![]() However, on that initial trip, I still went with a massive aim of wanting to free El Capitan via four different routes. Portaledges, jumaring, shitting in bags, and hauling were a whole new world of ropes, fabric, and poles. I made my first visit to Yosemite National Park just two years ago. Yet here I was, stood at the bottom of El Cap about to attempt to climb the whole thing by myself, in under twenty-four hours, and free every single pitch along the way.īy Pete Whittaker (this piece is published in The Climbing Zine Book Banner photo of the author on Freerider: Dustin Moore I’d still never soloed a big wall in any way, shape, or form: aid, free, French free. Seven months ago, I’d never rope soloed a single pitch of climbing. Two years ago, I’d never climbed a single big wall. ![]() Walking up to the base of Freerider, I felt rested, light, but increasingly nervous.
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