Novou cestu na El Capitana v Yosemitech vylezli volně Američani Alex Honnold a Tommy Caldwell. Vede napravo od legendární cesty The Nose.

Jde o variantu cesty  Early Morning Light a New Dawn. Cestu začal jako projekt před téměř 20 lety cca do půlky obrovské stěny El Capa Brit Leo Houlding.

Nacvičování nové cesty se nyní s Alexem Honnoldem a Tommy Caldwellem účastnil i Kevin Jorgeson, ale nebyl při závěrečném volném přelezu.

Tommy Caldwell k nové cestě uvedl, že to je jedno z nejúžasnějších lezení, které kdy zažil.

Viz post Tommyho Caldwella na Instagramu:

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We’ve been keeping things kinda vegue this season as to not make too much of a spectacle. But @alexhonnold and I, with @austin_siadak and @kjorgeson finished a pretty legit new free route on El Cap a few days ago. It primarily followed the aid climb New Dawn and has some of the most spectacular climbing I have found. It’s a continuation of a free route that @leo_houlding established half way up the wall 18 years ago called Passage to Freedom. That route was ahead of its time and a work of art in itself featuring El Caps first sideways Dyno. Leo also bolted a Alfa Romeo hood badge to the wall which he used as a handhold to get past a section he believed was impossible without. (We found a way around). After a few weeks of work, having not tried many of sections of the climb, Alex and I went for kind of a Hail Mary attempt. Miraculously we pulled it off! Life complications kept Kevin away for too much of the Toiling and working of the route for him to feel ready for the Hail Mary. Wish you could have been with us buddy. There are many great stories and photos from @austin_siadak. So I’m going to try and share a few in the coming days. Last photo in the reel is Leo back in the day and was taken by Andrew Mcgarry.

Příspěvek sdílený Tommy Caldwell (@tommycaldwell), Lis 3, 2019 v 10:34 PST

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