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NEWS: Second Ascent of The Secret Passage 5.13c for Whittaker and McManus

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 UKC News 10 Nov 2015
Getting sprayed by the waterfall, 4 kbPete Whittaker and Dan McManus have made the second ascent of The Secret Passage 5.13c on El Capitan in Yosemite, 7 years after Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll made the first ascent.

The pair spent 9 days on the wall with just 7 days of supplies, endured a 2-day snow storm and topped out over a receding waterfall after climbing the lower crux move which was wet! Making their achievement even more impressive is the fact that both climbers managed to free every pitch.



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 Josh Willett 10 Nov 2015
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Top stuff!
 Wft 10 Nov 2015
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Brilliant, really inspiring
 Jack Geldard 10 Nov 2015
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Nice one lads!!

 Michael Gordon 10 Nov 2015
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Superb
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Fucking good effort Pete and Dan!! Looks like that day of wet weather climbing on Fairhead prepared you well!
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 BALD EAGLE 10 Nov 2015
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Top bombing guys!
 Adam Booth 10 Nov 2015
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Amazing, well done both of you!
 Sadie 10 Nov 2015
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Dark horse trots into the light...

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