Hey, TG.
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You told us recently about a man who scaled a tall mountain without ropes. Was his name Dean Potter?
I'm reading what might be the most riveting book I've ever redd in my life: The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance. It talks among other things about man's conquering of what he calls big nature: big waves, big climbs, big walls, big gaps. Big, big, big.
He describes Mount Fitz Roy, "the tallest mountain in Patagonia". Here's how he describes it: "A daunting blade of rock -- jagged and ragged and mean. It is cold. It is isolated. And getting to its zenith demands crossing a vertical ocean of granite protected by some of the most ferocious weather on earth."
Of course, to serous climbers, all this is catnip, baby!
I haven't finished Potter's story yet, but I suspect it will be about his climb using "rapid big wall free soloing", that is, alone, no team, no ropes, no protection. I'm wondering if he's your guy.
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@bachophile Yup.
@Catseye3 Watch the movie "Free Solo". If you do not have wet palms through the movie, you are quite a strong person.
Some of the stuff he would do to train is crazy - like hold on to the wood frame that frames a door (maybe one inch wide) for 90 minutes to strengthen his hands.
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