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Babsi Zangerl - The First to Flash Big Wall on El Capitan's Freerider
Freerider, first climbed in 1998 by brothers, Thomas and Alexander Huber, presents another epic route on El Capitan. Freerider, essentially a variation of The Salathé Wall, offers more free ...
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El Capitan: Golden Gate, Freerider, the Prophet and Dawn Wall
News from El Capitan in Yosemite valley: Hazel Findlay on Golden Gate, Mayan Smith-Gobat on Free Rider, Sonnie Trotter on the Prophet ... recently decided to climb the route once again avoiding the ...
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Emily Harrington free-climbs El Capitan summit in one day
American Emily Harrington is being celebrated for becoming one of the few women to free ... Park's famous El Capitan within a day. She is also the first woman to have used a challenging route ...
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Hazel Findlay fantastically free on the Salathé Wall on El Capitan
British rock climber Hazel Findlay has made a rare free ascent of the legendary Salathé Wall on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA. Thirty years later the route named in honour of Swiss blacksmith John Salathé ...
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Connor Herson Took a Break from Stanford to Climb One of Yosemite’s Hardest Routes
At age 15, Herson became the youngest person to free climb the Nose route on El Capitan. “I’ve always balanced school and climbing but it’s gotten a lot trickier as I’ve gotten deeper into ...
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The Birthplace and Soul of Big Wall Climbing - Yosemite National Park
Freerider, first climbed in 1998 by brothers Thomas and Alexander Huber, presents another epic route on El Capitan. Freerider, essentially a variation of The Salathé Wall, offers more free ...