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FIRST 8C BOULDERS

Alex Honnold: Relativity of Risk

Alex Honnold is best known for his bold free-solo style of climbing. Alex has left the world in disbelief by leaving his rope and harness behind as he climbs some of the most imposing big walls. Sender Films and Big Up Productions have captured Alex climbing several of his biggest achievements to give audiences a glimpse into the experience. Alex opens up about the relativity of risk, how he got here, and what is next. The crew from Sender Films, shares what it’s like to hang 2,000 ft. off the ground with camera in hand to capture Alex.

Gadd s Still Got It: The Mustang P-51 (M14-)

After a seventeen year hiatus, Will Gadd returned to The Fang Amphitheater in East Vail, Colorado, home of the seminal Jeff Lowe masterpiece, “Octopussy” (M8), as well as Will’s own groundbreaking routes “Amphibian” (M9) and “Reptile” (M10), and made the third ascent of my route “The Mustang P-51” (M14-) on his second attempt, besting our friend, the Korean powerhouse Kwon Young-Hye, who made the second ascent last December in a mere three tries. As with Kwon, Will finished the climb reaching the no-hands ledge with a single bolt anchor atop “The Flying Fortress” (M13), down-climbed a bit, and then jumped off . . . just for fun. Please pardon the length and the roughness of the edit; I wanted to get a long version up fast so Jeff could enjoy an unabridged reminiscence immediately.