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    granite monolith in Yosemite National Park. The Salathé Wall was named by Yvon Chouinard in honor of John Salathé, a pioneer of rock climbing in Yosemite. The...
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    early classics are the Salathé Wall (1961, Royal Robbins, Chuck Pratt and Tom Frost) on the southwest face, and the North America Wall (1964, Royal Robbins...
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    style with Dean Potter. 2005, Salathé Wall VI 5.13 b/c, El Capitan, Yosemite — First woman to free climb the Salathe Wall. 10th person overall to free...
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    ascents including the Salathé Wall (1961), the North American Wall (1964), and the Muir Wall (1968) cemented Yosemite, and the granite walls of El Capitan, as...
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    The Steck-Salathé Route is a big wall traditional climbing route up Sentinel Rock. The route was first climbed, in extremely hot weather with minimal...
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    leading the third pitch of the Salathé Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Royal Robbins on first ascent of Salathé Wall, El Capitan. Frost, Robbins,...
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  • create the first-ever big wall free climbing route—which they christened The Dawn Wall—on the historic southeast face (The Wall of Early Morning Light)...
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    big wall locations around the world. Huber’s 1995 ascent of the Salathé Wall in Yosemite was the first-ever redpoint of an 8a (5.13b) graded big wall in...
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  • Retrieved 28 March 2019. "Salathe Wall". Mayan Smith-Gobat. Retrieved 31 March 2019. Fox, Amanda. "Mayan Gobat-Smith Frees Salathé Wall". Climbing Magazine...
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    Will Stanhope. The Nose (El Capitan), a 5.14a (8b+) route in Yosemite Salathé Wall, a 5.13 (7c+) route in Yosemite Silence, first climb in the world with...
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    Lost Arrow Spire (category Big wall climbing routes)
    buckling (called Lost Arrows). In 1947, Ax Nelson and John Salathé joined forces, and using Salathé's new pitons, made the true first ascent via the Lost Arrow...
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    First-ever repeat of Peter Croft's 1987 'free solo in one day' 2007, Salathé Wall (VI 5.13b/c), Yosemite – Eleventh free ascent 2008, Bushido (5.13+) and...
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    ascents including the Salathé Wall (1961), the North American Wall (1964), and the Muir Wall (1968) cemented Yosemite, and the granite walls of El Capitan, as...
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    has also free-climbed: Lurking Fear, Muir Wall, West Buttress, Salathé, Zodiac, Magic Mushroom, The Dawn Wall, and New Dawn. In January 2015, Caldwell...
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    Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2016. "Big Wall Vertical Camping: How Does It Really Work?". The Dyrt Magazine. 2019-05-15...
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    1875 (before November 10) John Muir 1946 Salathe Route on southwest face (IV 5.7 A3), FA by John Salathe and Anton Nelson 1957 Northwest Face (VI 5...
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    and big wall routes, the sections below combine milestones for overall and female ascents. In some cases (e.g. the Salathé Wall and Dawn Wall), the first...
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    promoted Christian spiritualism and vegetarianism. John Salathé, also known as Jean Salathé, was born on June 14, 1899, in Switzerland in the village...
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  • ascent of Pre-Muir Wall in 2012, and an ascent of Freerider in only three days in 2013. In 2017 she free-climbed the Salathé Wall. She was the first person...
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    Gorge area of Kentucky. The Valley is approximately 400 acres in size and walled in by over seven miles of majestic cliffs of hard Corbin Sandstone. The...
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    Arrow Spire Tip Midnight Lightning Royal Arches Route Salathé Wall (El Capitan) Steck-Salathé Route (Sentinel Rock) Separate Reality The Nose (El Capitan)...
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    Robbins, began the first ascent of the Salathé Wall on El Capitan, named for pioneer Yosemite climber John Salathé. The pair spent two days establishing...
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    Arrow Spire Tip Midnight Lightning Royal Arches Route Salathé Wall (El Capitan) Steck-Salathé Route (Sentinel Rock) Separate Reality The Nose (El Capitan)...
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    Arrow Spire Tip Midnight Lightning Royal Arches Route Salathé Wall (El Capitan) Steck-Salathé Route (Sentinel Rock) Separate Reality The Nose (El Capitan)...
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  • the 3,000 feet (900 m) rock wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, a feat no one has performed. His choice of big wall climbing route on El Capitan...
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    Arrow Spire Tip Midnight Lightning Royal Arches Route Salathé Wall (El Capitan) Steck-Salathé Route (Sentinel Rock) Separate Reality The Nose (El Capitan)...
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    to have more than one route listed is El Capitan, with The Nose and Salathé Wall. These inclusions have helped maintain the fame of the peak in the climbing...
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  • FA: Anton Nelson and John Salathé in 1947 Sentinel Rock, Steck-Salathe Route V 5.9 A3, FA: Allen Steck and John Salathé in 1950 Middle Cathedral Rock...
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  • Arrow Spire Tip Midnight Lightning Royal Arches Route Salathé Wall (El Capitan) Steck-Salathé Route (Sentinel Rock) Separate Reality The Nose (El Capitan)...
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    Arrow Spire Tip Midnight Lightning Royal Arches Route Salathé Wall (El Capitan) Steck-Salathé Route (Sentinel Rock) Separate Reality The Nose (El Capitan)...
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