|
shut_up_and_climb
Mar 9, 2004, 12:48 AM
Post #1 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Sep 10, 2003
Posts: 50
|
Has anybody ever free soloed el cap ever? i was just wondering, didnt find anything on the matter anywhere else. me and some people from the gym where wondering about it. if anybody knows let me know. yeah...k -kyle
|
|
|
|
|
whyknot
Mar 9, 2004, 12:59 AM
Post #2 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Dec 3, 2003
Posts: 40
|
I have free soloed El Cap twice. I fell from the 7th pitch on my third try and broke my back, eleven ribs, pelvis, both legs, and collapsed a lung. I'm glad to be alive. If it weren't for the life vest I was wearing, I would certainly be dead. I will never do it again and neither should you. No one should. The End
|
|
|
|
|
radistrad
Mar 9, 2004, 1:10 AM
Post #3 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Feb 25, 2002
Posts: 800
|
Dean Potter has probably done the closest thing to free soloing the Nose route. It goes free at 5.13. He solo aids the really hard parts and free solos the rest. Check out Masters of Stone 5 (I think), you can see him soloing 2500' off of the ground.
|
|
|
|
|
socalbolter
Apr 6, 2004, 2:28 AM
Post #4 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 27, 2002
Posts: 796
|
this is kind of a loaded question. you need to qualify which routes "count." the east buttress has been soloed quite a bit.
|
|
|
|
|
grabngrip
Apr 6, 2004, 3:27 AM
Post #5 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Oct 28, 2003
Posts: 252
|
i free soloed the nose of el cap once and then i woke up and realized my bed was wet :wink:
|
|
|
|
|
boulder_boy
Apr 6, 2004, 4:23 PM
Post #6 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 10, 2004
Posts: 129
|
In reply to: i free soloed the nose of el cap once and then i woke up and realized my bed was wet :wink: lol I was going to say no ones freed the nose except for lynn hill dont we all wish we were that strong
|
|
|
|
|
kitarra
Apr 6, 2004, 4:59 PM
Post #7 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 30, 2004
Posts: 32
|
In reply to: Dean Potter has probably done the closest thing to free soloing the Nose route. Lynn Hill doesn't count?
|
|
|
|
|
tenn_dawg
Apr 6, 2004, 5:01 PM
Post #8 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 14, 2002
Posts: 3045
|
She roped up. So no, she dosen't count.
|
|
|
|
|
misfit4lf
Apr 6, 2004, 5:04 PM
Post #9 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jul 15, 2002
Posts: 59
|
Lynn has free climbed all the pitches of the nose but has not free soloed them. Its a big difference. And the question was has any one soloed them.
|
|
|
|
|
overlord
Apr 6, 2004, 6:29 PM
Post #10 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 14120
|
not soloed, FREE soloed. big diference here, too.
|
|
|
|
|
drubt
Apr 6, 2004, 6:34 PM
Post #11 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 19, 2004
Posts: 196
|
just for clarification does someone want to define all of those terms just so i know, i get so confused sometime. free solo, freeing, soloing, solo aid, free aid, do those even exist am I making them up? i have no idea what anyone is talking about. i just know it's crazy when someone does it without a rope or any protection which is i think what we're talking about...right?
|
|
|
|
|
misfit4lf
Apr 6, 2004, 6:46 PM
Post #12 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jul 15, 2002
Posts: 59
|
Defining definitions on this board usually leads to a flame war but here goes anyways.... Free climb- To climb a wall using the gear only for protection and anchors. Basically gear is to safeguard in the event of a wall not to make progress on. free solo - Not ropes or safety gear and just climbing. Soloing- Climbing alone, using ropes and gear or not. I tried to keep the definitions really simple as this isn't really what the thread is about.
|
|
|
|
|
overlord
Apr 6, 2004, 6:51 PM
Post #13 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 14120
|
and you also have rope solo wich is when you drag a rope negind you but dont clip the pro (the rope is just for rappel). aid freeing would be when ouy free an aid section. aid solo is a solo of aid route (it only means youre climbing alone, without the belayer).
|
|
|
|
|
bumblie
Apr 6, 2004, 6:53 PM
Post #14 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 18, 2003
Posts: 7629
|
Why is this in Sport Climbing?
|
|
|
|
|
deleted
Deleted
Apr 6, 2004, 6:55 PM
Post #15 of 55
(19221 views)
Shortcut
Registered:
Posts:
|
free solo--you're alone, you fall, you die. no gear, no nothing. you climb this way from bottom to top. (roped fraid) solo--you're alone, you fall, exactly the same as if you were with a partner except you're a complete loser with no friends and a big boner for yourself for soloing that you can't wait to come down and tell people about how hard you got yourself. dean potter has come no where near free soloing el cap. yes, he has climbed without a rope on moderate pitches, but so what? you die at 30 feet or 300 feet. it's committing, but no where near the commitment of free soloing el cap. dean potter is also a self promoting deusch el cap goes free at 5.12d, not 13, jackass. Certainly people have free soloed at that level. But the level of commitment it would take to free solo 36 pitches with the crux 2/3 of the way up and no going down if you don't feel right is beyond imagination. i can't ever see someone free soloing el cap, but it would be a really hot mindfuck to be wrong. unless of course you count the east butt of el cap as an el cap route which no one does. people who climb the east butt don't say, "hey i climbed el cap," unless they're androgenously retarded.
|
|
|
|
|
misfit4lf
Apr 6, 2004, 6:58 PM
Post #16 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jul 15, 2002
Posts: 59
|
I know where I climb that a rope solo is defined as free climbing the route while basically self belaying. Using the gear to protect against a fall but not for upward advancement. Otherwise your just carrying a rope which means your still soloing. Is it defined differently elsewhere?
|
|
|
|
|
rvega
Apr 6, 2004, 7:35 PM
Post #17 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jul 28, 2003
Posts: 421
|
In reply to: unless of course you count the east butt of el cap as an el cap route which no one does. people who climb the east butt don't say, "hey i climbed el cap," unless they're androgenously retarded. What the hell does that mean? Sounds sexist to me. However from the rest of your tirade I'd suspect you used that term incorrectly.
|
|
|
|
|
tenn_dawg
Apr 6, 2004, 7:41 PM
Post #18 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Mar 14, 2002
Posts: 3045
|
In reply to: free solo--you're alone, you fall, you die. no gear, no nothing. you climb this way from bottom to top. (roped fraid) solo--you're alone, you fall, exactly the same as if you were with a partner except you're a complete loser with no friends and a big boner for yourself for soloing that you can't wait to come down and tell people about how hard you got yourself. dean potter has come no where near free soloing el cap. yes, he has climbed without a rope on moderate pitches, but so what? you die at 30 feet or 300 feet. it's committing, but no where near the commitment of free soloing el cap. dean potter is also a self promoting deusch el cap goes free at 5.12d, not 13, jackass. Certainly people have free soloed at that level. But the level of commitment it would take to free solo 36 pitches with the crux 2/3 of the way up and no going down if you don't feel right is beyond imagination. i can't ever see someone free soloing el cap, but it would be a really hot f--- to be wrong. unless of course you count the east butt of el cap as an el cap route which no one does. people who climb the east butt don't say, "hey i climbed el cap," unless they're androgenously retarded. Woah buddy. Why don't you twist one up, and chill for a little while. That was quite the tirade there. "complete loser with a big boner for yourself" "Self promoting deusch" "jackass" "androgenously retarded" I won't even stoop to the level of shooting insults back at you. Why the hostility anyway?
|
|
|
|
|
crazyjoe234
Apr 6, 2004, 7:52 PM
Post #19 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Apr 6, 2004
Posts: 15
|
tenn_dawg I can't stop laughing at that picture of the kitten *LoL*.
|
|
|
|
|
robmcc
Apr 6, 2004, 7:56 PM
Post #20 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Apr 1, 2003
Posts: 2176
|
In reply to: and you also have rope solo wich is when you drag a rope negind you but dont clip the pro (the rope is just for rappel). That's free soloing. If you're climbing without relying on gear for upward progress or safety, as in you fall, you deck, you're free soloing. It doesn't matter if you're trailing a rope, a safe, or your kid sister. Rope soloing is self belayed lead climbing, be it trad, sport, or aid, I'd imagine. Never done aid, so I won't claim that one with any certainty. Rob
|
|
|
|
|
crazyjoe234
Apr 6, 2004, 7:56 PM
Post #21 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Apr 6, 2004
Posts: 15
|
Mandrew..? Where all here for you man, come on let it out. I know how you feel holding all that anger inside all these years *LoL*. Hey, does RC.com do a criminal background check?.I'm just wondering ya know *LoL*
|
|
|
|
|
andypro
Apr 6, 2004, 7:57 PM
Post #22 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Aug 23, 2003
Posts: 1077
|
In reply to: In reply to: unless of course you count the east butt of el cap as an el cap route which no one does. people who climb the east butt don't say, "hey i climbed el cap," unless they're androgenously retarded. What the hell does that mean? Sounds sexist to me. However from the rest of your tirade I'd suspect you used that term incorrectly. Hmm...but sexist to whom? That is the question seeing as androgYnous means "suitable for both sexes" (in one of numerous meanings, but all related to transgender) :wink: So he's saying that if you climbed the east butress and said you lcimbed el cap that your neither feminine or masculine, and retarded. hmmm....
|
|
|
|
|
crazyjoe234
Apr 6, 2004, 7:59 PM
Post #23 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Apr 6, 2004
Posts: 15
|
Me and the kitten are gonna free solo El Cap this weekend and the 2 killer brownies are gonna watch..LoL
|
|
|
|
|
rvega
Apr 6, 2004, 8:05 PM
Post #24 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jul 28, 2003
Posts: 421
|
In reply to: So he's saying that if you climbed the east butress and said you lcimbed el cap that your neither feminine or masculine, and retarded. hmmm.... Good thing I have never free soloed the East Butress.
|
|
|
|
|
robgordon
Apr 6, 2004, 8:12 PM
Post #25 of 55
(19227 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Dec 3, 2003
Posts: 543
|
OMG!1 this again. i am so perplexed at this seemingly never-ending confusion on the difference between free climbing and free soloing. it's fascinating. in a "why are they still missing the painfully obvious?" sort of way.
|
|
|
|
|
|