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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by takk309 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @04:10PM (#14500850)
Honnold has not free climbed the Dawn Wall. Adam Ondra did last year for the second free accent.

[edit: fixed Adam's name]

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by FrojoS on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @04:33PM (#14501034)
Correct. The hardest pitch on the Dawn Wall is rated 9a and in addition the climbing is of a very particular style (slabs) that does not suite most 9a climbers. It is quite possible that the Dawn Wall won't be repeated for a long time. Alex Honnold has never free climbed any 9a but recently stated that this is one of his next goals.
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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by Snackchez on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @04:24PM (#14500961)
*Adam Ondra
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