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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by samstave on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @11:42AM (#14507310)
What's the rating of free solo El Capitan?
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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by Bartweiss on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @12:22PM (#14507638)
5.13a, as Honnold did it. There's a route without the dihedral that drops it down to 5.12d, but the rock isn't considered trustworthy anymore.
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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by basseq on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @03:32PM (#14509231)
For anyone else who has no idea what these 5.x[a-d] numbers mean:

http://outdoorswithdave.com/climbing/climbing-ratings

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by collinmanderson on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @11:27PM (#14511688)
ahh, 5.13 > 5.6. Thanks.
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