El Capitan Free Solo

[1911]

I know this was mentioned at the time but I just watched the Nat Geo movie "Free Solo"



I can't believe he did this right in the middle of YFO 2017. We may have ridden past as this was going on.

 

[El Toro Joe]

Watched it with my wife yesterday...amazing. Bob (intech) and I rode through there (stopped and took pictures), the day before the actual climb.

 

[101stpathfinder]

I watched that with amazement ! The ledge where he had to climb "Back to ground" and his body position was almost

at 10 degrees, he made that look so flipping' easy. That is so difficult !

 

[exskibum]

His free solo climb was on Saturday, June 3, 2017, the day of our YFO banquet in Mariposa, wasn't it?

 

[Niehart]

Yes. We saw all the folks up on top on the mountain threw a telescope and wondered why they were there. Now we know.

 

[Bounce]

My brother and I talked about this show. As a former climber (not free climbing) his opinion is that it's probably a "Hmm... interesting" show for non climbers but for him they did things that left him thinking, "Oh, Hell no!"

 

[1911]

As a nonclimber I say “Oh Hell No!” to doing trusting my life to just a single rope and whatever it’s anchored to. Free climbing is just insane.

 

[SacramentoMike]

Alex reminds you of somebody's wimpy kid brother at first glance, but he's got to be one of the toughest, fittest, gutsiest athletes in the whole world. Hell of a guy.

 

[1911]

Alex reminds you of somebody's wimpy kid brother at first glance, but he's got to be one of the toughest, fittest, gutsiest athletes in the whole world. Hell of a guy.

Watching Free Solo and some other interviews online, this is a very interesting fellow. Methodical, meticulous, mental. Visualizes being on autopilot. Adrenaline junky NOT! "Adrenaline rush means something has gone wrong"-paraphrasing. I've celebrated a particularly good enchilada more enthusiastically than he celebrated climbing El capitan.

I've printed a screen shot. His pic is going on the wall of my man cave right along with Kenny Roberts and Super Dave Osborne.