Interview: Hazel Findlay on “Magic Line” (5.14c R)
"The whole route demands that you be a good climber. You can't just rehearse the moves and put your hands and feet in the right place; you have to climb well the whole way up."
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Hazel Findlay Does “Magic Line,” 5.14c Trad!
She is the third person to send the famous route, and only the second person to redpoint it by placing the gear on lead.
Interview: Lonnie Kauk on “Magic Line” (5.14c R)
Kauk dishes on the process of sending one of the hardest traditionally-protected pitches in the world.
Lonnie Kauk Makes First Full Redpoint of His Father’s “Magic Line” (5.14c) Placing All Gear on Lead
He first repeated the route in December 2016, but this time he did in the best style possible, upping the grade and thereby making it one of the single hardest pitches in Yosemite.