Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Super Topo Report on Tommy Caldwell working Mescalito

Go here for photos, video and commentary from Chris McNamara about Tommy Caldwell's work on free-climbing the El Cap aid route Mescalito. This route will truly be something else as the pitch list indicates with multiple 5.13 and 5.14s . The video (shot by Corey Rich) link is here.

Here's some video from Chris of Tommy reviewing the pitch line-up.



It is also interesting to note a couple of comments on the Super Topo thread warning about adding bolts in order to avoid a "much less committing" aid climb. I wonder how this will play out, an echo perhaps of the history of the Dawn Wall.

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 19, 2009 at 4:56 PM

    Also Cool to hear that Kevin Jorgeson is going to work on it with Tommy.

    http://kjorgeson.blogspot.com/2009/08/progression-sneak-peak.html

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  2. Brent Apgar DCAugust 20, 2009 at 9:13 PM

    Just wanted to say thanks Peter for taking the time to weed through all the climbing news out there and post some of the really interesting stuff.
    Cheers

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  3. JulianAugust 21, 2009 at 6:49 AM

    Thanks for the links, Peter. Really interesting stuff.

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