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Saturday, June 2, 2018

Honnold talking about his El Cap project


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JmVP1DcLrK0&time_continue=186&ebc=ANyPxKpqwtvPj2pPdSGbzmsSjbhv6cyht7nQfuwdY9YUdPUqIH-k1axW1xKMYGmLSOx7umWPXo7n7MIB58Gqlv2jg2q9XNNI3






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