

Alex Honnold is a professional rock climber whose audacious free-solo ascents of America’s biggest cliffs have made him one of the most recognised and followed climbers in the world. A gifted but hard-working...
Tommy’s dad taught him to embrace fear and doubt and turn them into inspiration. Given this attitude, Tommy has established some of the hardest routes in the country and free climbed 12 routes on...
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5.13d?
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https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/interview-tommy-caldwell-talks-his-and-honnolds-new-el-cap-free-route/
Sounds like it may well settle at 14a considering what Tommy said about the crux pitch and the calibre of the team involved in FA. Which if I'm not mistaken would tie it with Magic Mushroom for 2nd hardest free route up El Cap? Not bad for a 3 week job!
Surprised I'd not heard about Leo Houlding bolting on an Alfa Romeo badge as a hold before. There's a bit more about that in the American Alpine Journal here: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Tt0-o0IQopkC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=leo+houlding+alfa+romeo&source=bl&ots=GWWcshy-qj&sig=ACfU3U0-3pyp-yc12ozpI03xfgc8hg0MxA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif4oSj_drlAhWUiVwKHcfuAk84ChDoATAAegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=leo%20houlding%20alfa%20romeo&f=false
I would love to hear the back-story of the Alfa Romeo badge..
So they did an existing (hard) route, then added 20 pitches. Twenty. Still find it hard to get my head round that sort of thing.