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As most of you no doubt know already, Kevin Jorgeson has made the first ascent of Ambrosia, on the Grandpa peabody boulder in the Buttermilks, thereby, to quote Josh Lowell of BigUp, stepping into another realm.Brilliant effort!And also very confusing... Because what exactly is Ambrosia? How should...

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Some of these replies were posted on Björn's old blog website, and so won't be from registered UKC users

Great question. I tried to expand on this on my blog, but was really unable to come up with a satisfying answer as to what will delineate highball from free solo. It really doesn't matter, but it's fun to speculate!

highballs end and free solos begin where the fall itself would kill you