Interview Jacob Cook on his free ascent of Golden Gate, El Capitan, in a day
Just over a month ago, Jacob Cook became only the seventh person, and the first British climber, to free climb the entirety of Golden Gate in just a single day.
Last Spring Jacob Cook, Bronywn Hodgins and Chris Bevins travelled to Yosemite to climb Freerider on El Capitan. Jacob and Chris managed to free the route and - as is typical of this crazy crew - an inflatable shark and Hawaiian shirts featured heavily in their efforts.
Jacob has finished the video edit of their climb, and in-keeping with the humour and style of his Moonlight Buttress video, the latest offering continues to give the impression that no other team has ever had so much fun on a gnarly big-wall...
"In Spring 2015 Bron and I made our second trip to Yosemite. We teamed up with Chris Bevins to climb El Capitan using only our hands and feet! We spent 6 days and 5 nights living on the wall, climbing Freerider 5.13a. Chris and I lead or followed every pitch free. Dragons, frogs, lions and sharks feature, can you spot them all?"
Read a UKC interview with Jacob and Bron on their Big Wall adventures.
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