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Charlie Jones

Dad accused of lying about son's record-breaking 3000ft rock climb in 'publicity hoax'

Veteran rock climbers have cast doubt over a dad's claims his eight-year-old son became the youngest person ever to climb one of the US' most fearsome cliff faces.

Critics have accused the Bakers of using previously rigged ropes and a scaling device called an ascender.

Tommy Caldwell, a well-known scaler of El Capitan, said: "Theoretically I could have put (my son) in a haul bag when he was 1 year old and gotten him up there" to claim the record.

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