Mexican multi-pitch free climb by Honnold and McCoy
"I've known about it for years" Honnold told Planetmountain "but finally got motivated to put in the work and actually climb it." This sounds simpler than it was: "The route had never been cleaned, in fact I don't think anyone had ever touched it at all. We spent something like 3 days cleaning loose rock and cactuses off it to make the whole thing climbable. And we removed 2000ft of old static line that had been left on the route."
Mi Regalo Favorito now shines in all its glory and while the crux third pitch whih weighs in at 5.13c/d (8b), the other 18 pitches are by no means banal. "It was quite the exciting process. Bueno" concluded Honnold.
Mi Regalo Favorito
El Portreo Chico, Mexico
First ascent: Kurt Smith, Jeb Vetters, 1990's
Frist free ascent: Alex Honnold and Josh McCoy 02/2013
5.10c, 5.12c, 5.13c/d, 5.12b, 5.12a, 5.11b, 4th class terrace, 5.11b, 5.10c, 5.9, 5.11b, 5.9, 5.11b, 5.12c, 5.12b, 5.6, 5.10b, 15.1b, 5.4, 5.4 (the last two are easy summit ridge)
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