UKC

Austrian climber Hansjörg Auer has made the first all free ascent of the legendary American big wall route Hallucinogen Wall in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado.

The route was first climbed in 1980 and was 'kind of' free climbed in 2004 by Jared Ogden and Ryan Nelson...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=62400

In reply to UKC News: Good effort...Hansjorg sounds mental... And the Black Canyon looks awesome!!

DC

In reply to UKC News:
This place is pant filling, repeating well established routes...freeing big routes like this is another ball game!

In reply to UKC News: What's a copperhead?

In reply to Hvit ut:
A copperhead is kinda looks like a nut at first glance, till you realize that it's made of soft copper (or lead) instead of hard metal. You can hammer it into funky placements and smear it out into the feature in places where no other gear would possibly work. Google image search "copperhead aid climbing" or something.

In reply to UKC News:

Man how spoilt are Americans for big wall stuff. Seems like every crag over there is 10 pitches minimum.