Free solo climbing

As a Free Solo (English for free Solo) is called waiving technical assistance and securing means the commission of a climbing route alone when climbing. The term usually implies dire consequences of a crash, so that eg short climbing routes directly over the sea not as free solo, but independently as Deep Water Soloing be considered. Even the commission of very high boulder problems, so-called high ball is not considered free solo climbing. Free Solo is not to be confused with free climbing and free climbing, is secured very well in general with that. Instead, it is classified as a special form of free climbing game.

Motivation

Climbers commit their free solo routes mainly of personal challenge, but sometimes the attention because, as with climbing compared to the more popular sports difficult is to make money. The self- admitting to the exposure of how it is played when solo climbing, brings a close to the highest intensity of life and death danger. This is precisely the stimulus that drives most free solo climber to such life-threatening actions.

In a free solo ascent of the climber knows the route generally so good that he can climb through handle for grip and kick for kick in his mind's eye. As a rule, only then take his selected for a free solo route in attack when he is 100% sure that his physical and mental shape these days of commission also permits a reasonable athlete. By Wolfgang Güllich is known, for example, that for several days he went every morning to start a route that he wanted to commit free solo, only to turn back empty-handed after a short time. Only when he was one morning, sure we can really do it on this day, he climbed the route successfully.

Free Solo in the tip region (excerpt)

Known representatives of free solo climbing are or were: Kurt Albert, Hansjörg Auer, John Bachar, Thomas Bubendorfer, Peter Croft, Wolfgang Güllich, Derek Hersey, Alex Honnold, Alexander Huber, Dave McLeod, Dan Osman, Dean Potter, Albert Precht, Paul Preuss, Andreas Proft, Herbert Ranggetiner, Alain Robert, Ueli Steck and Heinz Zak.

Single pitch

Any difficulty are stated in French international levels of difficulty.

Multi-pitch routes

• 2002 Alexander Huber climbed the 500 -meter high, valued at 7a Hasse Brandler at the Grand Peak.
• 2007 Hansjörg Auer climbed the famous Route way through the fish (7b , 900m ) on the Marmolada south face free solo.
• 2014 Alex Honnold climbed the route El Sendero Luminoso ( 5.12d, 7c ), a 15 - Seilängen tour near Monterrey, Mexico.