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INTERVIEW: Feeling the Fear: Andy Kirkpatrick on Big Wall Solos

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 UKC Articles 05 Jul 2016
Andy Kirkpatrick in Yosemite, 5 kbAndy Kirkpatrick has spent over 200 nights on El Capitan and has soloed big-wall routes which most people would find daunting enough to take on as a team. What makes this man tick? Is he a climbing 'psycho' - to reference his autobiographical first book Psycho Vertical, which interweaves stories from Andy's upbringing with passages from his solo ascent of Reticent Wall in 2001, an A5 aid climb on El Capitan.

The book is potentially being adapted into a film this year, is sufficient funds are amassed through a Kickstarter campaign. On the back of this, filmmaker Jen Randall asked Andy a few questions about the psychological side of soloing 3,000ft big-walls...



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 bensilvestre 05 Jul 2016
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Great insight
 AdamBrown 06 Jul 2016
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Superb

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