Ascents of Triple Direct (Salathe/Muir/Nose)

My first route up the big stone! 4 days up wall plus fix and haul. I had heaps of fun getting super scare with good mates defiantly so keen for other routes on the wall!. Cruxes of the route were the 5.7 no gear pitch! and just managing the logistics with the bags.

Pitch numbers per Sloan Topo 2019 Loose seige tactics - freeblast (blocks per SG/RS) Separate prehaul and fix day up lines to mammoth (fixed lines ok..ish)

P11 - RS P12 - DD P13 - DD P14 - SG Bivy Gray Ledges (good) P15 - SG P16, 17 - DD (shortfix) P18 - SG (no pro - tension into ~5.6 climbing to crossroads.) P19 - SG Bivy Camp IV (v. average, recommend crossroads bivy+fix) some traffic delays P20 - RS P21, P22, P23 DD (shortfix) Bivy Camp V (ledge + hammock) P24 - fixed by SG P 25, 26 pitched DD (traffic) P27, P28, P29-30 - RS (Skipped 1.5" piece)

Topout ~3-4pm with same day descent east ledges (fourth rap rope moderate coreshot)

Aid; Made it up 5 pitches before weather rolled in.

My ninth El Cap route. El cap off the couch! I hadn't aided for 2 years and I hadn't hauled for 5!! I managed to lead all but 2 pitches and haul the whole thing. Teresa did really well although she thought i was trying to poison her with Bagels (this can't really be food can it?) I freed a lot up to 5.10 which was really fun, especially all of thepiches on the nose!! What an amazing route. 3 nights (with Teresa)