Gripped

Selected El Cap Free Timeline

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Continued

2009: Ueli Steck nearly onsights Golden Gate, falling on a wet 5.11 move.

2010: Leo Houlding and Jason Pickles establish The Prophet 5.14ax.

2012: Hazel Findlay and James Mchaffie make the second free ascent of the Premuir; she is the first female to send it.

2014: Pete Whittaker flashes Freerider.

2015: Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson free the Dawn Wall 5.14d.

2016: Adam Ondra repeats the Dawn Wall in eight days. Pete Whittaker rope-solos Freerider free in a day.

2017: Alex Honnold free-solos Freerider

5.13 in 3:56:00. Rob Miller and Roby Rudolf establish The Direct

Line 5.13+ near The Nose. Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher make the second free ascent of Magic Mushroom 5.14a.

2018: Keita Kurakami and Connor Herson free The Nose. Sonnie Trotter adds variation to El Nino called Pineapple Express 5.13b/c.

2019: Babsi Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher and

Seb Berthe all free The Nose. Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold open a new 5.13 up El Cap, but have yet to name it.

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