ALEX HONNOLD FREE SOLOING HEAVEN (5.12)

In September 2011, Alex Honnold claimed one of the greatest days of free soloing, climbing Yosemite Valley s Cosmic Debris (5.13b) and flashing Heaven (5.12) all without tying in. Here is a recently released video produced by Squarespace and filmed by veteran climbing photographer Jimmy Chin of Honnold repeating the steep roof-crack Heaven ... once again, without a rope.

Shattered

un film scurt despre Steve House

Gadd s Still Got It: The Mustang P-51 (M14-)

After a seventeen year hiatus, Will Gadd returned to The Fang Amphitheater in East Vail, Colorado, home of the seminal Jeff Lowe masterpiece, “Octopussy” (M8), as well as Will’s own groundbreaking routes “Amphibian” (M9) and “Reptile” (M10), and made the third ascent of my route “The Mustang P-51” (M14-) on his second attempt, besting our friend, the Korean powerhouse Kwon Young-Hye, who made the second ascent last December in a mere three tries. As with Kwon, Will finished the climb reaching the no-hands ledge with a single bolt anchor atop “The Flying Fortress” (M13), down-climbed a bit, and then jumped off . . . just for fun. Please pardon the length and the roughness of the edit; I wanted to get a long version up fast so Jeff could enjoy an unabridged reminiscence immediately.