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8-Year-Old Boy Sets Out to Become Youngest Ever to Scale Yosemite’s El Capitan, CA

8 year old boy attempting to climb El Capitan in Yosemite

This week, a father and son duo initiated an attempt to climb El Capitan at Yosemite National Park in California. The feat would make the 8-year-old boy the youngest person ever to climb the world-renowned peak. Rising more than 3,000 feet above the valley floor, you don’t have to be a climber to comprehend that El Capitan is a challenging […]

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Nick DeRiso | October 27, 2022
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9-Year-Old Girl Becomes Youngest Person to Climb El Capitan, Yosemite, CA

In mid-September, Pearl Johnson, age 9, climbed the Triple Direct route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, earning her the title as the youngest person to climb the 3,000-foot granite wall. Pearl originally wanted to climb The Nose, but it was crowded, so they switched to the much less-preferred but equally extended Triple Direct route, which parallels the Nose just before joining […]

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CragBrains | October 30, 2019
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