Golden Gate | E8/7c+ Multi-pitch at El Capitan


36 pitches.
Contributors
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18 contributions since 22nd October 2021.

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Ascents

6 recorded ascents.

Climber Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Thomas Huber Alternate Leads | worked Between 13th Oct 2000 and 16th Oct 2000
First ascent. With Alex Huber.

First free ascent.

References

[1] On The Edge Issue 104, page 12

[2] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/golden-gate-the-huber-brothers-climb-el-capitan.html

Alex Huber Alternate Leads | worked Between 13th Oct 2000 and 16th Oct 2000
First ascent. With Thomas Huber.

First free ascent.

The Monster offwidth is the nastiest kind of crack - just too narrow to disappear inside yet much too wide to get an efficient jam with any part of your body between it's parallel walls. The moves are abnormal; abnormally strenuous, abnormally irritating and abnormally time-consuming. It's a horror-show; inch by inch you scrape your was upwards, heading towards release and redemption. It's a real battle, and it is just this confrontation with oft-quoted adventure that we are searching for in this vertical world. [1]

References

[1] On The Edge Issue 104, page 12, page 32

[2] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/golden-gate-the-huber-brothers-climb-el-capitan.html

Ueli Steck Lead | ground up May 2009

Ueli was tantalisingly close to onsighting the entire route, taking a small fall on a relatively easy pitch after he slipped on wet rock.

References

[1] https://gripped.com/profiles/the-climber-who-nearly-onsighted-el-capitan/

Emily Harrington Lead | worked 2015
Amity Warme Lead | ground up May 2021
Michaela Izakovičová Lead | worked Nov 2023