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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 1, 2012 - 11:52am PT
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How many routes go free to the "top" of El Capitan?
For kicks, let's define an "El Cap route" as anything between, but not including, the West Face and the East Buttress.
Clint, don't spoil the fun too soon, OK?
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Then you leave out Salami Ledge and the West Chimney. :-)
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cultureshock
Trad climber
Mountain View
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By Difficulty:
Magic Mushroom - 5.14a FFA - Tommy Caldwell, Justen Sjong.
Dihedral Wall - 5.14a FFA - Tommy Caldwell.
The Nose - 5.14a FFA - Lynn Hill.
The Prohpet - 5.13d FFA - Leo Houlding
Zodiac - 5.13d FFA - Alex and Thomas Huber.
preMuir - 5.13d (Muir finish variation) FFA - Rob Miller, Justen Sjong
Lurking Fear - 5.13c FFA - Tommy Caldwell, Beth Rodden
El Nino - 5.13c A0 FFA - Alex and Thomas Huber.
Muir Wall 5.13c A0 (via Shaft variation) FFA - Scott Cosgrove, Kurt Smith
West Buttress - 5.13c FFA - Tommy Caldwell, Beth Rodden
Passage to Freedom - 5.13c/d A0 (Only goes to El Cap Tower via New Dawn) FFA - Leo Houlding, Ivo Ninov, Tim Emmet
The Secret Passage - 5.13c R FFA - Nicolas Favresse, Seán Villanueva.
El Corazon - 5.13b FFA - Alex Huber.
Golden Gate - 5.13b FFA - Alex and Thomas Huber
Salathe Wall - 5.13b FFA - Todd Skinner, Paul Piana
Freerider - 5.13a - Alex and Thomas Huber
From:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1251901&tn=0&mr=0
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FrankZappa
Trad climber
Hankster's crew
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Not to trivialize anyone's accomplishments, but how can an A0 mean free route?
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 1, 2012 - 04:22pm PT
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D'oh!
I even contributed to that original thread, cultureshock!
But the list above is missing Lost in Transletion, .12b/c.
Maybe overlooked because it's not a Grade IV?
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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> Muir Wall 5.13c A0 (via Shaft variation) FFA - Scott Cosgrove, Kurt Smith
Tommy and Nick freed the last bits - no A0 anymore.
Answer to Kelly's original question, posted on the other thread a few days ago:
17-19.
Lost in Translation/Transletion - treat the same as East Buttress, in my opinion. They are very close to each other.
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ec
climber
ca
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'Never paid sh*t to climb any route on The Captain...They're all free...
 ec
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 1, 2012 - 08:02pm PT
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Lost in Translation, put up as a Grade V.
So I suppose I agree to not count it, if your intent is to only count Grade VI climbs as El Cap routes.
This comes up now and again. Just because a route is on El Cap doesn't qualify it as an El Cap route.
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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I always thought the West Face counted as an El Cap route. Maybe because in the early days my climbing it was still a grade VI aid route.
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