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Oct 24, 2019 OS X El Capitan remains available for Mac computers that can't upgrade to macOS Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, or Sierra, or that need to upgrade to El Capitan first. Oct 29, 2019  The El Capitan Hike The El Capitan hike stats. Difficulty: Brutal (a new grade for us) Distance: 19.4 miles (31.2 km) Elevation: 5,219 feet (1,519 metres) Time needed: 8 - 11 hours inc Eagle Peak side trail Before you hike. The first thing to know before taking on the El Capitan hike is that you need to allow a full day. Since then he has pioneered over 500 new routes at Joshua Tree National Park, and over 130 first ascents at Tahquitz and Suicide Rocks, Idyllwild. A former member of Yosemite's search and rescue team, Bob is a veteran of Yosemite's big walls, with 5 ascents of El Capitan to his credit. Jun 07, 2017  Alex Honnold is being hailed as the best climber in the world after he scaled El Capitan – Yosemite's 3,000-foot sheer granite cliff – without any ropes. Oct 03, 2018 Peter Croft, 58, who completed the landmark free solo of the 1980s—Yosemite’s 1,000-foot Astroman—never seriously contemplated El Capitan, but he knew somebody would eventually do it. Find rock climbing routes, photos, and guides for every state, along with experiences and advice from fellow climbers. Sign Up or Log In. Climbing Map of El Capitan.

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His latest achievement is the first free solo ascent of El Capitan, via the uber classic Freerider route.

Today, National Geographic broke the story that Alex Honnold, the best free soloist in the world, climbed El Capitan via Freerider (5.12d), without ropes. It is the first free solo ascent of El Cap, and arguably one of the crowning achievements of climbing up to this point. A reasonable comparison would be Roger Bannister breaking the 4 minute mile, or Tommy Caldwell and Keven Jorgeson's ascent of the Dawn Wall (possibly the hardest climbing route in the world).

Let's break this down this incredible achievement, starting with some vocabulary.

Aid Climbing

This is a style of climbing in which climbers place gear in the rock for safety, and use ropes and other aid-climbing devices to ascend a rock face. Some of the climbing may be done with their hands and feet, but some percentage of the climb is done using the equipment. This is a slow and methodical way to climb, and is the way that El Capitan was originally climbed.

Free Climbing

Free Climbing is likely the first thing that comes to mind when most folks think of climbing. Climbers use ropes and gear, but do not use the gear to ascend. Gear is placed for safety, but you don't use the gear placements to get yourself up (that would make it aid climbing). When people say they're climbing 'sport' or 'trad', this is the type of climbing they're talking about. This was the style in which Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson climbed the Dawn Wall.

Free Soloing

No ropes. No gear. No room for error. This is obviously the most dangerous form of climbing; with no safety gear, it is likely that a fall will kill you. This is what Honnold is famous for, and how he just climbed Freerider.

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Freerider (5.12d)

Freerider is a 5 star, classic route on El Capitan (and a contender for one of the most famous free-climbs in the world), first climbed by Huber Baum (one of the famous Huber brothers) in 1998. It's a variation of the Salathe Wall, another world-famous route on El Cap.

- Around 3000 ft of climbing

- Around 33 pitches

- Crux moves at 5.13a and 5.12d

- Most mortals take several days to free climb this route (Alex did it in under 4 hours)

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Alex's Free Solo

It's impossible to understate how impressive of an accomplishment this is. After years of prepping for this ascent, Honnold started up the wall at 5:30am this morning. 4 hours later, he was standing on top of the most iconic rock climbing face in the world after free soloing all 3000ft. It's a stunning achievement that represents not only Honnold's incredible physical ability, but his ability to control fear as well. When there's thousands of ft between you and the ground, there's not room for fear, or mistakes.

Jimmy Chin was on-site to document the climb for Nat Geo, and I for one can't wait to see the images, and future documentary to come out of this historic climb. Mind. Blown.

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