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NEWS: Hazel Findlay Free Climbs El Capitan

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 UKC News 24 Oct 2011
Hazel Findlay, 3 kbBritish climber Hazel Findlay has made a free ascent of the world's most iconic rock face; El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, California. Findlay, climbing with Austrian Hansjorg Auer, free climbed 'Golden Gate', a route first put up by the legendary Huber brothers back in 2000.
Hazel has written up...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=64661
 metal arms 24 Oct 2011
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Awesome. Well done Hazel.
 snoop6060 24 Oct 2011
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A free ascent of el cap as your first ever wall. Now that is what I call impressive.
 Skyfall 24 Oct 2011
Inspiring stuff.
 beardy mike 24 Oct 2011
In reply to UKC News: Is this the first time it's been freed by a british woman? I mean El Cap that is. Not just Golden Gate?
 teddy 24 Oct 2011
In reply to mike kann:

Yes
 beardy mike 24 Oct 2011
In reply to teddy: Might want to change the headline in that case cos its a pretty major piece of news! I can't imagine there have been that many brits who have freed el cap in the first place!
Nemo 24 Oct 2011
Blows me away that this has not created more excitement on here.

1st Brit to free Golden Gate.
1st Brit woman to free climb any of the routes on the main section on El Cap.
Probably only the 3rd Brit overall after Leo Houlding and Ben Bransby to free any of the routes on the main section of El Cap (although it’s possible that FreeRider may have had a few more?)

Amazing and inspiring ascent of one of the most incredible lines in the world.

And her blog about it is brilliant. Well done Hazel!

 ericinbristol 24 Oct 2011
In reply to UKC News:

Fantastic.
 efrance24234 24 Oct 2011
In reply to hazel: marry me
 robdan 24 Oct 2011
In reply to UKC News: Wow ... that is some achievement, great news for British climbing.
 DrGav 25 Oct 2011
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Her blog is epic. Amazing effort.

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