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Monday, 07 June 2010 08:37 |
After 3 hours and 45 minutes we are on top of El Cap. Everything runs smoothly and we are enthusiastic about. Now we have to work on the the details. We have to study the single passages in order to get faster.
On Thursday, June 3, 2010 we go again. Everything goes well. Again there are some details which we can ameliorate. But underneath of El Cap Tower I slip out. I tried to climb as fast as possible and took the risk of slipping into account. Between Alex and me there were two intermediate belays. I flew 25 meter through the air before I was caught by the rope. It was a long fall and the result were several bruises and abrasions. We abseil.
We were pretty fast. Alex and I reached a point which was efficient and though pretty secure. From now on the point is to climb the single passage even more optimally and to learn them by heart. It becomes very much route-specific. Something which does not bring me much for the big alpine faces. Further the risk of injury gets relativerly high. It is one more puzzle piece for me such as for Alex. Solospeedrecords, endurance work outs, 8000 meter high summits, freeclimbing routes, etc. etc... To learn the technique of the Yosemite speedclimb is very helpful for me. To break the record means a great effort. The last record of Yuji Hirayama und Hans Florine is the result of a long lasting training on the route. After all Hans Florine climbed the Nose 82 times. Personally I am looking for the challenges on the big mountain in the Himalaja. There I can adapt the technique from Yosemite. But I must limit myself to one goal. Further, Alex and I cannot push the "Nose" in such short time. We will concentrate on some other routes in the Yosemite National Park. Alex has his projects and I have mine. We will support each other and we will see what this all comes about.
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