3 dead people. Take a hint guys.Climbers have been speculating for years about a possible free solo of El Capitan, but there have only been two other people who have publicly said they seriously considered it. One was Michael Reardon, a free soloist who drowned in 2007 after being swept from a ledge below a sea cliff in Ireland. The other was Dean Potter, who died in a base jumping accident in Yosemite in 2015.
John Bachar, the greatest free soloist of the 1970s, who died while climbing un-roped in 2009 at age 52, never considered it. When Bachar was in his prime, El Capitan had still never been free climbed. Peter Croft, 58, who completed the landmark free solo of the 1980s—Yosemite’s 1,000-foot Astroman—never seriously contemplated El Capitan, but he knew somebody would eventually do it.
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This part of the article though...
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Honnold has balls, that's for sure. But he's dumb too...
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To be fair, only John Bachar died free soloing (and he was old). The others died doing other things.
As I mentioned earlier, I've free soloed a 5.0 with a 50L backpack full of gear and in running shoes as part of the hike in and out of the crag. As a climber, it's no big deal and well below my ability.
Once, while topping out on the same route, a couple of hikers saw me climbing over the edge and couldn't believe that I climbed up with a rope (or as I explained, I have a rope, it's inside of my bag). To them, what I did was crazy, superhuman, and inconceivable. It's all a matter of perspective; for them I did the impossible, for me it was routine.
Honnold's achievement here certainly carries a far greater difficulty, risk and consequence, but 5.12 is still well below his ability and while it may seem crazy to us, it is less so for him. Read about him and you'll know that he is an extremely detailed oriented guy. He has climbed this particular route over and over again, analyzed the moves, memorized the sequences and is practically able to climb it blindfolded. For him, the risk is minimal because he's just that much better than most of us.
As I mentioned earlier, I've free soloed a 5.0 with a 50L backpack full of gear and in running shoes as part of the hike in and out of the crag. As a climber, it's no big deal and well below my ability.
Once, while topping out on the same route, a couple of hikers saw me climbing over the edge and couldn't believe that I climbed up with a rope (or as I explained, I have a rope, it's inside of my bag). To them, what I did was crazy, superhuman, and inconceivable. It's all a matter of perspective; for them I did the impossible, for me it was routine.
Honnold's achievement here certainly carries a far greater difficulty, risk and consequence, but 5.12 is still well below his ability and while it may seem crazy to us, it is less so for him. Read about him and you'll know that he is an extremely detailed oriented guy. He has climbed this particular route over and over again, analyzed the moves, memorized the sequences and is practically able to climb it blindfolded. For him, the risk is minimal because he's just that much better than most of us.
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