The Dawn Wall
 

On Netflix. I loved this movie. Really good story and magnificent scenery.

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There's ropes in that pic.

Wimp.

I watched it a few months ago. Great movie. I was going to do some (much easier) climbs in Yosemite this summer, but then covid came along. The local rock climbing gym just re-opened last week, so now I can train properly and am looking forward to next summer.

My hands were sweating just watching the trailer. No way could I watch the movie.

But they're on ropes. With ropes, it doesn't bother me. But watching a free solo climb (no ropes) literally makes my hands sweat.

If anyone wanna get the heebies, do watch Free Solo.

That guy had bain dramage to the fear center of his cerebral cortez.

Tommy free climbs but does not do free solo. His long list of first-ascent routes he has done is astounding and to do many of them without an index finger makes him nearly mythical.

The Honeymoon is Over V 5.13 Longs Peak, Colorado.
Flex Luthor (5.15a), Fortress of Solitude, Colorado
West Buttress (FFA) VI 5.13c, El Capitan
Dihedral Wall (FFA) VI 5.14a, El Capitan
The Nose VI 5.13, 3rd/4th Free Ascent, El Capitan
Linea di Eleganza VI 5.11b A3 90 degrees M7 Fitz Roy, Argentine Patagonia
Magic Mushroom (FFA) VI 5.14a, El Capitan
Yosemite Triple Crown 5.13a,
Fitz Traverse VI 5.11d C1 65 degrees,
Dawn Wall (FFA) 5.14d, El Capitan,
2018: The Nose 5.9 C2, El Capitan, Sub 2-hour ascent

What do these numbers mean? ^^^

"Typically, climbing grades fall into a rudimentary scale of difficulty. A 5.0 to 5.7 is considered easy, 5.8 to 5.10 is considered intermediate, 5.11 to 5.12 is hard, and 5.13 to 5.15 is reserved for a very elite few."

The Dawn Wall is considered to be the most difficult climb and why no one had done it before and only Caldwell, Jorgeson and Adam Ondra (another mythical beast) have done it since.

Yep...Free Solo was insane.
Especially how he just took off early one morning and did it.

Has anyone worn the skin off the ends of your fingers? I have many times and I just don’t know how these guys are able to overcome the pain. Literally everything you touch makes your fingers hurt like crazy. It took days for the healing. These guys are crazy.

Just watched "The Alpinist". These climbers just ain't right in the head. Yeah sure I intellectually understand how they are feeling most alive on the edge of death but climbing like they do is NOT on the edge of death it is over that line. They just ain't right.