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B1 Intermediate English 2:04 Educational

Free climbing Yosemite's El Capitan without ropes or safety gear | 1st solo climb to top

ABC News · 1,669,116 views · Added 1 month ago

Learning Stats

B1

CEFR Level

5/10

Difficulty

Subtitles (57 segments)

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Finally tonight here, America strong.

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The young climber who made it to the top

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of El Capitan. No harness, no ropes

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attached, but a mind set on it since he

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was a boy. The famed El Capitan, a

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30,000 ft wall of granite in Yusede.

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Nearly impossible to scale with safety

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equipment, let alone with none. It's

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called free soloing. And 31-year-old

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Alex Hanold of Sacramento has been

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perfecting the ropeless climb for a

00:26

decade. Look at this breathtaking

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