soloing - All Climbing https://allclimbing.com Everything climbing and the outdoors. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:51:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 1268015 John Bachar and Free Soloing https://allclimbing.com/john-bachar-and-free-soloing/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:51:10 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=1494 The Wall Street Journal has an article on John Bachar and free soloing. He was one of the first climbers to train for the sport like he was an Olympic athlete. Bachar was renowned not only for his physical prowess but even more for his mental mastery, his ability to put fear at bay and […]

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]]> The Wall Street Journal has an article on John Bachar and free soloing.

He was one of the first climbers to train for the sport like he was an Olympic athlete. Bachar was renowned not only for his physical prowess but even more for his mental mastery, his ability to put fear at bay and push the limits of the possible. In Yosemite he created an ­extremely bold route called Bachar-Yerian, which he climbed with a rope but with protection so sparse that any mistake would have likely been his last.

via @SuperTopo

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]]> 1494 John Bachar Died in Soloing Accident https://allclimbing.com/john-bachar-died-in-soloing-accident/ https://allclimbing.com/john-bachar-died-in-soloing-accident/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:27:12 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=1366 Sad news in the climbing world. Climbing legend John Bachar, age 51, was found at the base of the Dike Wall in Mammoth Lakes, California yesterday. There are not many details at this point, but it’s presumed that he was free soloing. The Dike Wall is a beautiful cliff of pristine granite situated at 9,000ft […]

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]]> Sad news in the climbing world. Climbing legend John Bachar, age 51, was found at the base of the Dike Wall in Mammoth Lakes, California yesterday. There are not many details at this point, but it’s presumed that he was free soloing.

The Dike Wall is a beautiful cliff of pristine granite situated at 9,000ft above Mammoth Lakes where John lived with his son. John was climbing by himself and was found at the base of the 80ft North Wall.

SuperTopo has a thread up as a memorial to John.

(via Climbing Magazine and UKClimbing)

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]]> https://allclimbing.com/john-bachar-died-in-soloing-accident/feed/ 1 1366 Climbing Video: Free Soloing in Siberia Stolby Style https://allclimbing.com/climbing-video-free-soloing-in-siberia-stolby-style/ https://allclimbing.com/climbing-video-free-soloing-in-siberia-stolby-style/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:37:24 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=590 Jonathan Thesenga and Brittany Griffith visit the climbing at Stolby, a central Siberian nature reserve, where all the locals free solo – many barefoot and with homemade rubber climbing shoes. Watching dozens of people simultaneously soloing these routes is amazing and frightening at the same time. Check it out: (via @sudarkoff)

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]]> Jonathan Thesenga and Brittany Griffith visit the climbing at Stolby, a central Siberian nature reserve, where all the locals free solo – many barefoot and with homemade rubber climbing shoes.

Watching dozens of people simultaneously soloing these routes is amazing and frightening at the same time. Check it out:

(via @sudarkoff)

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]]> https://allclimbing.com/climbing-video-free-soloing-in-siberia-stolby-style/feed/ 1 590 Climbing Video: Deep water soloing in North Wales https://allclimbing.com/climbing-video-deep-water-soloing-in-north-wales/ https://allclimbing.com/climbing-video-deep-water-soloing-in-north-wales/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:51:39 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/archive/2007/10/climbing-video-deep-water-soloing-in-north-wales/ For a final gasp of summer, here’s a new deep water solo video (via UKclimbing.com) of Rob Lamey on the first ascent of The Heel Hook Look on the Little Orme, North Wales

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]]> For a final gasp of summer, here’s a new deep water solo video (via UKclimbing.com) of Rob Lamey on the first ascent of The Heel Hook Look on the Little Orme, North Wales

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