The ultimate test of endurance and alpine skill reaches a breaking point. Watch elite athletes tackle the hardest 5.12B ...
On 30 August Nicolas Favresse made the first ascent of "Lost in translation" a 400m, 10-pitch free climb (5.12b/c) on the East Face of El Capitan together with 30-year-old Ivo Ninov from Bulgaria.
After overhearing yet another argument over grades, I decided to come up with a better system that tells you more about the route in question.