Jim Bridwell
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Jim Bridwell was an American rock climber and mountaineer, active from 1965 in Yosemite Valley, but later in Patagonia and Alaska. He was noted for pushing the standards of both aid climbing and big w
Bridwell in 2003
Billy Westbay, Jim Bridwell (center), and John Long after the first one-day ascent of the Nose in 1975
Jim Bridwell in Salt Lake City, circa 1990
Warren Harding (climber)
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Warren Harding was an American rock climber. He was the leader of the first team to climb El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, in 1958. Harding made many first ascents in Yosemite, some 28 in all, including T
Harding on the last pitch of the Dawn Wall, El Capitan. Yosemite Valley. 1970.
Harding's popular 'East Buttress' route on Middle Cathedral Rock goes up just right of the left skyline. The long 'North Buttress', also from 1954, goes up the long central buttress, just to the right of the area where the sun meets the shade.
Harding's 2800 foot 'Nose Route' of El Capitan ascends a line meandering for roughly 30 rope lengths in the vicinity of where the sun meets the shade, arguably the most famous rock climb in North America.
In this photograph, three different parties can be seen ascending the lower portion of the Nose route. Two are in the cracks, respectively' to the left and above the dead tree, and another party can be seen in the cracks in the upper right of the photo.