Salathé Wall | 8a+ Multi-pitch at El Capitan

First ascent. With Royal Robbins and Chuck Pratt.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CahGHKkNYcs/

First ascent. With Royal Robbins and Tom Frost.

First ascent. With Chuck Pratt and Tom Frost.

First ascent. With Todd Skinner.

First free ascent.

First ascent. With Paul Piana.

First free ascent.

With Doug Scott.

References

[1] Mountain Issue 15, page 12

With Peter Habeler.

References

[1] Mountain Issue 15, page 12

Firs free ascent leading all the pitches.

Yuji attempted to onsight Salathé Wall falling only three times on the Headwall pitch.

I put so much energy into this project. Every single minute was great. If I had to pick my best climbing moment, then I'd choose the Salathe on-sight attempt in 1997. This is my fondest memory so far in my entire climbing career. [1]

Hans Florine:

We ascended the route in two days as [Yuji] fought to onsight the route. If I recall correctly we made it to the teflon corner and a little beyond the first day. The second day Yuji threw himself at the head wall. An effort like this has not been done even in recent times despite all the traffic and beta on the route. For 1997 it was way off the charts, only the past 27 years confirms that. [2]

References

[1] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/interviews/yuji-hirayama-the-nose-big-walls-and-bouldering.html

[2]https://www.instagram.com/p/DCTyllktwK7/?hl=en

[3]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZueiGMv4x6w&ab_channel=narutokintoki