The Ultimate Climb - February 2019 Issue
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THE ULTIMATE CLIMB
On June 3, 2017, Alex Honnold free soloed – which means without ropes or safety gear – the Freerider route on El Capitan, Yosemite’s 3,000-foot southwest face. It’s a vertical obstacle course that can take veteran climbers using ropes several days to ascend. He completed the route in less than four hours. Honnold spent nearly a decade thinking about the climb and more than a year choreographing thousands of precise moves to get through a gantlet of physical and nerve-testing challenges.
On June 3, 2017, Alex Honnold free soloed – which means without ropes or safety gear – the Freerider route on El Capitan, Yosemite’s 3,000-foot southwest face. It’s a vertical obstacle course that can take veteran climbers using ropes several days to ascend. He completed the route in less than four hours. Honnold spent nearly a decade thinking about the climb and more than a year choreographing thousands of precise moves to get through a gantlet of physical and nerve-testing challenges.
