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In rock-climbing, a first free ascent (FFA) is the first redpoint, onsight or flash of a single-pitch, multi-pitch (or big wall), or boulder climbing route that did not involve using aid equipment to help progression or resting; the ascent must therefore be performed in either a sport, a traditional, or a free solo manner.
Free solo climbing (which is sometimes just called soloing in the UK, or third-classing in the US), [6] is where the climber uses no climbing aids (as per all free-climbing), but in addition, uses no form of climbing protection whatsover. [6] The free solo climber may only use their climbing shoes and climbing chalk as they ascend the climbing ...
Alex Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls.Honnold rose to worldwide fame in June 2017 when he became the first person to free solo a full route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park (via the 2,900-foot route Freerider at 5.13a, the first-ever big wall free solo ascent at that grade), [3] a climb described in The New York ...
After feeding the collective fear of heights with “Free Solo,” climber Alex Honnold sets his sights on tackling one of the highest unclimbed cliff faces on the planet, while delivering a ...
The free climbing movement was an important development in the history of rock climbing. [3] In 1911, Austrian climber Paul Preuss started what became known as the Mauerhakenstreit (or "piton dispute"), by advocating for a transition to "free climbing" via a series of essays and articles in the German Alpine Journal where he defined "artificial aid" and proposed 6 rules of free climbing ...
In 1986, inspired by the photo of Jardine, [10] Wolfgang Güllich traveled to Yosemite, with Austrian photographer and climber Heinz Zak , and made the first free solo of Separate Reality. [11] [5] Güllich's 1986 free solo has since become an iconic feat in climbing history, [1] [12] and was listed on Red Bull's "10 Most Epic Free Solo Climbs ...
William (Will) Bosi (born 27 December 1998) is a British professional rock climber specializing in sport climbing, bouldering and competition climbing.Bosi is only the second British sport climber in history to redpoint a 9b (5.15b) graded sport climbing route (King Capella in 2021), and by 2023, was one of only a small group of climbers in the world to have completed a V17 (9A) boulder ...
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