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Alex Honnold - El Capitan
Old school news by now with him free-soloing El Capitan, but I just found a 30-sec video that National Geographic released just today...
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/...e-honnold?t=15
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I can't wait for N.G.'s documentary of this! (Maybe it will be a late 2017 release?).
And here is some context:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AKf2eCBzps
Alex Honnold - El Capitan
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Originally Posted by
uintafly
Spectacular. Probably one of the top 10 achievements in sports. It's hard to wrap my head around what it would be like to be 2,000' up with 1,000' more to go while making difficult climbing moves. He's obviously a great climber, but his mental game is probably second to none.
Indeed.
I’m by no means a professional climber in any shape. I’ve done a good number of climbs ranging up to a 5.10 but the muscle fatigue alone would get most people on the endurance, and that’s where Alex shines bright. I definitely fall short by any margin.
When people get tired they just simply lean back on the rope and relax. With free-soling that just can’t be done.
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