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Assault on El Capitan
2013 · Film · documentary · 67 min
Directed by Jeff Vargen
The story of Wings of Steel is part legend and part myth. The first ascent team spent 39 days climbing the controversial route. The result - death threats, physical assaults and a slander campaign that polarized the climbing community for over 30 years.
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Or 39 days…
You might be interested in the ascent of "Wings of Steel" which originally took Mark Smith and Richard Jensen 39 days, later also completed by Ammon McNeely and Kait Barber. The first ascent team had to deal with a lot of problems too. Not only less modern gear, but open and dangerous hostility from some of the local climbing community.
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/assault_on_el_capitan
http://www.rockandice.com/lates-news/el-caps-hardest-wings-of-steel
http://gripped.com/news/dec-16-2011-top-climber-confesses-to-chopping-29-year-old-el-cap-route/