Alex Honnold free solos Half Dome from Hennie vJ on Vimeo.

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The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on John Muir, his first ascent of Cathedral Peak in 1869, and the recent exhibit in the Yosemite Museum called “Granite Frontiers: A Century of Yosemite Climbing.”

Muir was Yosemite’s first climbing bum — a rara avis then, but a species that is not at all endangered today. Witness the queue to get a tent site in the park’s Camp Four, where bedraggled climbers with duct tape holding their down jackets together mass early every morning hours before the ranger station opens. And those are the orderly ones, not the so-called dirtbags who sleep illegally in the bushes, ignoring the regulations and spending months at a time in the park pursuing their passion. It’s not uncommon, moreover, to find climbers lined up to scale popular routes such as Cathedral Peak, although most use a rope to protect themselves from falling off the summit — unlike Muir, who trusted all to his hands and feet and steady nerves.

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The Nose, which celebrates its 50 anniversary this year, is one of the world’s most famous rock climbs and was first ascended over a five week period by Warren Harding, Wayne Merry and George Whitmore. The first free ascent was carried out by none other than Lynn Hill in 1993 in what is hailed as one of the most significant free climbing achievements ever. The route had to wait a further 12 years for its first repeat, at the hands of the extremely talented American Tommy Caldwell.

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Results of the lead-climbing competition in China

Yosemite Museum at Yosemite National Park is featuring new exhibit dedicated to rock climbing

Bill to ban bisphenol-A (BPA) was introduced to Congress

Nau purchased and re-opend by Horny Toad

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The first video is of Rabbit Habit (V8) on the LeConte Cave boulder.

The second video is of King Cobra Sit (v9).

UPDATE: From Tim Medina at Betabase regarding King Cobra Sit: “I hit the record button a little late and that is why it looks like a low start.”

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