Ultimate climb case pushes mental edge | From the Press Box by Melanie Whelan

Updated June 9 2017 - 10:56pm, first published 10:00am
MINDSET: This National Geographic photo shows Alex Honnold atop El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California, after he became the first person to climb the massive granite without ropes or safety gear. Picture: Jimmy Chin via AP
MINDSET: This National Geographic photo shows Alex Honnold atop El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California, after he became the first person to climb the massive granite without ropes or safety gear. Picture: Jimmy Chin via AP

THIS seemed like sheer craziness: a man climbing more than 900 metres up a granite wall without ropes or a safety harness to catch him. A mistake literally meant falling to death.

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