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It was amazing for me to hear Chris talk about his climb, but there was something in the young man's eyes that said to me that there was no description that could really explain what he had experienced while soloing El Capitan.

How do you solo a big wall? What would it be like? It was inconceivable to me.

But I have to tell you that even though soloing a big wall seemed impossible to me at the time; I wanted to learn how to do it!

Soloing had captured my Imagination, so I followed my Heart up the Mountain.

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