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Czech climber Adam Ondra climbing El Capitán in Yosemite National Park (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago

The wall after you finally got that mosquito

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (17 children)

I understand, hey go climb a big rock. cool.

i don't understand doing it without a basic life line attached to you to ...ya know, prevent .... rapid inertia.

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago

Ooh, energy of the gods, adrenaline surge

Won't stop 'til I hit the ground, I'm on my way for sure

Up here in the air, this will never hurt

I'm on my way to impact, taste the high-speed dirt

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Article: https://hasanjasim.online/czech-climber-adam-ondra-conquers-el-capitan-in-yosemite-national-park/

[–] moody@lemmings.world 6 points 1 week ago

The article says that he was the first person to free solo the Dawn Wall, which is false. He wasn't the first to climb it, and he didn't free solo it either.

Tommy Caldwell was the first person to climb it, and nobody has free soloed it, and the likelihood of anyone ever doing that is basically zero.

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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 1 week ago

Wait, it's El Capitan a real mountain?? I tough it was invented by Jacob Wysocki for this

https://youtube.com/shorts/P-R_HG5FMQU

[–] UniversalFlamingo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

One does not simply free solo El Capitan.

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[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Definitely more than mildly interesting

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