Hardest Rock Climb in the world conquered.

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When they found their family and friends waiting for them at the top, they must have been like "...oh."

That's the way that it was when people were climbing in the 60s. Nowadays you have cell phone reception everywhere. I think my partner was texting people every morning.

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It's way more than just having a single pitch of that length.

It is, yes.

Beyond that, back when I climbed, two decades ago, if I recall correctly, single pitches of 5.14 were thought to be practically impossible. My recollection may be off, though.

For sure. I'd say that for your normal people it's a grade that's impossible. I climb something like 250 days a year and it's a grade that is impossible for me to ever climbed because I'm not a natural athlete. I think climbing at that grade is sort of like being in the French open or something. Where as what these guys just did is like winning the French open. Your average person, even if they play tennis every day, just can't compete.