Adam Ondra, Dawn Wall: failing in 14th pitch, tomorrow next try
Adam Ondra has tried the 14th pitch of Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite on the 4th day of free ascent attempt, but he has not succeeded yet. Tomorrow he has to try again.
Damn! Climbed super poorly, so much pressure, so nervous! Needed 7 tries to make it through the first boulderproblem on pitch 14, a boulderproblem that i never really found very hard before, but somehow felt really hard today. I slipped on my first try, then on my second try, then just freaked out and felt so insecure with my feet trying to climb as carefully as possible but kept slipping nevertheless. Then, on my 7th try, I did the boulderproblem, and fell from the last move. Hard to find some optimism, but I will try it again. Tomorrow and hopefully with better mindset. Thanks everyone for encouragement! I am sorry for today, hopefully there is still the chance! @mytendon @blackdiamondequipment #Montura @lasportivagram #elcapitan #dawnwall #yosemite @
A photo posted by Adam Ondra (@adam.ondra) on Nov 17, 2016 at 8:20pm PST
Adam was still optimistic on the video from the beginning of the 4th day and the 14th pitch, the hardest one (5.14d) (video by Pavel Blazek):
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Adam Ondra in Dawn Wall, the 4th day of the push on the beginning of the 14th pitch, (photo by Pavel Blazek)