Free soloing is a type of climbing without ropes, but don't
confuse it with bouldering. In bouldering you climb shorter climbs designed not
to need a rope, instead you fall onto crash pads. Free soloing is climbing
without a rope on bigger and longer pitches that are designed to use a rope.
One of the greatest free soloers in the world and a huge Inspirational figure
is Alex Honnold. He free soloed the three biggest rock faces in California Park
in less than 24 hrs. He climbed Mount Watkins, El Capitan and Half Dome, a
total of about 7,000 vertical feet of rock. He climbed for all but about 500
feet of it, without ropes. Here is the amazing video "Alone on the
Wall".
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