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West Face of Sentinel - The Legacy ProjectFri Night Vid

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This week's Friday Night Video features Kevin Jorgeson and Ben Rueck making the first free ascent of the West Face of Sentinel in Yosemite Valley, California. Tom Frost and Yvon Chouinard claimed the first ascent of the route in 1960 - the third of the Yosemite 'Golden Age' big wall climbs, after the Northwest Face of Half Dome in 1957, and The Nose of El Cap in 1958. Kevin and Ben return as part of a 'Legacy Project' to free this historic route.

 


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8 Apr, 2017
Great to see this free-climbed at last, also cheering to see there is still only one piece of pro in the wide crack pitch! Is there really no other UKC user who has done this route?
8 Apr, 2017
That was excellent!
8 Apr, 2017
WOOOOOOOOOO! YEH! Really? Great climbers, good vid but what was with that music and shouting?
9 Apr, 2017
Yes, great little video. How to fearlessly succeed in the face of adversity - apart from Kevin's problems with his poisonous breakfast, he had to contend with the wrong dyno engrams which were obviously still switched to horizontal... great!
9 Apr, 2017
I enjoyed this, grate film :)
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