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Protected: Rope Solo – Landmark Event #2 – 1968 – Royal Robbins LRS Second Ascent of the Muir Wall on El Capitan
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Rope Solo – Landmark Event #1 – 1955 – Walter Bonatti LRS First Ascent of the Bonatti Pillar on Aiguille du Dru
At the time, it was completely groundbreaking. Rope solo was kind of unthinkable as the climbing gear was so rudimentary. So a first ascent like this one blew everyone’s mind. Walter Bonatti probably had rigid early Nylon ropes to do the climb. He did his first...