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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by takk309 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @03:10PM (#14500208)
This route, called the Freerider, has been free climbed by a lot of people. It is arguably the easiest free climb on El Cap. That being said it is out of the range of most climbers. I will assume you are not familiar with climbing grades, here is an overview:

http://www.coloradomountaineering.com/2012/01/guide-to-yosem...

The Freerider is rated at 5.12d. This is a grade that most people will struggle to attain without a huge amount of training and effort.

Also, keep in mind that the route is very long and takes most people multiple days to complete. Honnold did it in under 4 hours.

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by rgzn on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @03:24PM (#14500364)
Honnold climbed the boulder problem variation, which is 13a. The Teflon Corner at 12d is slightly easier but less secure, so worse for soloing.
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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by mbostleman on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @09:15PM (#14502992)
It's worth noting that a route's difficulty is based on the hardest section. So the rest of the route is generally less, and in some places a lot less.

This is not to diminish in anyway the difficulty of a 5.12d, but might be good background for those not familiar with climbing.

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