The North Face: Alex Honnold - El Sendero Luminoso

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[starttext] Alex Honnold y su especial predilección por el solo integral. Hablamos el pasado enero sobre esta actividad: la escalada en solo integral de Sendero Luminoso en la zona mexicana de Potrero Chico, 500 metros de escalada sostenida en el rango del 5.12 (desde 7a+), con dificultades de hasta 7c.

On January 15, 2014, Alex Honnold free-soloed El Sendero Luminoso (The Shining Path) in El Portrero Chico, Mexico in a little over 3 hours. The climb rises 2,500 feet to the summit of El Toro. It could be the most difficult rope-less climb in history.

Music:
Matthew Morgan
"Sun Through The Clouds"

Philip Sheppard
"Chronograph"
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Alex Honnold making the A Gift From Wyoming.Yosemite

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[starttext]BD Athlete Alex Honnold wants to be left alone. No, not really, but he did take the unusual approach of climbing alone on fixed lines as he worked to free a route on Yosemite's Leaning Tower, a 1500-foot prow of overhanging granite, that Todd Skinner had originally tried more than a decade ago. This past fall Alex managed to free the lower portion of the route (naming it A Gift From Wyoming and grading it mid-range 5.13), but the 5.14/5.15 business on the headwall waits unredpointed.

Here is Part #2 (filmed and edited by John David Dickey) which follows Alex as he makes the first ascent.

Part #1, which introduces Alex's motivations for tackling the first ascent challenge, can be watched here: http://youtu.be/x2PwAZinuEQ

This video was previewed in the Climbing 2013 digital catalog—28 pages of exclusive photos, videos and stories of first ascent from the past and present. To view Cliimbing 2013 digital catalog, go here: catalog.blackdiamondequipment.com/
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Honnold y Florine baten el récord de ‘The nose’ (Yosemite)

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