Easy
me doing the same
Free climbing the Dawn Wall (with ropes).
You want to try something hard? Try negative splitting a 'thon
hofst wrote:
Free climbing the Dawn Wall (with ropes).
That's been done by three people already. Pretty much zero risk of death.
There have been alpine/Himalayan ascents that are much more inherently dangerous (Alex didn't have to deal with weather or rocks and ice falling on him). Objective hazards (external factors) and subjective risk (your ability relative to the technical difficulty of the climb) combine in an overall "difficulty" assessment. Alex had a solid safety margin relative to his ability, it was a matter of executing the plan without mentally losing focus.
YMMV wrote:
hofst wrote:
Free climbing the Dawn Wall (with ropes).
That's been done by three people already. Pretty much zero risk of death.
There have been alpine/Himalayan ascents that are much more inherently dangerous (Alex didn't have to deal with weather or rocks and ice falling on him). Objective hazards (external factors) and subjective risk (your ability relative to the technical difficulty of the climb) combine in an overall "difficulty" assessment. Alex had a solid safety margin relative to his ability, it was a matter of executing the plan without mentally losing focus.
How can there be zero risk of death when you are up 2000' with nothing to hold on to? One misstep and you are toast.
YMMV wrote:
hofst wrote:
Free climbing the Dawn Wall (with ropes).
That's been done by three people already. Pretty much zero risk of death.
There have been alpine/Himalayan ascents that are much more inherently dangerous (Alex didn't have to deal with weather or rocks and ice falling on him). Objective hazards (external factors) and subjective risk (your ability relative to the technical difficulty of the climb) combine in an overall "difficulty" assessment. Alex had a solid safety margin relative to his ability, it was a matter of executing the plan without mentally losing focus.
The OP didn't say more dangerous, he said more difficult. Free climbing Dawn Wall is absolutely more demanding than free soloing Freerider.
I think the answer is obvious -- falling down El Capitan without ropes.
Understanding women
Alex himself would be glad to tell you about how many people climb way harder than he does. Your topic should have been: Try to name one thing more dangerous than Alex Honnold climbing El Capitan with no ropes.
herding cats is probably harder
they tried to do it on myth busters and it's basically impossible unless you force them, and then that's not really herding if you force them
rojo when JK is in full genius mode.
Proving to an Atheist that God exists.
hofst wrote:
Free climbing the Dawn Wall (with ropes).
Dingdingding. A winner.
Someone above said three people have done this. Did I miss something? Did someone repeat Caldwell/Jorgeson's dawn wall route already?
Seriously, in climbing alone there are almost endless objectives which have been both more difficult and more dangerous than Honnold's el cap solo. Pretty much any of the cutting edge stuff done at altitude in the last 30 years. Steck's solo of Annapurna a recent and very obvious one.
Outside of climbing? Hell, take your pick. As has been mentioned, including by Honnold himself, he was well within his comfort zone during that climb.
A diamond
It seems like an unacceptable risk. Wouldn't the chances of a fatal accident be at least over 10%?
Alex Honnold putting up with his womanfriend from Free Solo.
Ondra repeated in 2016.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.climbing.com/.amp/news/adam-ondra-completes-dawn-wall/
Going to the moon without a spaceship.
SAlly Vx wrote:
YMMV wrote:
That's been done by three people already. Pretty much zero risk of death.
There have been alpine/Himalayan ascents that are much more inherently dangerous (Alex didn't have to deal with weather or rocks and ice falling on him). Objective hazards (external factors) and subjective risk (your ability relative to the technical difficulty of the climb) combine in an overall "difficulty" assessment. Alex had a solid safety margin relative to his ability, it was a matter of executing the plan without mentally losing focus.
How can there be zero risk of death when you are up 2000' with nothing to hold on to? One misstep and you are toast.
Of course that's the case. Alex practiced the climb until it was well within his ability. Literally any section was about as hard for him as it is for you to merge onto the freeway. About a 0.01% chance of a fatal mistake. And it was his life's dream, so it was worth it to him.
I have done free solo climbs up to 2000', but much easier technically. It's a young man's game. Men in their 20s don't see themselves as mortal for the most part (although even then, I did).