I’m no pro climber and certainly no Alex Honnold (making us mortals look bad) but I did put together a video from a recent climb of El Cap (The Nose) that I think turned out pretty fun.

Maybe a stretch since it’s lacking both pro climbers and pro film crews, but hey, everyone loves some good big wall fun. And sometimes you need a bit more relatable everyman climbing after all the mind-blowing free solos and 5.15s 🙂


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