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January 27, 2019January 28, 2019 by Brittany Goris

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I wanted to climb the Salathé Wall for many reasons, the main one being its incredible history as the first free route up El Cap. Many of the days I spent projecting were in complete solitude, but it never felt like I was really alone because I could just imagine Royal Robbins, Tom Frost, and Chuck Pratt, in the first ascent party, or Todd Skinner and Paul Piana on their free mission sharing the wall with me, or even imagine hearing John Salathé himself hammering away on some new visionary route across the Valley. To be able to add my own chapter this this rich history is a dream come true, so I made no effort to be concise in my telling of it. Check out my blog, link in bio, to read the whole thing: how I got here and why, what it was like, and what it all meant to me.
Yesterday I saw the completion of one of the most incredible experiences I've ever had in climbing and in life: free climbing the Salathe Wall on the southwest face of El Capitan as my first ever big wall in five days. It was a wild ride from start to finish, from my first time rapping in to work the headwall a month ago, to the final haul bag laden trudge down last night as the sun set over Yosemite Valley. I have much, much more to say about it in the days to come, but for now I am simply filled with gratitude to have had the privilige to climb such a historic and beautiful route, and for the support of everyone who helped make this dream a reality: @hwteuber @garetbleir @shanjean @maxbuschini (the photographer behind these images) and everyone who who believed in me and helped me believe in myself along the way.

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January 6, 2018January 26, 2019 by Brittany Goris

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