Pretty much, these guys are my heros. They ventured out onto a 2000 ft face with no idea if the route would even make it to the top. After 5 days of climbing and suffering, the trio stood on the summit of the tallest face climbed in the US. The epitome of badass.
Despite the superhuman free solo ascent of Half Dome in 2010 by Alex Honnold in just a few hours, Half Dome is still considered a very serious route and takes a competent team of climbers 3 days to complete.
Cam and I have decided to give it a try come May. So in preparation for such a challenging climb, we devised a few training days to help prepare us for the long days on the rock.
The climbing on Half Dome is broken down into 3 days of climbing.
Day 1: 3 pitches
Day 2: 13 pitches
Day 3: 6 pitches
In order to simulate Half Dome, we choose 23 pitches to climb over 3 days of equal or harder difficulty as the pitches encountered on Half Dome. Enjoy the short video of a few of these pitches. Peace..
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That is fricken burly guys. Any idea how close the total feet ended up being? Probably not an issue as the belays are really where the time is. Plus you couldn't swing leads so that has to add time. Glad to see you did the aid pitches as well. Apart from bivying on the wall and pooping in a canister you guys should be wholly prepared. You guys should do some hauling/port-a-ledging in Zion! I am way jealous -- you guys are killin' it.
ReplyDeleteYou guys? Sean, we are all climbing half dome together. They are just practicing so they can do all the hard pitches without hesitation.
ReplyDeleteReally cool video dudes. Looks like you guys have gained some good confidence on sketchy gear. I will need that if I plan on doing any trad leading in vermont. Keep up the good work!
Dang, that was flippin legit guys. Way cool videos too. Looks like you guys are having a blast out there!
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