Pure Imagination (5.14c) | Red River Gorge Madness with Dru Mack
Dru Mack sends his hardest climb to date. Great footage!
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Team Evolv athlete, Dru Mack sends his hardest route to date, Pure Imagination (5.14c) in the Red River Gorge.
Here’s an excerpt Mack’s article about the send :
Pure Imagination is a special route. It was bolted back in the day by Kenny Barker and known as the Honeycomb Project. Jonathan Siegrist came to the Red River Gorge in the fall of 2010, climbing the first ascent and gave it the name it has sported since. News of his send spread around Miguel’s quickly—it was the biggest thing to happen all fall.
Read The Full Article by Dru Mack: Making Pure Imagination a Reality
At that time, I was a 16 year old kid, living just two hours away from the Red. I was obsessed with climbing. I was motivated beyond measure, often annoying and always dirty. But in my wildest dreams, I never thought Pure Imagination would be something attainable for me.