Here's a video of a top climber's training routine, to give you an idea of what goes into developing the kind of strength needed to climb at an elite level: ht

Here's a video of a top climber's training routine, to give you an idea of what goes into developing the kind of strength needed to climb at an elite level: https://vimeo.com/66473915 https://vimeo.com/66473915 For pitch 15 of the Dawn wall, Caldwell drilled bolts with hangers into the granite likely while rapelling down from above and pre-placed quick draws (two carabiners connected by a short loop of webbing) on the bolt hangers- this was all done ahead of time in preparation for the redpoint, (the official climb done from the ground up) You can see Tommy in the video clipping his rope in as he goes along. The permanent bolts are only used on blank sections of the wall where there are no cracks available to place removable anchors such as nuts and cams.