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Then I met this guy named Chris who had just finished climbing El Capitan, except, not only did he just climb all of El Capitan, but he had climbed it solo. He spent five days alone climbing El Capitan. It was unimaginable to me.

I happened to bump into Chris hours after he reached the Valley floor. He was with some friends talking about his climb. He talked about the grandeur of climbing in Yosemite.

He talked about the technical aspects and the monotony of being on such a big climb all ALONE.

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