In May, Oliver Tippett and Anton Korsun made the second ascent of a 2003 route on El Capitan called Sticky Rice in a day. First climbed by Kim Lee at 5.6 A4, it starts between Scorched Earth and Aurora. Until now, the complete line had never been fully repeated. Tippett just dropped a film about their ascent, watch below. “It was a strange route,” said Tippett, “and I took a fair few falls whilst leading the first six pitches. I was quite grippe…
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