I was halfway down the downclimb to the crux in Sandthrax when ... a flash of motion overhead ... at near full sprint, Stevee B. flew by—foot to the left wall, lunge, foot to the right wall, lunge, foot to the left wall, lunge and over into the corner on the right of the off–width.

He quickly stood straight up, facing the off–width and fully erect, and leaned toward the crack until he was 60 degrees past vertical. He ‘winged’ both arms into the crack and his lower body swung over into the crack too. Now vertical and still erect, inside the crack, he produced three rapid movements up and he was on top. A wild–eyed huge smile on his face.

Total elapsed time? Under 10 seconds for the whole sequence. Steve Brezovec is perhaps 5 foot 4 inches tall.

Did I just see that?

Yes I did.

Did that REALLY happen?

Unbelievably, YES!!!


Ram



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