More To Give, The First Solo-Free Single-Day Ascent of El Capitan by Pete Whittaker
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Walking up to the base of Freerider, I felt rested, light, but increasingly nervous. Two years ago, I’d never climbed a single big wall. Seven months ago, I’d never rope soloed a single pitch of climbing. I’d still never soloed a big wall in any way, shape, or form: aid, free, French free. Yet here…
Pete Whittaker on his solo of Freerider on El Capitan, in a day!
Pete Whittaker documents his 2016 solo of El Capitan the first climber to “solo-free” the wall in a day. In this piece for The Zine he recounts the process.
The Climbing Zine (climbingzine.com)
