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[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 18 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I'm actually glad for that. I thought he was free climbing and it made me nervous.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago

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.

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

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.