Everyone understood that the moment Ren He climbed up the Dawn Wall with his bare hands, it meant that he had officially set a new record in the free solo climbing world, and the title of the leading figure in this field instantly changed hands.
It was no longer like when he climbed Mount Everest before, where the slope had many people questioning, but now it was different. The Dawn Wall itself is one of the holy lands of the free solo climbing world, and Ren He even chose to summit it without any protective measures, a feat that no one could question, and it was very likely that for decades to come, no one would be able to overturn it.
Especially the time Ren He took to climb the Dawn Wall, 7 hours and 21 minutes, all records set before him were over 19 days. When comparing the two side by side, those who didn't know any better would think they weren't even climbing the same mountain.
But Ren He had indeed done it, and in front of thousands of people.
