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Amazing article on the Dawn Wall

Amazing article on the Dawn Wall


Postby IamAJMiller » Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:41 pm

For those who haven't seen it, this article blew my mind when I first saw it! Very cool.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/01/09/sports/the-dawn-wall-el-capitan.html?_r=3
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Re: Amazing article on the Dawn Wall

Postby Gythral » Wed Jan 14, 2015 5:27 pm

Not sure I'd want to (or even could) climb at that grade for 2.5 hours let alone 2.5 weeks!!!

Insane :clap: :clap: :clap:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30811424
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Re: Amazing article on the Dawn Wall

Postby Alteknacker » Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:12 pm

Gythral wrote:Not sure I'd want to (or even could) climb at that grade for 2.5 hours let alone 2.5 weeks!!!

Insane :clap: :clap: :clap:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30811424


Truly amazing. 99.999% of the world couldn't climb at that grade at all.

Thanks for posting BTW.

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