Emily Harrington becomes fourth woman to free-climb El Capitan in a day

Posted by bookofjoe on Sunday November 08, 2020 @02:50PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

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Re:Emily Harrington becomes fourth woman to free-climb El Ca... by karmakaze on Sunday November 08, 2020 @06:39PM (#25030123)

Aside from the psychological strain of free solo, free climbing with a rope in your way is mechanically more difficult.

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Re:Emily Harrington becomes fourth woman to free-climb El Ca... by SegFaultx64 on Sunday November 08, 2020 @06:55PM (#25030207)

She wasn't rope soloing she just didn't aid climb as most routes on El Cap are typically done.

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