Question about climbing in "A Line Across the Sky"
I've been watching "A Line Across the Sky" which is a short-ish movie about Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold doing the Fitz Roy traverse.
During which Tommy Caldwell mentions Alex doing a 1000 and 2000 foot pitch up the North wall. I can't understand how this is possible? I assume he's not climbing without a rope but how does this work, like logistically.
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In his book "The Push" he describes this a bit. Most of the time they were using a running belay which means they were climbing at the same time with some pieces of protection in between them to avoid a deadly fall. This technique allows to climb very long "pitches" with a normal length rope. Once the leader runs out of gear, he makes a belay and belays the second up. Then they hand over the gear or switch leads.
A note of caution: Running belays are an advanced technique that should not be used if there is any realistic possibility of a fall. This is a safer alternative to going ropeless not an alternative to a proper belay pitch by pitch
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