Alex Honnold Creates History By Climbing Yosemite El Capitan Ropeless

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On the first Saturday of June, known climber Alex Honnold made the record of being the first person to person to scale almost 3,000-foot granite wall, Yosemite's El Capitan without using ropes or any other safety measures. According to National Geographic, Alex started his climb, which is known as free soloing at 5:32 am after his standard breakfast of oats, flax, chia seeds and blueberries. He created history by completing this climb over a rocky lip to the summit, a sandy ledge in 3 hours and 56 minutes.
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National Geographic said that this climb may be the greatest feat of pure rock climbing in the history of the sport. The climbing journey is captured by a team of filmmakers who are Jimmy Chin, one of Honnold’s longtime climbing partners, and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, for an upcoming National Geographic Documentary Films feature.

The climb is Alex’s second attempt to climb El Capitan. Prior this, in November, he made his first free-solo climb, but could not complete it because according to him, the conditions did not feel right. But in June, 2017, he finally made his way to the pages of history by completing it.

He was been trained for a year for the climb at locations in the United States, China, Europe and Morocco, but kept it a secret from all but a small circle of friends and fellow climbers, confirmed National Geographic. Alex’s website states that he "maintains his simple 'dirtbag-climber' existence, living out of his van and traveling the world in search of the next great vertical adventure."

Source: USA Today.

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