Climbing El Capatin Solo:
Mar 5, 2019 13:04:38 #
Flash Falasca wrote:
I used to get nervous and worry when I saw someone doing something like this, now I simply hope they fall for being so stupid !!
There is nothing stupid about pushing yourself to your limits to accomplish something that's important to you or for the greater good. I could point out examples but I don't think it would penetrate the thick skull of someone who would make such a ridiculous statement.
Mar 5, 2019 13:32:14 #
I soloed smaller, easier walls. It wasn’t a death wish. It was about pushing your mind and body. We climb high, to see deep within ourselves.
Mar 5, 2019 16:54:37 #
scooter1
Loc: Yacolt, Wa.
ballsafire wrote:
It is a 3,000 ft. vertical rock face at Yosemite ... (show quote)
Watched it. It's amazing what it must take to even want to climb that without a rope.
Mar 5, 2019 17:53:38 #
Not to diminish in the least the accomplishment, but at each point in the climb the rope that they had wrapped around them was anchored to the rock face with extremely strong metal spikes. When he leaped and needed to hold on during the most difficult parts, and failed to hold - the rope(s) but him right back to where he was before the leap. While is it putting a lot of faith in ropes and spikes, I think the safety steps they take would seriously limit the possibilities of completely falling to their deaths.
There are two separate climbs here, documented in "The Dawn Wall" which PBS showed
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/reaching-top
"They marked their progress through different pitches or sections of the route. They used no climbing aids, other than safety ropes, to catch their falls."
And Free Solo which was a different guy (apparently NOT using ropes) going up a more accessible route.
In the Dawn Wall, the two climbers went by a route previously thought impossible.
There are two separate climbs here, documented in "The Dawn Wall" which PBS showed
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/reaching-top
"They marked their progress through different pitches or sections of the route. They used no climbing aids, other than safety ropes, to catch their falls."
And Free Solo which was a different guy (apparently NOT using ropes) going up a more accessible route.
In the Dawn Wall, the two climbers went by a route previously thought impossible.
Mar 5, 2019 20:19:01 #
scooter1
Loc: Yacolt, Wa.
mightymoose wrote:
Not to diminish in the least the accomplishment, b... (show quote)
More accessible?? Maybe for you.
Mar 5, 2019 20:32:56 #
scooter1 wrote:
More accessible?? Maybe for you.
Freerider is an easier route to free climb than Dawn Wall. However, Alex pulled off some difficult moves and pitches with no rope. No margin for error. Both ascents are big feats in big wall climbing. I have been up there. I have nothing but respect for these climbers.
Mar 5, 2019 20:58:39 #
only time I can remember watching a film where my palms were sweating in the final segment. Wow, what real life drama!
Mar 5, 2019 21:02:16 #
The only thing kept me watching the show was the fact that I hadn’t heard on the news that he had fell to his death so I knew he would make it to the top great show
Mar 5, 2019 21:14:41 #
ballsafire wrote:
It is a 3,000 ft. vertical rock face at Yosemite ... (show quote)
I saw it last night also, It was better than the one I saw in a theater month ago, better editing.
Did you enjoy it?
he is still crazier than hell.
the climb was financed by National Geographic
Mar 5, 2019 21:36:09 #
Flash Falasca wrote:
I used to get nervous and worry when I saw someone doing something like this, now I simply hope they fall for being so stupid !!
A ONE FINGERED SALUTE TO YOU
Mar 6, 2019 07:55:44 #
Mar 6, 2019 09:03:22 #
oregon don wrote:
A ONE FINGERED SALUTE TO YOU
You know not what you speak of.
Mar 6, 2019 16:55:44 #
scooter1
Loc: Yacolt, Wa.
Kiron Kid wrote:
Freerider is an easier route to free climb than Dawn Wall. However, Alex pulled off some difficult moves and pitches with no rope. No margin for error. Both ascents are big feats in big wall climbing. I have been up there. I have nothing but respect for these climbers.
Me too.Mar 7, 2019 11:37:20 #
ballsafire
Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana
How can I enjoy seeing someone risk his life on purpose? I watched it to the end knowing that he had not fallen otherwise the show would not have been produced. Looking at the whold picture of life we take risks every day but it is not in such a dramatic way. I posted because I wanted to know how the photographers were recording the climb. I figuered it was photographed by other climbers using ropes and maybe a drone or two. I didn't get a definite answer on the use of a drone. After all we are interested in photography.
Mar 7, 2019 11:58:36 #
ballsafire wrote:
How can I enjoy seeing someone risk his life on pu... (show quote)
Yes, other climbers and a drone were used in filming it. Jimmy Chin is a very experienced climber and photographer.
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