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| Subject: Well done! Free climbers reach El Capitan peak and make history Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:32 am | |
| The climb took a great deal of physical and mental strength, as Alistair Leithead reports.
Two US climbers - who spent more than two weeks scaling the sheer face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park - have finally reached the summit of the 3,000ft (914m) rock.
Kevin Jorgeson, 30, and Tommy Caldwell, 36, are the first climbers to do so without aids, except for harnesses and ropes to prevent deadly falls.
They began their historic half-mile ascent on 27 December.
During the climb the pair slept in tents suspended from the mountain face.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30824372#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa |
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CovOps
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| Subject: Re: Well done! Free climbers reach El Capitan peak and make history Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:39 am | |
| Just goes to show what can be accomplished...
By knuckle-headed lunatics....
So congratz, lunatics!
But next time, it's: The Darwin Award
So keep it up, as we're awaiting to reclassify you...
It's either that, or stick to something safer... like tax-avoidance or similar... |
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