I made the newspaper for my visit to Wakasa town, where most of the high-quality ume plums are grown in Japan
Absolutely hilarious side quest, and also honored to shine some light on these farmers 😂 🙏🏽
Hard to believe but yesterday marked 9 years since I free soloed El Cap. I celebrated the occasion by looking through some of the old photos and I was struck by how much I appreciated all the photos of friends - all the camera folks, riggers, climbing partners, and community that came together to help make the film Free Solo happen.
This is a random carousel of behind the scenes images, all taken by @jimkchin. Mikey Schaefer appears in a lot of them since he was on the wall shooting so much. David Allfrey did a lot of rigging, @tommycaldwell1 was such a key partner for so much of the climbing.
Basically, 9 years later I remember it all as a great time with friends. What an adventure!
Ps - the climbing photo is from the Good Book, a super classic 5.10d I soloed for practice along the way.