet. And Adam was climbing into the fog, and he wasn’t talking. I knew it was serious. He was runout and it was so wet. But again, with Adam I learned that you just be quiet and do your stuff, and he’ll do his stuff. He got through it, but I could feel the tension. And when I jugged up to him, he was almost passing out from how scared he was and how difficult it was.
And more...
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trailridge127
Trad climber
Loveland, CO
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Oct 30, 2018 - 08:46pm PT
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Exciting things happening...Armed with a 500 meter static rope and a year's worth of speed climbing training. It will be fun to see what goes down
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F'ueco
Boulder climber
Peoples Republic Of Boulder
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Oct 30, 2018 - 09:24pm PT
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Exciting things happening...Armed with a 500 meter static rope and a year's worth of speed climbing training. It will be fun to see what goes down
Lots of rope drag?
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Oct 30, 2018 - 10:01pm PT
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^^ I'm all ears.
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shylock
Social climber
mb
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Oct 31, 2018 - 08:31am PT
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book of hate second go..
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Oct 31, 2018 - 10:46am PT
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good sidebar moment. That Randy L. put up some incredible routes...
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Oct 31, 2018 - 11:20am PT
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Lots of rope drag?
Dunno on the Ondra level. On mine, the weight of static rope below seems to pull the auto-belay cam open. I noticed it when stepping down and the belay did not activate.
Since I wasn't doing the back-up thing I didn't put it to the test, but will need to find out one of these days.
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Don Paul
Social climber
Washington DC
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Oct 31, 2018 - 11:46am PT
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^ Leading off of three copperheads that all fell out is beyond sketchy. I guess I need to modernize my standards.
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Milkman_photos
Trad climber
California, San Francisco
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A flash of Cosmic Debris. Not shabby.
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sweendog
climber
SC
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Near flash of Dominator, also...
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trailridge127
Trad climber
Loveland, CO
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Looks like they are headed for an onsite of the Salathé. I am still blown away by how fast he ticked off the dawn wall. I won't be too surprised if he gets the flash.
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sweendog
climber
SC
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Prolly @ The Headwall by now
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