25 October 2012

Yosemite adventure for Mirko Caballero (11)

Mirko Caballero started to climb with ropes last year and since than it has been pretty hectic and he has done 8b (+) both in Roddelar and Red River Gorge. His latest adventure is from Yosemite where he first onsighted all 8 pitches on The Rostrum, 6c+. Later he climbed the first 13 pitches of The Nose... The 11-year-old has previously delivered some five star 9a+ stories and Mirko's latest living his dream adventure blog is even more thrilling. "Ok, back to The Nose... Let me tell you that it was just downright TERRIFYING!!!!! It was soooo much more exposed than The Rostrum, and it was freaky windy, and the last off-width was really hard, and it got sooo cold on the rappels down... Oh, and there is that Queen Swing a pendulum where you have to run across the face hanging on the rope to catch a flake...
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