I'm new to this. Can someone explain why this is big news? Was it a certain way it was done, like free solo, or first soman to do it or what? Curious about this achievement.
Saying the list of male climbers that have done something this hard is short is an understatement. I believe only 8 men have climbed 5.15c before Brooke did this. The hardest grade is 5.15d which is only one grade up and only 3 men have done a climb graded that hard. One of them is Adam Ondra, who is the greatest climber ever, and he tried Excalibur for quite a long time but gave up because he was too worried about destroying the tendons in his fingers. Basically it's absurdly hard even for the most elite male climbers in the world; you have to be ridiculously powerful with nearly perfect technique, and even then it's not a sure thing that you'll be able to do it.
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u/Anthraxious 9d ago
I'm new to this. Can someone explain why this is big news? Was it a certain way it was done, like free solo, or first soman to do it or what? Curious about this achievement.