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Boulder problem
Honnold chose to climb the southwest face of the wall, a familiar route known as Freerider, which is split into 30 different pitches.
But this particular route included a perilous sequence which spooked the seemingly unflappable Honnold -- the Boulder Problem.
The section involves a number of intricate movements with Honnold clinging onto pea-sized ledges 2,000 feet above the meadow below.
It culminates in a vertigo-inducing karate kick to an opposing wall, where his life depends on whether he makes contact with a toe-sized ledge.
Every move of the climb has been choreographed.
"I think if that section of the route hadn't existed [...], I probably would have soloed El Cap several years sooner," said Honnold, who had practiced that particular section 60 times with ropes -- falling on a number of occasions.
However, the very thing that made this section so daunting turned out to be an advantage because by the time Honnold had reached it he had found his rhythm. He was confident.
"I had done so much climbing, I was so deeply in the zone," he said, talking through the delicate sequence of moves.
"I was performing so well that by the time I got there I felt incredible and I just executed it perfectly."
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