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A parochial summary of (rock)climbing that made UKC news this year.
Yet again Pete Whittacker's ascent of Freerider is described as the first time El Cap was flashed. It clearly was not since Cedric Lachat made an ascent in identical style in 2009. I don't see why this is seemingly so hard to grasp.
Lachat's ascent wasn't claimed as a first flash and I'm not sure why the rule book has been rewritten since then. Both are extremely impressive efforts but we're still waiting for the elusive fall- free ascent of El Cap.