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\nBristol based climber\u00a0Hazel Findlay (22) has managed a free ascent of\u00a0Golden Gate \u2013 El Capitan, Yosemite, partnered by the Austrian Hansj\u00f6rg Auer, swinging leads on the 38 pitch big wall and climbing every pitch free (some on lead, some on second).
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\nThis was the first free female ascent of Golden Gate (the route was freed in 3 days in October 2000 by the German brothers Huber). In 2007 Martina Cufar tried the exploit with Sean Leary, but failed on two of the\u00a0most difficult pitches, The Move and The Downclimb \u00a0
\nThe \u00a0Huber\u00a0\u00a0evaluated the route \u00a05.13b (8a), now is considered grade 5.13a (7c +) and usually climbed in 38 pitches.
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\nFreeing El Cap is something most climbers want to do when they get to a certain level" writes Hazel on her report – "Everything about the wall, it\u2019s beauty, history, height and the hard nature of the climbing make freeing el cap the ultimate goal for a good climber. (..) . For a long time I didn\u2019t have a partner or a route in mind. I didn\u2019t really want to try Freerider, the usual first route for most climbers wanting to free El Cap, I had seen pictures of Golden Gate and for some reason I was drawn to that route.
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\nOn her blog the detailed report of the ascent.
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\nHazel redpointed sport climbing routes up to 8b, and onsight up to 7c On her curriculum, trad climbs up to E9, trad climbs onsight up to E6, multipitch onsight up to 5.12b
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\nSource and more infos: UKC\u00a0 Hazel Findlay\u00a0 HansJoerg Auer
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