Re: Scary
Originally Posted by
ruthio
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A few weeks ago we were gawping up at the sheer face of El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park, California.
Next week,
Thursday May23rd Channel 4 @ 9 pm is the Oscar winning film
Free Solo, about the climber
Alex Honnold who climbed this 3,000ft face without ropes.
Quite mad of course!
I watched that - he was, literally, hanging on using the tips of his fingers and toes .....
Yesterday:
Selah Schneiter: Ten-year-old girl scales El Capitan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-...les-el-capitan
Selah Schneiter has climbed a rock wall that is beyond some of the most experienced climbers. The 10-year-old scaled El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park.
She used ropes and it took her five days (with her dad) but what an amazing achievement .....