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“You think it will be cool till it isn’t fun anymore”

The North Face catches up with their athlete Alex Honnold to find out a bit more about his and Tommy Caldwell’s big day in Yosemite, his plans to rope solo the same feat for his segment in the Reel Rock Tour and a casual mention of how he free soloed the West Face of El Cap.  As to how the idea for the triple link-up came about:

You do one route and you have a lot of time left in the day and you think, “Oh maybe we should have done two.” And eventually you do two with time left over and you say, “maybe we could do three…” and we did three and we didn’t have any time left over so we said, “we’re over it.”

More detail and pictures from Kelly Cordes on the big day here as well.

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What Did You Do This Weekend?

What Did You Do This Weekend?

Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell get the coveted Free Triple in Yosemite

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El Cap Report Returns For Spring 2012

So, listen up Cubicle Pukes!! Put down your work, clear the room, put on some cool tunes, and come with me to the Valley of your dreams, in this, the first of many Reports to follow.

Yep, the El Cap Report is back.

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Hayden Kennedy Climbing Carbondale Short Bus (5.14-)

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Hayden Kennedy Climbing Carbondale Short Bus (5.14-)

Hayden Kennedy Climbing Carbondale Short Bus (5.14-)

Back in March Hayden Kennedy did the FA of Carbondale Short Bus (5.14-) in Indian Creek, UT, and now courtesy of sponsor Patagonia we have this excellent video by Austin Siadak and Matt Van Biene of Kennedy climbing the route.

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Weekends With Piz

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News & Notes – 5/9/2012

News & Notes – 5/9/2012

There’s so much happening these days in the world of climbing that even I’m having a hard time keeping up…

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