No More Worlds - Leo Houlding

Factor Two by Wil Treasure

May 24, 201925:28Sports & Recreation

Back in 1998 Leo Houlding and Patch Hammond achieved something almost unthinkable – a near onsight ascent of El Capitan. They were just 18, had no big wall experience and headed to Yosemite without any great ambitions fo...

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