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At one point a few years ago when Max was setting routes in Boston, he was free-soloing a 14d at Rumney (one of the harder climbs in the world, without a rope,
by etrautmann 11y ago
At one point a few years ago when Max was setting routes in Boston, he was free-soloing a 14d at Rumney (one of the harder climbs in the world, without a rope, probably 40-50' tall), and fell on the last move of the climb. He broke both his legs but survived, and later went on to make it through to the finals of a bouldering competition with boots on both legs.
Unbelievable natural talent - I've seen him out at Dogpatch in SF easily climbing v11's.
- beering 11y agoMax's accident was described in the article. Or did the article get it wrong?
- dmurdoch 11y agoThey got it right actually, supernova is only about 30ft, super short lead route, shorter than a lot of highball boulders out there. Which explains why he tried to solo it. I don't think many people are trying to solo long single pitch sport routes that hard.
- etrautmann 11y agoOops- missed that part of the article somehow, thanks.