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The sport of free-soloing is easy to understand. He went up this giant base without a rope. If he falls, he dies.
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I'd heard about it years ago, it was like the hard mountain route down here, the big, hard multi-pitch that was like the test piece.
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I mean, it's always just represented the next step in technical climbing to me.
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It might be too scary, but I'm going to put a bunch of work into it and kind of figure out whether or not it's even possible.
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It's just kind of weird helping your friend do something that you know could potentially lead to his death.
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Alright. Up day.
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Cleaning the route a little bit, pulling off some of the vegetation, and just sort of sussing it out a little bit.
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Kept on picturing myself without a rope and then I'd get really scared. [chuckles]
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How's the condition of the route currently for soloing?
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Quite damp. It's sub optimal.
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I mean, all it takes is you grab one small hold and it pops off the wall and you fall to your death, you know.
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So when I was cleaning the wall for Alex, I was like I'm cleaning every little things, you know.
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I was like anything that looked loose or any little piece of dirt I was trying to clean it off the wall,
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because I obviously want my buddy to live.
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Do you feel like you're slipping a little?
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It's a bit of a 'thank God' moment, right?
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Well, a little bit.
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At some point during the day while I was up there with Cedar I was just like I'm ready, like I'm sick of hanging around on ropes.
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It went from, like, being sort of an intimidating idea to just being, like, I'm kind of excited to do this.
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Now we're going to see, see what happens up there, but…
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Another good day.
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Has anybody stepped outside, how is it?
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It's cool, it's a little more chilly today,
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and it's a slight breeze.
