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Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell Free Climb Triple Crown In Yosemite
While much of the climbing world has been centered around the Himalaya the past few weeks, rock climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell have been making history in Yosemite. Last Friday, May 18th, the two men pulled off an impressive feat of endurance, free climbing Mt. Watkins, El Capitan and Half Dome back-to-back-to-back.According to this report at Climbing.com the entire project took 21 hours and 15 minutes to complete. The boys started...
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Honnold and Caldwell Burn Through Yosemite
American climbers Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold have pulled off the Yosemite Free-Triple with their recent link-up of Mount Watkins, El Capitan and Half Dome in a record twenty-one hours and fifteen minutes. In total their feat involved 7,000 vertical feet of free climbing over seventy-five guidebook pitches. The pair estimates that they climbed the link-up in thirty pitches with extensive simul-climbing.
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Pre-Order Timescapes NOW!
TimeScapes 4K from Tom Lowe on Vimeo My friend Tom Lowe has finished Timescapes, and it is now available for preorder over at Timescapse.org! Release date is May, 2012. Related posts: Video – Yosemite by BCGood Video: Hang Gliding over Yosemite Valley by Ryan Goebel Alex Honnold Free Soloing Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome
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Courtesy of Camilla Bennett
Courtesy of Camilla BennettThe Occidental WeeklyHowever, Lee contends that the climbing world recently dodged a bullet when Alex Honnold's free-soloing video went mainstream. Honnold's risky climb of Yosemite's Half-Dome almost closed off some of his favorite climbing sites. “If he had fallen, ...
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Honnold Onsight Solos Fiesta de los Biceps
American climber Alex Honnold has onsight soloed the classic Spanish multi pitch 7a of Fiesta de los Biceps on the conglomerate towers of Riglos.
The following day Alex visited the world famous Spanish sport cliff of Oliana, where he climbed two 8bs, an 8a+ and an 8a in a day.
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Alex Honnold solo on-sight na La fiesta del bíceps
Wspinanie.plAlex Honnold solo on-sight na La fiesta del bíceps (250 m, 7a)Wspinanie.plAlex Honnold co jakiś czas zadziwia swoimi przejściami cały wspinaczkowy świat, tak też będzie z pewnością z jego ostatnią wspinaczką w hiszpańskim Riglos. 25-letni Amerykanin przeszedł 30 marca jedną z wizytówek rejonu La fiesta del bíceps (250 m, ...
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Chris Weidner: The fine line of free-soloing
Chris Weidner: The fine line of free-soloingDaily CameraFree-soloists are typically viewed either as heroes (like the media portray Alex Honnold) or as ego-driven thrill-seekers who lack an IQ. The reality, of course, is that most free-soloists are neither heroes nor thrill-seekers. And most free-soloing is ...
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IL GRANDE ALPINISMO - La Gazzetta dello Sport
IL GRANDE ALPINISMOLa Gazzetta dello SportDa Nanga Parbat alle imprese sul K2, da Messner a Simone Moro, da Alex Honnold a Chris Sharma. Un viaggio appassionante tra i miti dell'alpinismo e dell'arrampicata con titoli inediti e versioni restaurate.
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视频-这世上最快的登山者，瑞士机器
视频-这世上最快的登山者，瑞士机器新浪网当他谈及将艾格峰北壁的攀登记录刷新时，给我们展示了在2500米高度上，令人难以置信的攀登过程。这一次他与Alex Honnold相约挑战美国的约塞米蒂山谷，并同样超乎意料的为自己设计了一个终极目标，那就是将他喜欢玩的 ...
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Overview
Alex Honnold is a mountain climber who scaled Yosemite's 1,600 ft. Sentinel rock wall without any ropes or harnesses.
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