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Half Dome is a quartz monzonite batholith at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. ... First Grade VI in North America. [27]
The Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome was the first Grade VI big wall climbing route in the United States. It was first climbed in 1957 by a team consisting of Royal Robbins, Mike Sherrick, and Jerry Gallwas. Its current aid climbing rating is VI 5.9 A1 or 5.12 for the free climbing variation. [1]
Regular Northwest Face (690-meters, 24 pitches) – Half Dome, Yosemite (USA) – 1976 – First big wall free climb at 7b+ (5.12c) by Art Higbee and Jim Erickson. [215] [216] [213] 20 years later, a variation to the crux pitch was found to keep the entire route at 5.12a.
The Half Dome cables are something I used to write about (and experience firsthand) with some frequency. In 2010, as a solution for overcrowding when permits were being considered, I suggested ...
Once thought to be unclimbable, the high granite walls of Yosemite Valley began to see their first attempts and first ascents in the 1950s. One of the most coveted routes was the Northwest Face of Half Dome, and among those coveting it was Californian Warren Harding (Harding made an unsuccessful attempt on Half Dome in 1955, and returned for the 1957 season just as Royal Robbins and team were ...
1957 Northwest Face of Half Dome, Yosemite, CA. First grade VI climb in America. With Mike Sherrick and Jerry Gallwas. [12] 1960 The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite, CA. With Tom Frost, Chuck Pratt, and Joe Fitschen, Second Ascent (first continuous) completed in 7 days; 1961 Salathé Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite, CA. Hardest big wall grade VI climb in ...
Everett Kalin, a 93-year-old retired seminary professor from Oakland, went viral with a video of him reaching the top of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. Skydiving at 92, Half Dome at 93.
NCCS Grade V: "Typically requires an overnight on the route, or done fast and free in a day". [25] [26] Grade V is often listed as "one very long day of climbing, or two full days of climbing". [36] NCCS Grade VI: "Two or more days of hard climbing". [25] [26] Often listed as "two days to a week". [36] NCCS Grade VII: "Remote walls climbed in ...