Salathé Wall
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The Salathé Wall is one of the original big wall climbing routes up El Capitan, a 3,000-foot high granite monolith in Yosemite National Park. The Salathé Wall was named by Yvon Chouinard in honor of J
Southwest face of El Capitan from Yosemite Valley with the Salathé Wall route marked in red
Rock climber Chuck Pratt bivouacking during the first ascent of the Salathé Wall in September 1961.
The Nose (El Capitan)
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The Nose is a big wall climbing route up El Capitan. Once considered impossible to climb, El Capitan is now the standard for big wall climbing. It is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Cla
The Nose on El Capitan
Billy Westbay, Jim Bridwell, and John Long after the first one-day ascent of the Nose in 1975 that used aid climbing techniques (e.g., not full free climbing)
View down the face of El Capitan from the belay stance at the top of pitch 20 (also known as Camp IV). The vertical drop from this point to the valley floor is about 2,000 feet (610 m).
Great Roof as seen from the standard belay stance. With a climber at the end of the lens flare.