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Recent Contributions

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8861 9th October 2025 13:42:22 UTC duncan climb Muir Wall notes
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The first El Cap. route climb done in one push from the ground by a 2 man team. Two free versions, preMuir and The Shaft, both have some variations in line.
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The first El Cap. route climb done in one push from the ground by a 2 man team. Two free versions, [preMuir](/climb/5423/premuir) and The Shaft, both have some variations from the original aid in line.
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The first El Cap. route climb done in one push from the ground by a 2 man team.

-Two free versions, preMuir and The Shaft, both have some variations in line.
+Two free versions, [preMuir](/climb/5423/premuir) and The Shaft, both have some variations from the original aid in line.
8862 9th October 2025 13:38:34 UTC duncan climb Muir Wall notes_pretty
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<p>Two free versions, preMuir and The Shaft, both with some variations in line.</p>
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<p>The first El Cap. route climb done in one push from the ground by a 2 man team.</p> <p>Two free versions, preMuir and The Shaft, both have some variations in line.</p>
8863 9th October 2025 13:38:34 UTC duncan climb Muir Wall notes
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Two free versions, preMuir and The Shaft, both with some variations in line.
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The first El Cap. route climb done in one push from the ground by a 2 man team. Two free versions, preMuir and The Shaft, both have some variations in line.
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-Two free versions, preMuir and The Shaft, both with some variations in line.
+The first El Cap. route climb done in one push from the ground by a 2 man team.
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+Two free versions, preMuir and The Shaft, both have some variations in line.
8864 9th October 2025 13:32:33 UTC duncan climb Muir Wall notes_pretty
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<p>Two free versions, preMuir and The Shaft, both with some variations in line.</p>
8865 9th October 2025 13:32:33 UTC duncan climb Muir Wall notes
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Two free versions, preMuir and The Shaft, both with some variations in line.
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+Two free versions, preMuir and The Shaft, both with some variations in line.
8866 9th October 2025 13:32:33 UTC duncan climb Muir Wall ukc_url
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https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/el_capitan_ca_yosemite_and_tuolumne-8023/muir_wall-59012
8867 9th October 2025 13:32:33 UTC duncan climb Muir Wall climb_type
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8868 9th October 2025 13:32:33 UTC duncan climb Muir Wall grade_id
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8869 9th October 2025 13:32:33 UTC duncan climb Muir Wall climb_name
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Muir Wall
8870 9th October 2025 13:25:19 UTC duncan climber TM Herbert notes_pretty
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<p>TM is the name on his birth certificate, not initials, according to his son, Tom. </p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/">https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/</a></p> <p>[2] <a href="http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&amp;msg=289339#msg289339">http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&amp;msg=289339#msg289339</a></p> <p>[3] <a href="https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/">https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/</a></p>
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<p>TM is the name on his birth certificate, not his initials, according to his son Tom. </p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/">https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/</a></p> <p>[2] <a href="http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&amp;msg=289339#msg289339">http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&amp;msg=289339#msg289339</a></p> <p>[3] <a href="https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/">https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/</a></p>
8871 9th October 2025 13:25:19 UTC duncan climber TM Herbert notes
Before
TM is the name on his birth certificate, not initials, according to his son, Tom. ### References [1] [https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/](https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/) [2] [http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&msg=289339#msg289339](http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&msg=289339#msg289339) [3] [https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/](https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/)
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TM is the name on his birth certificate, not his initials, according to his son Tom. ### References [1] [https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/](https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/) [2] [http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&msg=289339#msg289339](http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&msg=289339#msg289339) [3] [https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/](https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/)
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-TM is the name on his birth certificate, not initials, according to his son, Tom.
+TM is the name on his birth certificate, not his initials, according to his son Tom.

### References
8872 9th October 2025 13:24:55 UTC duncan climber TM Herbert notes_pretty
Before
<h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/">https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/</a></p> <p>[2] <a href="http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&amp;msg=289339#msg289339">http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&amp;msg=289339#msg289339</a></p>
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<p>TM is the name on his birth certificate, not initials, according to his son, Tom. </p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/">https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/</a></p> <p>[2] <a href="http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&amp;msg=289339#msg289339">http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&amp;msg=289339#msg289339</a></p> <p>[3] <a href="https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/">https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/</a></p>
8873 9th October 2025 13:24:55 UTC duncan climber TM Herbert notes
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### References [1] [https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/](https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/) [2] [http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&msg=289339#msg289339](http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&msg=289339#msg289339)
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TM is the name on his birth certificate, not initials, according to his son, Tom. ### References [1] [https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/](https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/) [2] [http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&msg=289339#msg289339](http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&msg=289339#msg289339) [3] [https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/](https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/)
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### References

[1] [https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/](https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-tm-herbert/)

-[2] [http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&msg=289339#msg289339](http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&msg=289339#msg289339)
+[2] [http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&msg=289339#msg289339](http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=289339&msg=289339#msg289339)
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+[3] [https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/](https://everloved.com/life-of/tm-herbert/obituary/)
8874 9th October 2025 11:57:32 UTC duncan climber TM Herbert Date of Birth
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8875 9th October 2025 11:45:38 UTC duncan climber TM Herbert Features In (Youtube Vid)
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https://youtu.be/cP8GMVoEpsA?si=cwgNkpDUU12sMKI_
8876 9th October 2025 11:41:14 UTC duncan ascent Royal Robbins's ascent of Wall of Early Morning Light notes_pretty
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<p>Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to <a href="climber/3372/don-lauria">Lauria</a>) </p> <blockquote> <p>the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts. [1]</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="/climber/3373/tm-herbert">TM Herbert</a>'s view of the ascent:</p> <blockquote> <p>What was this most important event I witnessed in February? It was not a climb which raised American climbing standards, but rather it was the elimination of a climb which had lowered the standards. This winter Royal Robbins and Don Lauria chopped the first 300 feet of bolts out of the bolt-ladder route on El Capitan, while completing the second ascent in five-and-a-half days [2]. </p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Harding, Warren (1990). Downward Bound: a Mad! guide to Rock Climbing. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 165–167.</p> <p>[2] <a href="https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light">https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light</a></p>
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<p>Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to <a href="climber/3372/don-lauria">Lauria</a>): </p> <blockquote> <p>the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts. [1]</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="/climber/3373/tm-herbert">TM Herbert</a>'s view of the ascent:</p> <blockquote> <p>What was this most important event I witnessed in February? It was not a climb which raised American climbing standards, but rather it was the elimination of a climb which had lowered the standards. This winter Royal Robbins and Don Lauria chopped the first 300 feet of bolts out of the bolt-ladder route on El Capitan, while completing the second ascent in five-and-a-half days [2]. </p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Harding, Warren (1990). Downward Bound: a Mad! guide to Rock Climbing. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 165–167.</p> <p>[2] <a href="https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light">https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light</a></p>
8877 9th October 2025 11:41:14 UTC duncan ascent Royal Robbins's ascent of Wall of Early Morning Light notes
Before
Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to [Lauria](climber/3372/don-lauria)) > the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts. [1] [TM Herbert](/climber/3373/tm-herbert)'s view of the ascent: > What was this most important event I witnessed in February? It was not a climb which raised American climbing standards, but rather it was the elimination of a climb which had lowered the standards. This winter Royal Robbins and Don Lauria chopped the first 300 feet of bolts out of the bolt-ladder route on El Capitan, while completing the second ascent in five-and-a-half days [2]. ### References [1] Harding, Warren (1990). Downward Bound: a Mad! guide to Rock Climbing. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 165–167. [2] [https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light](https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light)
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Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to [Lauria](climber/3372/don-lauria)): > the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts. [1] [TM Herbert](/climber/3373/tm-herbert)'s view of the ascent: > What was this most important event I witnessed in February? It was not a climb which raised American climbing standards, but rather it was the elimination of a climb which had lowered the standards. This winter Royal Robbins and Don Lauria chopped the first 300 feet of bolts out of the bolt-ladder route on El Capitan, while completing the second ascent in five-and-a-half days [2]. ### References [1] Harding, Warren (1990). Downward Bound: a Mad! guide to Rock Climbing. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 165–167. [2] [https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light](https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light)
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-Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to [Lauria](climber/3372/don-lauria))
+Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to [Lauria](climber/3372/don-lauria)):
> the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts. [1]

[TM Herbert](/climber/3373/tm-herbert)'s view of the ascent:
8878 9th October 2025 11:40:36 UTC duncan ascent Royal Robbins's ascent of Wall of Early Morning Light notes_pretty
Before
<p>Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to <a href="climber/3372/don-lauria">Lauria</a>) "the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts." [1]</p> <blockquote> <p>What was this most important event I witnessed in February? It was not a climb which raised American climbing standards, but rather it was the elimination of a climb which had lowered the standards. This winter Royal Robbins and Don Lauria chopped the first 300 feet of bolts out of the bolt-ladder route on El Capitan, while completing the second ascent in five-and-a-half days. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="/climber/3373/tm-herbert">TM Herbert</a></p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Harding, Warren (1990). Downward Bound: a Mad! guide to Rock Climbing. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 165–167.</p> <p>[2] <a href="https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light">https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light</a></p>
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<p>Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to <a href="climber/3372/don-lauria">Lauria</a>) </p> <blockquote> <p>the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts. [1]</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="/climber/3373/tm-herbert">TM Herbert</a>'s view of the ascent:</p> <blockquote> <p>What was this most important event I witnessed in February? It was not a climb which raised American climbing standards, but rather it was the elimination of a climb which had lowered the standards. This winter Royal Robbins and Don Lauria chopped the first 300 feet of bolts out of the bolt-ladder route on El Capitan, while completing the second ascent in five-and-a-half days [2]. </p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Harding, Warren (1990). Downward Bound: a Mad! guide to Rock Climbing. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 165–167.</p> <p>[2] <a href="https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light">https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light</a></p>
8879 9th October 2025 11:40:36 UTC duncan ascent Royal Robbins's ascent of Wall of Early Morning Light notes
Before
Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to [Lauria](climber/3372/don-lauria)) "the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts." [1] > What was this most important event I witnessed in February? It was not a climb which raised American climbing standards, but rather it was the elimination of a climb which had lowered the standards. This winter Royal Robbins and Don Lauria chopped the first 300 feet of bolts out of the bolt-ladder route on El Capitan, while completing the second ascent in five-and-a-half days. [TM Herbert](/climber/3373/tm-herbert) ### References [1] Harding, Warren (1990). Downward Bound: a Mad! guide to Rock Climbing. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 165–167. [2] [https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light](https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light)
After
Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to [Lauria](climber/3372/don-lauria)) > the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts. [1] [TM Herbert](/climber/3373/tm-herbert)'s view of the ascent: > What was this most important event I witnessed in February? It was not a climb which raised American climbing standards, but rather it was the elimination of a climb which had lowered the standards. This winter Royal Robbins and Don Lauria chopped the first 300 feet of bolts out of the bolt-ladder route on El Capitan, while completing the second ascent in five-and-a-half days [2]. ### References [1] Harding, Warren (1990). Downward Bound: a Mad! guide to Rock Climbing. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 165–167. [2] [https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light](https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light)
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-Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to [Lauria](climber/3372/don-lauria)) "the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts." [1]
+Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to [Lauria](climber/3372/don-lauria))
+> the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts. [1]

+[TM Herbert](/climber/3373/tm-herbert)'s view of the ascent:

-> What was this most important event I witnessed in February? It was not a climb which raised American climbing standards, but rather it was the elimination of a climb which had lowered the standards. This winter Royal Robbins and Don Lauria chopped the first 300 feet of bolts out of the bolt-ladder route on El Capitan, while completing the second ascent in five-and-a-half days.
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-[TM Herbert](/climber/3373/tm-herbert)
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+> What was this most important event I witnessed in February? It was not a climb which raised American climbing standards, but rather it was the elimination of a climb which had lowered the standards. This winter Royal Robbins and Don Lauria chopped the first 300 feet of bolts out of the bolt-ladder route on El Capitan, while completing the second ascent in five-and-a-half days [2].


### References
8880 9th October 2025 11:38:46 UTC duncan ascent Royal Robbins's ascent of Wall of Early Morning Light notes_pretty
Before
<p>Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to <a href="climber/3372/don-lauria">Lauria</a>) "the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts." [1]</p> <blockquote> <p>What was this most important event I witnessed in February? It was not a climb which raised American climbing standards, but rather it was the elimination of a climb which had lowered the standards. This winter Royal Robbins and Don Lauria chopped the first 300 feet of bolts out of the bolt-ladder route on El Capitan, while completing the second ascent in five-and-a-half days. <a href="/climber/3373/tm-herbert">TM Herbert</a></p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Harding, Warren (1990). Downward Bound: a Mad! guide to Rock Climbing. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 165–167.</p> <p>[2] <a href="https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light">https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light</a></p>
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<p>Robbins started the route with the aim of erasing it by chopping the bolts and rivets, considering the 330 holes drilled by the first ascent party to be excessive. After two pitches, Robbins stopped chopping the bolts and rivets because (according to <a href="climber/3372/don-lauria">Lauria</a>) "the quality of the aid climbing was much higher than he had ever expected of Harding or Caldwell and, of course, it was also taking us an awful long time to chop all those goddam bolts." [1]</p> <blockquote> <p>What was this most important event I witnessed in February? It was not a climb which raised American climbing standards, but rather it was the elimination of a climb which had lowered the standards. This winter Royal Robbins and Don Lauria chopped the first 300 feet of bolts out of the bolt-ladder route on El Capitan, while completing the second ascent in five-and-a-half days. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="/climber/3373/tm-herbert">TM Herbert</a></p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Harding, Warren (1990). Downward Bound: a Mad! guide to Rock Climbing. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press. pp. 165–167.</p> <p>[2] <a href="https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light">https://climbing-history.org/library/8192/comment-on-the-two-ascents-of-the-wall-of-morning-light</a></p>

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