ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 days agoCzech climber Adam Ondra climbing El Capitán in Yosemite National Parklemmy.worldimagemessage-square114linkfedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down112
arrow-up1381arrow-down1imageCzech climber Adam Ondra climbing El Capitán in Yosemite National Parklemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square114linkfedilink
minus-squarePnut@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up34·2 days agoI’m actually glad for that. I thought he was free climbing and it made me nervous.
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 days agoHe is free climbing. He’s not using things like a ladder to climb. He’s not free soloing, which is done without a rope. There’s also rope soloing where you use a rope but you don’t have a belayer and have to catch yourself on falls.
minus-squarevxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-22 days agoI think the only climber that did it free solo is Alex Honnold. He took a less deadly route I believe. The documentation is fear inducing though.
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoAs a long time climber, watching that documentary is really gripping/terrifying. The bit at the end when he says what it was like walking over the top; no one noticing what he had done, because he didn’t have ropes and a harness etc…wow.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI think I saw that one, it ends with him being like, “well, I should go practice climbing more!” and the other climbers just look at each other
I’m actually glad for that. I thought he was free climbing and it made me nervous.
He is free climbing. He’s not using things like a ladder to climb.
He’s not free soloing, which is done without a rope.
There’s also rope soloing where you use a rope but you don’t have a belayer and have to catch yourself on falls.
I think the only climber that did it free solo is Alex Honnold. He took a less deadly route I believe. The documentation is fear inducing though.
As a long time climber, watching that documentary is really gripping/terrifying. The bit at the end when he says what it was like walking over the top; no one noticing what he had done, because he didn’t have ropes and a harness etc…wow.
I think I saw that one, it ends with him being like, “well, I should go practice climbing more!” and the other climbers just look at each other