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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:21:44 PM EDT
Daredevil climber makes history as the first to scale Yosemite's famed 3,000-ft El Capitan mountain - without a single piece of safety
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A professional climber - and star of National Geographic's upcoming documentary Solo - has made history as the first to ascend Yosemite's famed El Capitan mountain completely rope free.Alex Honnold scaled the 3,000-ft vertical ascent - which is higher than the world's tallest sky scraper Burj Khalifa - in just under four hours, on Saturday the magazine revealed.The 31-year-old, who camped over the night before in the Californian national park, began his climb at 5.32am PDT on Saturday. Honnold had little more than the clothes on his back, and a small bag of chalk for his hands, as he scaled the cliff face. More info 
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:24:26 PM EDT
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One false move, one hand hold give away and he would be Internet lore.
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:26:22 PM EDT
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Damn. I was just asking myself what I should do this weekend. "free solo El cap" was third on my list.
Oh well. First and second were surf GD. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:29:03 PM EDT
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He is the greatest climber to ever live
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:37:19 PM EDT
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I'll expect to read his obituary in a year or two.
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:38:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:40:32 PM EDT
[#6]
That's cool.
Sustained 5.12. I'm fearful for the day he tries The Nose. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:45:26 PM EDT
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I'll expect to read his obituary in a year or two. Watch the documentary on him. Lack of normal amygdala function may let him live a while longer. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:45:50 PM EDT
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He must have a death wish. However, he must be extremely strong to make that climb in the manner in which he did. I will give him his due for being very strong, but he is still a fool in my eyes.
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:47:42 PM EDT
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He must have a death wish. However, he must be extremely strong to make that climb in the manner in which he did. I will give him his due for being very strong, but he is still a fool in my eyes. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:47:56 PM EDT
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It's only a matter of time.
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:53:31 PM EDT
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It's only a matter of time. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:53:58 PM EDT
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He must have a death wish. However, he must be extremely strong to make that climb in the manner in which he did. I will give him his due for being very strong, but he is still a fool in my eyes. It's like us climbing a ladder. He knows he's not going to fall. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 5:57:05 PM EDT
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He mentions being freaked out in certain situations, but he's apparently able to keep his calm much better than 99.999% of humans.
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:01:35 PM EDT
[#14]
he is nuts
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:02:23 PM EDT
[#15]
I bet he could make a killing on ninja warrior
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:02:33 PM EDT
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Daredevil climber makes history as the first to scale Yosemite's famed 3,000-ft El Capitan mountain - without a single piece of safety <snip> Its crazy watching this guy climb.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zKuQttH1kEat about 4:45 "Yeah, I have pretty big fingers, it's hard to get them in a small crack" HER reaction is priceless.... |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:03:06 PM EDT
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My heart says bad ass dude, my mind says total respect for his abilities, my puckering asshole says fuck that he is gonna splat...of course, you couldn't get me near and thing like that with 40 ropes tied to my ass either...scared of heights...
  
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:03:22 PM EDT
[#18]
At least he will die doing what he loves.
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:05:14 PM EDT
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My heart says bad ass dude, my mind says total respect for his abilities, my puckering asshole says fuck that he is gonna splat...of course, you couldn't get me near and thing like that with 40 ropes tied to my ass either...scared of heights... with ropes. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:05:20 PM EDT
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I remember seeing some YouTube a few years ago of some other guy speed free climbing what I thought was el cap. Cameras were placed along his route and there were a few 'no hands' moments as he transitioned across the route.
I thought this had been done before, what am I conflating it with? |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:06:45 PM EDT
[#21]
This guy is abby-normal.
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:08:13 PM EDT
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I remember seeing some YouTube a few years ago of some other guy speed free climbing what I thought was el cap. Cameras were placed along his route and there were a few 'no hands' moments as he transitioned across the route. I thought this had been done before, what am I conflating it with? |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:10:27 PM EDT
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I remember seeing some YouTube a few years ago of some other guy speed free climbing what I thought was el cap. Cameras were placed along his route and there were a few 'no hands' moments as he transitioned across the route. I thought this had been done before, what am I conflating it with?  Failed To Load Title |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:14:56 PM EDT
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Dan Osman was also free solo speed climber. Simply insane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX7p3jfr0mA |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:16:03 PM EDT
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Time to hang it up. Nothing more to prove to yourself or anyone else at that point.
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:18:28 PM EDT
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yeah that's The one... Damn that's just a crazy pace. Wow For perspective. That's a 400' 5.7 route. The route Alex climbed is a 5.12 or 5 grades harder and about 7.5x as long. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:25:03 PM EDT
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Fuck that.
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:27:11 PM EDT
[#28]
... no
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:27:35 PM EDT
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At least he will die doing what he loves. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:27:55 PM EDT
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at about 4:45 "Yeah, I have pretty big fingers, it's hard to get them in a small crack" HER reaction is priceless.... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Daredevil climber makes history as the first to scale Yosemite's famed 3,000-ft El Capitan mountain - without a single piece of safety <snip> Its crazy watching this guy climb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zKuQttH1kEat about 4:45 "Yeah, I have pretty big fingers, it's hard to get them in a small crack" HER reaction is priceless.... |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:32:57 PM EDT
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Amazing...
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:34:29 PM EDT
[#32]
So awesome.
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:36:05 PM EDT
[#33]
Fuck that!!
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:38:25 PM EDT
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I remember seeing some YouTube a few years ago of some other guy speed free climbing what I thought was el cap. Cameras were placed along his route and there were a few 'no hands' moments as he transitioned across the route. I thought this had been done before, what am I conflating it with? If I'm not mistaken it was on a route in Lake Tahoe. Eta, and beat clearly...should scrolled down. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:40:33 PM EDT
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It's only a matter of time. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:40:50 PM EDT
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There are old climbers and there are bold climbers...
I hope he realizes his limits before he finds them. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 6:51:50 PM EDT
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I'm normally curmudgeon-ish about this sort of thing, but that is all kinds of awesome. The 60 Minutes video made the little fellah retract a bit, though.
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Posted: 6/3/2017 7:08:25 PM EDT
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There are old climbers and there are bold climbers... I hope he realizes his limits before he finds them. Not all risks and hazards are related to his personal skill. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 7:11:40 PM EDT
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Watched some videos of Alex Honnold a few years ago. He's so relaxed and focused that it was weird. Something definitely clicks in his head when he's climbing. He goes someplace else. Some type of dysfunction for sure. If he hadn't found climbing the guy would be a serial killer.
I also remember being impressed at how little energy he expended during the climb. Zero unnecessary clenching of anything. Efficient. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 7:12:31 PM EDT
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I thought he had done this several times before.
ETA: I'm thinking of El Sendero Luminoso which he also made his bitch. Dude is incredible. |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 7:16:45 PM EDT
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I'll expect to read his obituary in a year or two.  Attached File has he ever had a psychiatric exam?
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Posted: 6/3/2017 7:20:06 PM EDT
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Pfftt, I climbed Half Dome without personal safety gear years ago.
(Up the back side, with hard-mounted cable handrails)
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Posted: 6/3/2017 7:37:22 PM EDT
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He used to be in commercials, haven't seen anything in some time. I figured he'd dropped out of sight, so to speak. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/60489/ah-222630.JPG has he ever had a psychiatric exam? |
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Posted: 6/3/2017 7:41:01 PM EDT
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Absolute stupidity
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Posted: 6/4/2017 11:46:25 AM EDT
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Absolute stupidity |
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Posted: 6/4/2017 11:59:49 AM EDT
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Dan Osman was also free solo speed climber. Simply insane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX7p3jfr0mA Dan Osman's fatal jump Nov 23,1998 ETA: Maybe not really odd, if you consider what he was doing with those ropes.
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Posted: 6/4/2017 12:07:54 PM EDT
[#47]
Just looking at those photos makes my palms sweat lol.
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Posted: 6/4/2017 12:25:51 PM EDT
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Incredible. The man is bad ass.
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Posted: 6/4/2017 8:54:47 PM EDT
[#49]
Amazing.
Apparently my nightmares are made of his dreams.. |
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Posted: 6/4/2017 9:03:48 PM EDT
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and shit like THIS is why everyone loves Honnlove.
What are you going to do this afternoon?
I’m probably going to hang board. You’re going to go do a hang board workout? I mean, in a bit, yeah. I mean I want to eat some lunch, I want to get in the shade and then I’m probably going to hang board in a bit. I am perfectly warmed up, I just did four hours’ light exercise, you know? A normal person would probably take the afternoon off after they free-soloed El Cap. But I’ve been trying to hang board every other day, and it’s the other day. |
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