In the summertime of 2022, Matt Segal and Jesse Huey made All Hooked Up’s first ascent, a 15-pitch 5.13 on the well-known Mount Hooker. This route has two completely different finishes, with a Left Hook and a Proper Hook, the latter of which features a 5.13+ throw. Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell made the second climb.
After their climb, Segal mentioned, “We spent two days on the wall delivering all the core throws from the left variation. It was an epic increase together with three 5.13 throws and a 5.12 second stack. Jesse is totally devastated, I’ve by no means seen him dig so deep and it is so particular to observe. Tensions have been excessive at each technical core however fortunately we had the Kemple Staff there to take pictures and clarify the scenario.
Segal and Huey have been engaged on the route for a number of years. Huey has made a number of journeys to the Winds over the past decade, and he and Maury Birdwell made the primary Unique Sin 5.12+ free climb on Mount Hooker in 2017 – examine it right here. Dan Caldwell has additionally visited the world a number of occasions, in 2016 he and Adam Stack did a fast hike of the primary route at Hooker – examine it right here.
Honnold and Caldwell are presently biking 1000’s of miles from Colorado to Alaska – examine their journey right here.