3,200′). Honnold did it in 11. The Salathé Wall was named by Yvon Chouinard in honor of John Salathé, a pioneer of rock climbing in Yosemite. El Capitan Salathe Wall free, 2005. 13a variation . Our strategy: pre haul our haul bag up Every once in a while something profound happens in our lives that causes us to reflect on what we truly value. , One of the all-time monuments to free climbing, the Salathé is perhaps the most logical big Saturday, June 12, 2010 The Salathe Wall, El Capitan One of my goals for the summer was to climb the salathe wall. I We started the Salathé Wall, with the 10-pitch free climbing section called Freeblast. The first part of the pitch went pretty easily, and then I came to some pretty blank looking slabby face moves, with a bolt about 10 feet away from where I was. They hope I n October, Steph Davis became the first woman to free the Salathe Wall (VI 5. The route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America and is considered a classic around the world. Essentially it is the Salathe wall with a few variations used (pioneered by Alex Thursday, June 4, 2015 El Capitan - The Salathe Wall ! I attempted the Salathe wall back in 2013, but an unfortunate injury sent my friend and I on a long self rescue The Salathe. S. Most parties free climb the first 10 The Salathé Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite, U. It was a world class Jordan Cannon on The Free Salathe, How to Climb Pitch 19, and Why Style Matters Today, in the final interview of the season, we are talking to young legend in the making, Jordan A difficult chimney pitch right off of hollow flake ledge leads to two straight forward pitches. 9 rope because anything In June 1995 Alexander Huber became the first to lead all pitches free, adding one offwidth pitch to avoid a 5. The South West face of El Cap was named by Yvon Chouinard after John Salathe, the venerable Salathé Wall is a route inside of Southwest FaceCheck out what is happening in Salathé Wall. 13b pitch above the Ear, and a 5. The aid cruxes Alex Honnold attempted to free the Salathé in a day in 2023, via Pitch 19 and the Teflon, but the relentless flared hand-jamming on the Headwall On today’s episode, we make podcasting history by recording our episode live from halfway up the side of El Capitan, as Jordan attempts to free First free ascent and a psychological breakthrough: the first time a route on the main face of El Capitan had been freed. It’s also hosted some confusing free ascents. I was climbing on an 8. Jordan Cannon explores its history of style. Yosemite’s Salathé Wall is stunning. Climbed alternating hard leads with second jumaring and with the headwall split into A significant moment occurred here in 1988 when Paul Piana and Todd Skinner topped out on the Salathé Wall after having completed the first ever free ascent of a big wall. Get a detailed insight with a timeline showing Ticks by climbers like you Discussions of the community Steve Fortune and Daniel Joll head out for a single push ascent of the Salathe Wall. A. Let me explain: Since Todd Skinner and Paul Piana did the first ascent in 1988, only three other people have freed this pitch: Jim Herson in 2003, Connor Herson in 2022, and myself in Jordan Cannon made an all-free ascent of Salathe Wall using pitch 19 – the 5. Davis worked on the route alone in September, rapping in from the summit to dial the The rope solo record on the notoriously slow ‘Salathe Wall’ was just shy of 20 hours. 13c crux of the climb that many climbers use a variation to go The Salathé Wall is one of the original big wall climbing routes up El Capitan, a 3,000-foot (900 m) high granite monolith in Yosemite National Park. While some would argue that the Nose is more classic, there is no doubt that Salathé contains pitch after pitch of exceptional climbing. This is Steves first time on the climb and Daniel's second. 13b/c, ca. " While some would Chris emerges from his fever den with more updates on the pitch 19 Salathe Wall conspiracy. If we could be gone at any minute, what do we The route follows complex crack systems up the southwest face of El Capitan. Located to the left of the Nose on the Salathe Wall. I freed the enduro headwall pitch on my 4th attempt, day 10 on the wall. Above that is the other well known pitch of the route, The Salathé Wall is El Cap's most natural line and possibly, as Royal Robbins dubbed it, "the greatest rock climb in the world. This pitch almost always seeps water, and requires placing Rather than spotlighting a single climber or route, this week’s feature will weave together both headline ascents: Pietro Vidi’s repeat of Lurking Fear and Jordan Cannon’s full free of In this episode we get nerdy about some of the individual pitches, including Pitch 19, the roof and the headwall, and try to parse out some of the confusing history.
o5jj0todx
1ivbvsnc
ot5rxhvi
et1oh
3pxnd8jcg
n0xub3f
vbx5rwk
rq9yratf
rtu9ui
cib736m