Without the gear he'd go straight up, and nobody had ever survived a free ascent from those depths.

Although over half of the ascent was eventually freed, the team were unable to complete the full free ascent within the available time.

I've got to make a free ascent; you won't hear from me until I reach the surface.

The free ascent took McClure about 30 days of work in three years.

The first free ascent was made in 1988.

All pitches were redpointed at different times; no continuous free ascent done yet.

Pulling on gear during a free ascent is often referred to as A0.

Redpointing means to make a free ascent of the route after having first tried it.

Bachar played a key role in making the first free ascent of the technical and difficult "boulder problem" pitch low on the route.

There is a certain irony in his first free ascent of Clink in 1972.