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  2. El Capitan - Wikipedia

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    Free solo climbing is a form of rock climbing where the climbers do not use any ropes, harnesses, or other protective equipment. This forces the climbers to only rely on their own individual preparation, strength, and skill. On June 3, 2017, Alex Honnold completed the first free solo climb of El Capitan. [44]

  3. Climbing instructor falls to his death on Yosemite's El ... - AOL

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    A climbing instructor fell to his death on Yosemite's El Captain, according to a report, marking the latest accident on the iconic rock peak that is a favorite among rock climbers.

  4. Royal Arches - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Arches, like much of the Yosemite area, feature a great choice of rock climbing sites. The Royal Arches climbing area spans from the Church Bowl to Washington Column. The Royal Arches Route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. This route, despite its name, is located hundreds of yards east ...

  5. Alex Honnold - Wikipedia

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    Alex Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls.Honnold rose to worldwide fame in June 2017 when he became the first person to free solo a full route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park (via the 2,900-foot route Freerider at 5.13a, the first-ever big wall free solo ascent at that grade), [3] a climb described in The New York ...

  6. Warren Harding (climber) - Wikipedia

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    Within a year, Harding was an active figure in the nascent climbing community of Yosemite Valley, the huge glacial valley in which big-wall or multi-day vertical technical or roped rock climbing developed in the United States after World War II. He began pushing the limits of the sport in the 1950s, and quickly became one of the "stone masters ...

  7. Royal Arches Route - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Arches Route is a big wall climbing route in California's Yosemite Valley on the Royal Arches wall. The route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. [1] The route was first climbed Oct. 1936 by Ken Adam, Morgan Harris, K. Kenneth Davis. [2] The route is moderate in difficulty and is ...

  8. Midnight Lightning (climb) - Wikipedia

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    Midnight Lightning is a 7.62-metre (25.0 ft) high granite bouldering route on the Columbia Boulder in Camp 4 of Yosemite National Park.When first solved in May 1978 by American rock climber Ron Kauk, it was graded at V8 (7B/7B+), which was the world's second-ever boulder route at that grade, and the first in North America.

  9. Separate Reality (climb) - Wikipedia

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    In 1986, inspired by the photo of Jardine, [10] Wolfgang Güllich traveled to Yosemite, with Austrian photographer and climber Heinz Zak , and made the first free solo of Separate Reality. [11] [5] Güllich's 1986 free solo has since become an iconic feat in climbing history, [1] [12] and was listed on Red Bull's "10 Most Epic Free Solo Climbs ...