In the dentist's waiting room, I read National Geographic's "Yosemite Climbing." Now rock climbing is more about speed and/or free solo. When Half Dome was first climbed in 1957, it took the team ton of gears and 5 days. In 2008, Alex Honnold, free soloed the 2000 ft NW face of Half Dome within 2hrs 50min. How about the Nose, the 2916 feet route of El Capitan? Lynn Hill first free solo-ed the