Another one bites the dust
… another tick that is, for Will Stanhope – this time it’s the 5th Ascent of the Cobra Crack. I was up there last week and got to catch the man in action taking a couple runs at it, some valiant attempts, but to no avail. Well Sonnie Trotter posted a couple days ago that Will finally sent it – so congrats to you Will! Even with fingers torn to shreds, he can still send like the best of them. It’s like watching an artist paint. ..ahem.. an artist with bloody flappers packed full of chalk.
I don’t think I’ll ever climb the world’s hardest 5.14 trad lines, or even be the
world’s fastest table boulderer, but it’s just awesome and incredibly inspiring to watch these guys do what they do best – if anything, I’ll give me that extra push to put in another session on the hangboard, and to stop worrying about falling 10 feet on some bolts… after watching a 30 foot whipper on a sketchy umbrellaed cam placement. yikes.
