Triple Direct | A2 Big Wall on El Capitan


Also known as Integral Route. Aid version of Triple Direct (8b+).

Link-up of Freeblast (Salathe) + Muir Wall + 3 linking pitches + The Nose from Camp 4 to the summit.

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Ascents

4 recorded ascents.

Climber Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Kim Schmitz Lead | worked 1969
First ascent. With Jim Bridwell.
Jim Bridwell Aid | ground up 1969
First ascent. With Kim Schmitz.
Sibylle Hetchel Alternate Leads | ground up Oct 1973
With Beverly Johnson. First female ascent.

"Doing an all-female ascent, the first all-female ascent in fact, was not a significant consideration: I simply knew Bev much better than any of the men interested."

'Walls Without Balls' was printed as 'Untitled' after the AAJ refused to use Hechtel's original title.

References

[1] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12197406200/Untitled

Beverly Johnson Alternate Leads | ground up Oct 1973
With Sibylle Hetchel. First female ascent.

The first all-female ascent of an El Capitan wall route.

References

[1] https://gripped.com/profiles/sibylle-hechtel-and-bev-johnsons-historic-yosemite-climb/