@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • 5 days agoCzech climber Adam Ondra climbing El Capitán in Yosemite National Parklemmy.worldimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down113
arrow-up1385arrow-down1imageCzech climber Adam Ondra climbing El Capitán in Yosemite National Parklemmy.world@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • 5 days agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink34•5 days agoI’m actually glad for that. I thought he was free climbing and it made me nervous.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•5 days agoHe is free climbing. He’s not using things like a ladder to climb. He’s not free soloing, which is done without a rope. There’s also rope soloing where you use a rope but you don’t have a belayer and have to catch yourself on falls.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•edit-25 days agoI think the only climber that did it free solo is Alex Honnold. He took a less deadly route I believe. The documentation is fear inducing though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•4 days agoAs a long time climber, watching that documentary is really gripping/terrifying. The bit at the end when he says what it was like walking over the top; no one noticing what he had done, because he didn’t have ropes and a harness etc…wow.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•4 days agoI think I saw that one, it ends with him being like, “well, I should go practice climbing more!” and the other climbers just look at each other
I’m actually glad for that. I thought he was free climbing and it made me nervous.
He is free climbing. He’s not using things like a ladder to climb.
He’s not free soloing, which is done without a rope.
There’s also rope soloing where you use a rope but you don’t have a belayer and have to catch yourself on falls.
I think the only climber that did it free solo is Alex Honnold. He took a less deadly route I believe. The documentation is fear inducing though.
As a long time climber, watching that documentary is really gripping/terrifying. The bit at the end when he says what it was like walking over the top; no one noticing what he had done, because he didn’t have ropes and a harness etc…wow.
I think I saw that one, it ends with him being like, “well, I should go practice climbing more!” and the other climbers just look at each other