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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · El Capitan’s Dawn Wall - something different | |
jcw1982 wrote:
Thanks for sharing this. No to nit-pic but they are using (ropes) for safety--
"without the benefit of ropes, other than to catch their falls."
Regardless, this is an amazing feat that was unimaginable a few years ago.
I thought the NYT headline was misleading too. They mean the climbers are ascending without using the support of aid climbing (standing in slings, on pins, rivets, etc.), not that they are a thousand feet off the deck without ropes!
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