Rising rock start Alex Megos has just completed an epic and historic first ascent in Canada. The German rock climber has completed a route that he calls Fight Club, which is rated as a 5.15b on the Yosemite Decimal System. For those that don’t know, that’s hard. Really, really, hard. In the video below, you’ll learn more about this climb and what it took for Alex to complete it. It was quite an impressive accomplishment as you can probably imagine.
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