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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by dabernathy89 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @04:48PM (#14501199)
That's a good run-through, thanks!
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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by masterj on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @05:32PM (#14501559)
Additionally, once you are going to spend more than a day on a wall you have to also bring along camping gear and additional food, especially water. This means erecting elaborate haul systems after every pitch and slows things down dramatically.
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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by cbtacy on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @06:07PM (#14501853)
ESPECIALLY water. That sh*t gets heavy fast.
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