UKC

Last week we reported that American climber Alex Honnold had made a solo ascent of the classic hard crack of The Phoenix in Yosemite National Park.

Planet Mountain have an interview with Alex Honnold about his ascent (with additional comments from first ascensionist Ray Jardine)

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=62737

In reply to UKC News:

Interesting that it states Friends weren't "invented" until a year after Jardine first did The Phoenix (The patent is from 1978) but Jones/Hudon reckon their ascent was the only ascent that hasn't used them. Probably Jardine used his early prototypes stuffed under his shirt - his "friends" as he referred to them.

ALC

In reply to UKC News:

From Planet Mountain:

"Chouinard-Herbert on the Sentinel. Although at V.11+ significantly easier, this 15 pitch outing obviously leaves no room for error."

Isn't this the route that Derek Hersey fell from?

In reply to Craig Smith:

According to Wikipedia, he fell from the Steck-Salathe route, which is also on Sentinel Rock:
http://www.mountainproject.com/v/sentinel-rock/105833408