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Anonymous Sun 11 Jan 2015 23:47:51 No.446561 View View Reply Original Report

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Apparently some sort of record is being broken on El Capitan...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/climbers-scaling-yosemite-el-capitan-clear-tough-stretch-article-1.2073842

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/01/09/sports/el-capitan-2d-image.html?_r=0

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-yosemite-climbings-pass-another-milestone-20150111-story.html

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jan 2015 23:51:19 No.446563 Report

Quoted By: >>446592 >>446595 >>446845

>>446561

"Free climb"...

Hm...has anyone EVER done a true "free climb" of El Cap? What I mean is: no ropes. Whatsoever. None. Zero. Zip. Nada.

>Pro tip: no one has.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jan 2015 00:36:48 No.446592 Report

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>>446563
>true "free climb"
>no ropes. Whatsoever. None. Zero. Zip. Nada

Well, you've got a mistaken definition of free climbing, but your assumption on the free SOLO'ing of el cap is correct.

Here's the closest thing though......

>http://www.outsideonline.com/blog/outdoor-adventure/the-first-almost-free-solo-of-el-cap.html

Crazy fuckers have solo'd lots of crazy shit though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jan 2015 00:43:24 No.446595 Report

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>>446563
you're a fucking idiot lmfao

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jan 2015 08:09:14 No.446845 Report

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>>446563
Free climbing as opposed to aid climbing where you use gear to move upwards on the rockface it's not free of safety just free of equipment/mechanical aid

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