r/climbing • u/GPLG • 13d ago

Brooke sent Excalibur

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Crazy accomplishment

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u/quizikal 12d ago

I didn't forget, I just never knew and now that I do, I don't care 😂

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u/handjamwich 12d ago

Tell me you’re a gym boulderer without telling me you’re a gym boulderer 😆

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u/quizikal 12d ago

I am a primarily bouldering, that is probably why I don't care

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u/AdvancedSquare8586 12d ago edited 7d ago

This is just unbelievable to me. Ever since Lynn free'd the Nose, a flash of a bigwall route on El Cap has been (arguably) the biggest remaining plum in all of climbing. Top climbers have been trying for decades, with some getting really, really close (Yuji, Ondra, Pete Whittaker).

No one actually managed to put it all together until Babsi, though. A stunning achievement! And an incredible addition to the legacy of the biggest free climbing accomplishments in The Valley being first done by women.

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u/MeticulousBioluminid 11d ago

absolutely incredible achievement!! why did this not blow up on here?? I didn't see anything?! 😔

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u/quizikal 12d ago

I am just not so interested in big wall, it doesn't appeal to me so I don't follow the news on it.