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Free Solo Climbing
Free solo climbing’s central claim is that any fall above modest height is fatal, and the death rate is extraordinarily high—John Bachar, Michael Reardon, Dean Potter, and Marc-Andre Leclerc all died in climbing or BASE accidents. Alex Honnold’s 2017 free solo ascent of El Capitan’s 900-meter Freerider route took 3 hours 56 minutes after years memorizing every handhold; it’s widely considered history’s greatest climbing feat. Honnold’s preparation included over 100 practice runs, underscoring the sport’s deadly precision.
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