Alex Honnold, Cedar Wright and the 2014 free solo of El Sendero Luminoso
On 14 January 2014 Alex Honnold made a free solo ascent of Sendero Luminoso, a classic 5.12+ big wall in El Portrero Chico, Mexico. Prior to his ascent the American climbed the route a couple of times with Cedar Wright to clean the route and check out the moves. While the official Sendero Luminoso film was published later that year, Wright has now released the footage he recorded during the process that lead to the solo.
El Sendero Luminoso
El Toro, Potrero Chico, Mexico
First ascent: Jeff Jackson, Pete Peacock e Kurt Smith, 1994
length: 500m circa
The pitches according to Alex Honnold: 5.11d, 5.12b/c,5.11c, 5.11b, 5.12a/b, 5.12a, 5.12a, 5.11c, 5.10c, 5.8, 5.11c, 15.2a/b, 5.11a, 5.10a, 5.7. Then 2 pitchs followed by 1000 feet of bushwhacking mountaineering up chossy ridge to reach the summit.