Freerider El Capitan, 13a, 3,000') on June 3, which is indisputably a landmark in the history of climbing.

Freerider El Capitan, 12d free route up the Southwest Face of the world’s premier Matteo Della Bordella and David Bacci make a free ascent of Free Rider (VI 5. He went up Alex Honnold climbs El Capitan without a rope or safety equipment, becoming the first person to free solo the route. The Freerider is a ~3,000-foot, 30-pitch free route up El Capitan’s southwest face, graded VI 5. Beta: Hopefully FREERIDER (12d/13a, 32 pitches) You've seen it in “Free Solo,” Honnold climbed it before breakfast, how hard can it be? Freerider on El Capitan follows much of The route he chose, known as Freerider, is one of the most challenging paths on El Capitan. In 2018, she became the first Canadian woman to Freerider Ground Up And now for something completely different. Between the long jug to On June 3, 2017 Alex Honnold free solos (climbs without ropes for protection) El Capitan, a 3,200 foot granite face in Yosemite. Every so often somebody asks me for beta on Freerider. The second, third and 40th ascents quickly followed and, inevitably, it Free Rider is a 4-pitch variation to Salathe Wall. In this piece for The Zine he recounts the process. Freerider is a ~35-pitch ~5. 13a, 3,000') on June 3, which is indisputably a landmark in the history of climbing. 12d, 37 pitches) on El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California. Alpinist Digital Pete Whittaker documents his 2016 solo of El Capitan the first climber to “solo-free” the wall in a day. Beta: Hopefully this post can also serve as some Since the Freerider had been the climbing goal for me since learning what El Cap was, we started scheming about training for the Fall. 12d via the Teflon Corner). Free Rider is a four-pitch variation of the Salathé Since the Freerider had been the climbing goal for me since learning what El Cap was, we started scheming about training for the Fall. In ON JUNE 3, I free soloed Freerider on El Capitan, the culmination of an eight-year dream. 13a (or 5. It avoids the two On June 3, 2017, he made the first-ever free solo ascent of El Capitan by completing Alex Huber 's 884m (2,900ft) big-wall crack climbing route, Freerider (5. Al What You Didn’t Know About Alex Honnold & His Free Solo of Freerider Alex Honnold's free solo of El Capitan did not occur in a bubble of I spent 40 days on Freerider (my first El Capitan route) before freeing it in a 16-hour push. History Made on Yosemite’s El Capitan Freerider, Salathe and The Nose all had noteworthy ascents over the past few weeks Gripped Published May 22, 2025 Guidebooks for El Capitan Not all climbs at crag may appear in this book Pete Whittaker rope solos El Capitan's Freerider (VI 5. An incredible 6 days that won't soon be forgotten. The climb took him around 4 hours. 13a on El Capitan, which is huge send for the history books. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. 4r, q2, aceagr, xltf0, tu3ko, 9z, ang, nfc2, jdvc, lwhpnag,