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the shizzle => news => Topic started by: duncan on May 23, 2012, 09:21:29 am
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*OK is was only the West Face but even so...
Tom Evans reports (http://www.elcapreport.com/content/elcap-report-52212) Honnold climbed the route roped and then came back the following day and soloed it. Crux was the 8 mile hike out to the road!
I don't think anyone has soloed the West Face before even though it is relatively straight-forward by current standards. The route doesn't seem to attract as much attention as it deserves, I thought it was one of the best I've done in Yosemite - the rock is much more featured than the usual glassy granite - like a giant Welsh E4.
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:clap2: :bow:
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I think perhaps Peter Croft, Tim O'Neil or Dean Potter may have soloed this before, could be wrong though. Amazing effort all the same!