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Kim Carrigan BOOK 5-Sep-2015 At 2:14:24 PM imaseriousyounglizar
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On 4/09/2015 hero wrote:
> By the way, I followed the late great Kurt Albert
>up this route...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Albert

'...In the routes he would now try to ascend while free climbing, he would—in between attempts—paint a red 'X' on the rocks near pitons he did not need as holds or steps. Once he could place a red 'X' on all the pitons and hooks in the route, and was thus able to free climb the entire route, he would paint a red dot at the base of the route. From this comes the English term "redpoint",...'


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