El Capitan
Other trips/climbs to/at Yosemite:
Yosemite 2005 • Yosemite/Tuolumne 2007 • Yosemite 2015 • Yosemite 2016 • Yosemite 2017: The Nose (in 3 days) • Yosemite 2017 • Yosemite 2018 • Yosemite 2022: NIAD • Yosemite 2024: Public Sanitation Wall • Yosemite 2024: Fifi Buttress • Yosemite 2024: Rostrum • Yosemite 2024: Jericho Wall Free • Yosemite 2024: Liberty Cap Scarface • Yosemite 2024: Chapel Wall • Yosemite 2024: Moratorium • Yosemite 2024: Freeblast • Yosemite 2024: Central Pillar of Frenzy • Yosemite 2024: Gates of Delirium
Category: CaliforniaSummit Elev: 7,569 ftRock Type: Granite
Date: June 13-16, 2017 (Tue-Fri)Trip Report #: 248Partner: John Plotz
Date: June 13-16, 2017 (Tue-Fri)Trip Report #: 248Partner: John Plotz
Route: The Nose in 3 days (Trad&Aid, 28 pitches, 2900', Grade VI, 5.9 C2 or 5.14a, & lots of stamina)
Route: The Nose in 3 days (Trad&Aid, 28 pitches, 2900', Grade VI, 5.9 C2 or 5.14a, & lots of stamina)
A world class climb up the nose of El Capitan.
In October 2022, I climbed the Nose again, this time in a single day. Click here to see my 2022 trip report for NIAD.
Route Overlay
Route Overlay
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With our times.
Time Stats
Time Stats
The times in the following table were collected from my photos I took en route. For all 28 pitches on the route, I always snapped a photo right as John started up the pitch. This is the "Start Time" of the pitch.
Trip report
Trip report
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Free climbing history of the nose
Free climbing history of the nose
A poster detailing this history of free climbing on the Nose, created by Galen Rhys von Wodtke as a college cartography project on Lynn Hill's 1994 ascent of The Nose. Click the image to enlarge.
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