Climbs

Climb Name Type Grade # Ascents Recorded Notes Exclude Reason
Nexus Boulder problem 8C+ 3
No Face Deep water solo 8b 3
Noise vs. Beauty Boulder problem 8C 3
No Kpote Only Boulder problem 8C+ 3

Before the problem was put up there used to be a wall in front of the boulder to make a bivouac spot. The wall was knocked down for reasons unknown. [1]

References

[1] https://bleau.info/rocherbrule/59258.html

No One Mourns the Wicked Boulder problem 9A 3

The name comes from a song in the musical Wicked which also has a song called Defying Gravity.

Nordic Flower L1 Sport route 8b+ 3
No Self Control Trad climb E7 3
Nosferatu Trad climb E8 3
Off the Rocks Trad climb E8 3
Olympiad Deep water solo 8b 3

Neil Gresham called the route Olympiad as he made the ascent on the 27th July 2012, the same day the London olympics started. Unusually, Steve McClure then made the second ascent on trad gear, suggesting a grade of E10.

One Hundred Proof Sport route 9a 3
Orange Piranha Boulder problem 8A+ 3
Orca Sport route 8c+ 3

A tricky route to grade. Originally Alex Huber suggested 8c+. A hold then broke and Adam Ondra found a new sequence for which he suggested 9a, and then a few months later Jakob Schubert found yet another sequence for which he thought 8b!

Panem et Circensis Sport route 8b 3

Originally given 8c but downgraded to 8b after several repeats.

Panic on Funkotron Boulder problem 8B 3
Paper Birds Low Boulder problem 8B 3
Partage (Assis) Boulder problem 8B 3
Passage to Freedom Sport route 8b 3

The first 11 pitches were established ground up by Leo Houlding, but when he reached El Cap Tower he couldn't find a way to continue. Almost 20 years later Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold worked out a line and took the route to the top of the crag, keeping Leo's original name.

In an unusual quirk, on pitch 4 Leo was unable to find a way past a short blank section of wall. To make the route possible he bolted an Alfa Romeo badge (which used to belong to a car owned by Tim Emmett when he worked as a sales rep. for DMM) to the wall which could be used as a hold to pass the section.

References

[1] https://www.climbing.com/people/first-ascent-passage-freedom-el-cap/

Pata Ledovce Boulder problem 8C 3
Pata Negra Sport route 8c 3

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