Brad Gobright , an acclaimed American free solo climber, has died after falling nearly 1,000 feet while rappelling a well-known route in Mexico with a rope, the authorities said. Mr. Gobright, a native of California, was hailed as one of the world’s best free solo climbers, a technique that uses no ropes. He set a speed record in 2017 — 2 hours 19 minutes 44 seconds — at the popular climbing route called the Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Image Gobright climbing in California earlier this year. Credit... Brad GobrightOn Wednesday, he was not free soloing when he fell , but was rappelling using a rope with a climbing partner, Aidan Jacobson .

Source: New York Times November 29, 2019 12:16 UTC