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Hazel Findlay makes a free ascent of Salathe

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stp 02 Dec 2017

Impressive stuff...

4 days working it and then an 8 day push

https://gripped.com/news/hazel-findlay-frees-salathe-wall-5-13-el-cap/

John Clinch (Ampthill) 03 Dec 2017

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pasbury 03 Dec 2017

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She’s a crack beast. Salathe does not see many free repeats.

OP stp 03 Dec 2017

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Yeah I wonder how many free ascents it's had. Less than 10 ?

pasbury 03 Dec 2017

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Dunno, but they’re not routine.

Ian Parsons 04 Dec 2017

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Twelve up to 2009, according to Mr Cummins:

http://web.stanford.edu/~clint/yos/longhf.htm#salathe

Which is still very few considering its accessibility and appeal - and the preponderance of very good crack climbers in Yosemite.

OP stp 04 Dec 2017

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Interesting link. Thanks.

I note that some of those ascents were done by the same people: Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold both did the route free twice. So the number of climbers up till then is even fewer: only 10.

Babika 04 Dec 2017

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Superb.

Chris Craggs Global Crag Moderator 04 Dec 2017

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Amazing,

Chris

Ian Parsons 04 Dec 2017

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> I note that some of those ascents were done by the same people: Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold both did the route free twice. So the number of climbers up till then is even fewer: only 10.

Indeed; it's clearly a pretty select club.

ashtond6 04 Dec 2017

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> Interesting link. Thanks.

> I note that some of those ascents were done by the same people: Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold both did the route free twice. So the number of climbers up till then is even fewer: only 10.

Also, some of those 10 were not big wall style from the floor.