Salathé Wall on El Capitan

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big wall rock climbing route traditional climbing route

Salathé Wall on El Capitan is a historic and demanding big-wall rock climbing route in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its sustained difficulty and classic status in traditional climbing.

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Label Occurrences
Salathé Wall climbing route 1
Salathé Wall on El Capitan canonical 1
Salathé Wall, El Capitan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf big wall rock climbing route ⓘ
traditional climbing route ⓘ
aidClimbingGrade around VI 5.9 A2 (historical rating) ⓘ
bestSeason fall ⓘ
spring ⓘ
cliffFace El Capitan southwest face ⓘ
commitmentLevel very committing ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
difficulty sustained ⓘ
ethic clean climbing emphasized on free ascents ⓘ
exposure high ⓘ
firstAscentBy Chuck Pratt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAscentDate 1961 ⓘ
freeClimbingGrade around 5.13b (Yosemite Decimal System) ⓘ
hazard exposure to weather ⓘ
long, difficult retreat ⓘ
rockfall potential ⓘ
length approximately 900 meters ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Yosemite National Park ⓘ
Yosemite Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn El Capitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter John Salathé NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature El Cap Spire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hollow Flake NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Ear NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Headwall ⓘ
The Roof ⓘ
numberOfPitches about 35 pitches ⓘ
parkManagingAuthority U.S. National Park Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf El Capitan climbing routes ⓘ
protection traditional gear ⓘ
reputation classic Yosemite big wall ⓘ
historic route ⓘ
testpiece for traditional climbers ⓘ
requires advanced big wall skills ⓘ
multiple days to complete for most parties ⓘ
rockType granite ⓘ
routeType big wall ⓘ
multi-pitch ⓘ
significance milestone in big wall climbing development ⓘ
one of the earliest major routes on El Capitan ⓘ
style aid climbing (original ascent) ⓘ
free climbing (modern ascents) ⓘ
traditional climbing ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Robbins → madeFirstAscentOf → Salathé Wall on El Capitan ⓘ
Paul Piana → notableAscent → Salathé Wall on El Capitan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salathé Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite
Chuck Pratt → notableAscent → Salathé Wall on El Capitan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salathé Wall, El Capitan
The Ear → featureOf → Salathé Wall on El Capitan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salathé Wall climbing route