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Some great pictures from the climb: http://elcapreport.com/content/elcap-report-6317-special-edition-honnold-free-solo-elcap http://elcapreport.com/content/elca

by lflux 9y ago

Some great pictures from the climb: http://elcapreport.com/content/elcap-report-6317-special-edition-honnold-free-solo-elcap http://elcapreport.com/content/elcap-report-6317-special-edi...

avip 9y ago
Fantastic. I can't figure out where are these taken from?
- lflux 9y ago
  Says in the post, "Far end of El Cap meadow"
  - avip 9y ago
    Right, thanks.
gk1 9y ago
Amazing photos that highlight how insane this was. My palms are very sweaty.
nthcolumn 9y ago
Can you believe the first comment 'Now let's see it done with Total Commitment' dude? My god there are some asshats in this world.
- throwaway91111 9y ago
  It's not even sensical—like there was anything one could have done to help him in the event of a fall.
  - dagw 9y ago
    If he found himself unable to continue due to injury or fatigue they'd be able to help him down. But yea, extremely dumb comment.
    - eagletusk 9y ago
      Maybe for like 0.5% of the climb they could do that, if Alex was close and he could somehow get a harness on, they could help him. If he got injured it's not like he could step left and there is a magical video game ledge that appears, It's all or nothing.
      - artursapek 9y ago
        No, but the photos showed that there are several rest points along the way. Presumably he'd try to get to the nearest one despite his injury.
      - Zergy 9y ago
        Its a multi pitch route. There are multiple ledges that can be comfortably sat on. Assuming the injury isn't to catastrophic he could make it to one of those points and be rescued. That being said anyone trying to claim the climb isn't "pure" enough it mental.
        s0rce 9y ago
        Somewhat related: http://semi-rad.com/2017/05/but-did-you-really-climb-it/ http://semi-rad.com/2017/05/but-did-you-really-climb-it/
- pcthrowaway 9y ago
  I tried looking it up, but couldn't find anything. What does Total Commitment mean in this context?
notadoc 9y ago
Wild pictures, thanks for sharing.
ridgeguy 9y ago
Thanks for the link. Can't ever remember feeling this tense just looking at pix.
joshschreuder 9y ago
Those photos are amazing. I'm way outside the bubble of climbing and stuff, so I was surprised to see people sleep up there. I don't know how I'd relax enough to fall asleep :)
- tintor 9y ago
  They are still tied up to the rock while they sleep. :)
chengiz 9y ago
I have no knowledge of the sport, but isnt that a rope in pic 7? I guess someone else left it and he didnt use it?
- remus 9y ago
  Yeah, the route he climbed is very popular and there's a lot of 'fixed' ropes that teams climbing it will normally leave in place on a short term basis.
vanderZwan 9y ago
I'd love to see a picture of the entire wall, with rectangles showing which tiny part of it we're looking at for each photo, just to get a better feeling for how high the climb is.
- vermontdevil 9y ago
  Just imagine that the base of El Capitan is about a mile wide.
- burkaman 9y ago
  Not exactly what you asked for, but this is pretty good: http://imgur.com/a/c74MY http://imgur.com/a/c74MY

by lflux 9y ago

Some great pictures from the climb: http://elcapreport.com/content/elcap-report-6317-special-edition-honnold-free-solo-elcap http://elcapreport.com/content/elcap-report-6317-special-edi...

avip 9y ago

Fantastic. I can't figure out where are these taken from?

lflux 9y ago
Says in the post, "Far end of El Cap meadow"
- avip 9y ago
  Right, thanks.

gk1 9y ago

Amazing photos that highlight how insane this was. My palms are very sweaty.

nthcolumn 9y ago

Can you believe the first comment 'Now let's see it done with Total Commitment' dude? My god there are some asshats in this world.

throwaway91111 9y ago
It's not even sensical—like there was anything one could have done to help him in the event of a fall.
- dagw 9y ago
  If he found himself unable to continue due to injury or fatigue they'd be able to help him down. But yea, extremely dumb comment.
  - eagletusk 9y ago
    Maybe for like 0.5% of the climb they could do that, if Alex was close and he could somehow get a harness on, they could help him. If he got injured it's not like he could step left and there is a magical video game ledge that appears, It's all or nothing.
    - artursapek 9y ago
      No, but the photos showed that there are several rest points along the way. Presumably he'd try to get to the nearest one despite his injury.
    - Zergy 9y ago
      Its a multi pitch route. There are multiple ledges that can be comfortably sat on. Assuming the injury isn't to catastrophic he could make it to one of those points and be rescued. That being said anyone trying to claim the climb isn't "pure" enough it mental.
      - s0rce 9y ago
        Somewhat related: http://semi-rad.com/2017/05/but-did-you-really-climb-it/ http://semi-rad.com/2017/05/but-did-you-really-climb-it/
pcthrowaway 9y ago
I tried looking it up, but couldn't find anything. What does Total Commitment mean in this context?

notadoc 9y ago

Wild pictures, thanks for sharing.

ridgeguy 9y ago

Thanks for the link. Can't ever remember feeling this tense just looking at pix.

joshschreuder 9y ago

Those photos are amazing. I'm way outside the bubble of climbing and stuff, so I was surprised to see people sleep up there. I don't know how I'd relax enough to fall asleep :)

tintor 9y ago
They are still tied up to the rock while they sleep. :)

chengiz 9y ago

I have no knowledge of the sport, but isnt that a rope in pic 7? I guess someone else left it and he didnt use it?

remus 9y ago
Yeah, the route he climbed is very popular and there's a lot of 'fixed' ropes that teams climbing it will normally leave in place on a short term basis.

vanderZwan 9y ago

I'd love to see a picture of the entire wall, with rectangles showing which tiny part of it we're looking at for each photo, just to get a better feeling for how high the climb is.

vermontdevil 9y ago
Just imagine that the base of El Capitan is about a mile wide.
burkaman 9y ago
Not exactly what you asked for, but this is pretty good: http://imgur.com/a/c74MY http://imgur.com/a/c74MY