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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by tmh79 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @03:35PM (#14500478)
gotta be more than that,

100-300 per year maybe, on the lower end.

300 people total means like 10 people per season, I personally know more people who've climbed the nose.

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by blackguardx on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @03:54PM (#14500691)
People are referring to free climbing this particular route, Freerider, which is 5.12d/5.13a. It gets done, but it is hard enough there are usually blurbs about it in magazines and in the climbing media when someone completes it without aid.
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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by maloney on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @11:07PM (#14503432)
The nose has only been free climbed by 5 people.

Context is pretty important when talking about aid vs free vs solo

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by givemefive on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @04:02PM (#14500777)
free or aided?

Most people climb el capitan aided.

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