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Originally Posted by cmyden
That does sound pretty freaky. Ever seen the video of the dude who solo climbed Half Dome ?
I saw it at Banff Film Festival, has to be one of the craziest climbing videos out there.
Clip of it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICBrXUuwvgg |
Oh yeah, Alex Honnold? I actually met him, he's friend of a friend. He is kind of socially awkward and a bird weird. The scarier one he did was Moonlight Buttress in Zion. At least Half Dome is granite, the rock is super solid. I tried climbing in Utah, that crap is brittle and the last thing you want when you are solo'ing 1000 ft up is having a hold or foot break. Up until 10 years ago, Moonlight Buttress was thought to be impossible to climb with a rope, let alone solo'ing it.