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Routes

 

All Routes (left to right)
The Prow VI 5.6 A2 or C3

FA:May 1969. Royal Robbins, Glen Denny
Ten Days After VI 5.7 A2

FA:January 1987. John Barbella, Eric Brand
Electric Ladyland VI 5.7 A4

FA:May 1975. Gib Lewis, Rick Accmazzo, Richard Harrison
Endangered Species VI 5.8 A4+

FA:Jan. 2002. Jon Blair, Mark Garbarini
Crosstown Traffic V 5.13a R

FA:May 2003. Alexander Huber, Ben Van de Klooster
Afroman VI 5.6 A3+

FA:August 1994. Jeff Hornibrook, Mark Carpenter
Horny-Johnson VI 5.7 A3+

FA:October 1988. Jeff Hornibrook, Troy Johnson
Astroman IV 5.10 C2 or 5.11c

FA:July 1959. Warren Harding, Glen Denny, Chuck Pratt

FFA: May 1975. John Bachar, Ron Kauk, John Long
Mideast Crisis VI 5.7 A2 or C3

FA:March 1983. Steve Bosque, Mike Corbett
Quantum Mechanic V 5.13a

FA:June 2002. Rob Miller, Jay Selvidge
Saddam Hussein VI 5.9 A4

FA:Sept. 1990. Eric Brand, Stewart Irving
Great Slab Route VI 5.7 A4

FA:May 1967. Layton Kor, Jim Madsen, Kim Schmitz
Tora Bora VI 5.9 A3+

FA:April 2002. Josh Thompson, Brian Kay
Bad Wall VI 5.8 A4

FA:1967. Jim Madsen, Kim Schmitz
Washington Column East Face
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Speed Records

The Prow

  • Partner: 03h:01min - Jason Smith, Cedar Wright - Jun 2000

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Erik Sloan is an Alaskan native, who lived and worked in Yosemite from 2002-2012, and has been bigwall climbing there since 1994. Erik has climbed El Cap over 80 times. He is the co-author of Supertopo’s Yosemite BigWalls 2nd edition, and the author of a community website for Wawona climbing: wawona.yosemitebigwall.com. Erik is currently working on a new, more comprehensive book project that will replace the now out-of-print Yosemite Climbs: BigWalls by George Meyers and Don Reid.