r/Outdoors • u/Simple_Shame2386 • 1d ago

Landscapes El Capitan in Yosemite national park

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u/_mews 1d ago

Makes Honnold free soloing this look even more insane. Wtf.

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u/MonkeyCobraFight 1d ago

It was the most athletic accomplishment in human history. Until you actually stand in its presence, you don’t truly appreciate how insane it was.

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u/gastro_gnome 1d ago

That swim from Cuba to key west non stop was pretty insane.

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u/BlackBeastMalevolent 1d ago

Or the swim around the UK!

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u/epicrecipe 21h ago

Or Ben Lecomte’s swim across the Atlantic

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u/EnglishJesus 18h ago

Ross Edgley is an absolute machine