Brief (because I'm really busy [ah, science...]) consideration about solo climbing...
I've watched the new video of Alex Honnold on "El sendero luminoso" (here).
Solo climbing of a 2,500 ft. with a 5.12d in the middle.
Oh yeah, nice, good job, high five...
We know you can do it, and congrats on that...
But... I don't think solo-climbing is a good thing for climbing, in general...
We spent years trying to explain that climbing is a pretty much safe activity, trying to teach to kids that you can climb whatever you want but please use the right protections and be safe, and thousands of other wonderful words...
Then some dude comes, climbs some really hard stuff rope-less, and all those wonderful words are gone...
These kind of things attract the attention of general douchebags, that will try to the same. But statistic teaches me that out there there not too many Alex Honnold, and a lot of those rope-less douchebags will die... And what will happen? It will happen that media will attack climbing saying that is dangerous, not safe, etc. etc., and we will be again at the starting point, trying to explain that climbing is safe and not dangerous and blah blah blah...
Can you see the loop?
...and talking about statistic: soon or later, one crimp will break or one foot will loose.
Ok, dying doing what you really love is really romantic and poetic, but...
Ok, I'm really busy, so here some random music:
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