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Czech climber Adam Ondra climbing El Capitán in Yosemite National Park (lemmy.world)

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[–] vxx@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

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