Adam Ondra on the road to the Salathé Wall in Yosemite / VBlog #4
Adam Ondra's video blog documenting his Americas climbing trip is now concentrating on the main objective of the Yosemite trip: the Salathé Wall on El Capitan. As reported, Ondra had attracted to climb this monumental big wall on-sight, belayed by Nicolas Favresse. Here is how this almost impossible adventure started.
VBlog by Adam Ondra - Climbing the Americas
#1: Arrival at Yosemite and flash ascent of legendary Midnight Lightning, freed in 1978 by Ron Kauk and a strong contender for being the most famous boulder problem in the world. Watch the video
#2: The Book of Hate in Yosemite, freed by Randy Leavitt in 1999. Watch the video
#3: the boulder problem Dominated (V13/8B) in Yosemite, climbed by Chris Sharma in 2002 and an extension to Dominator, first climbed by Jerry Moffat in 1993, as well as repeats of Thriller 7C+ and King Cobra 7B+. Watch the video