from Arc'teryx Latest News
On June 8th I rolled into the Valley with plans to do two things. One was an all disabled ascent of El Cap, and two, was a one-day ascent of the Nose. I picked up my partner Jarem in Fresno and we chatted about doing Lurking Fear on the Capitan. The first day of free climbing broke one prototype foot, and a little of his confidence, but we pushed on. Two days later and 500 feet up the route, his leg fell off, yes, off…Luck was with us as it got stuck in a sling he had cleaned and swung under him like a
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from DreamInVertical
This past weekend, Luke and I decided to climb Lurking Fear, a ~20 pitch route on the Southwest Face of El Capitan. The upper pitches are on the slabby side, so most advice was to travel light, because hauling would be bad on the upper part of the route. We decided to fix ropes up [...]
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from The Adventure Blog
Earlier this summer Alex Honnold left us all shaking our heads in awe as he first set a new speed record for a continuous climb up Half Dome and El Cap in Yosemite and then followed it up by linking three routes, the Nose, Salathé Wall, and Lurking Fear, a few weeks later. Now, the talented climber has come down from the rock long enough to share some thoughts with Outside Online , who have posted the interview to their blog this morning. In the interview, Alex talks about training with Ueli Steck for a
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from The Alpinist - newswire
On June 30, Alex Honnold and Sean Leary embarked on a speed-climbing binge on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The pair sprinted up The Nose (VI 5.9 C2 or 5.14a, 2,900'), Salathe Wall (VI 5.9 C2 or 5.13b/c, 2,900') and Lurking Fear (VI 5.7 C2F or 5.13c, 2,000'), topping out their final climb at 7:30 p.m. on July 1 after 23 hours of continuous climbing. In total, the pair climbed about 85 pitches and 8,200 vertical feet. Armed with a rope and standard double rack, Honnold and Leary began the overnight
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from The Alpinist - newswire
News Flash: The following news flash is a preliminary report posted as a service to our readers. Alpinist has not confirmed the veracity of its contents but will post a story in detail when more information becomes available.--Ed. Last week, Alex Honnold and Sean Leary linked three Grade VI routes on Yosemite's El Capitan in a single day: The Nose (5.9 C1), Salathe Wall (5.13b) and Lurking Fear (5.13c). Honnold and Leary started up The Nose at 8 p.m. on June 30, topping out in 4 hours and 15 minutes. Next,
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from UKClimbing.com News
As reported on the El Cap Report Website , Sean Leary and Alex Honnold have linked The Nose , Salathe and Lurking Fear in under twenty four hours.
The three routes together equal 85 pitches and almost 2500m of climbing...
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