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Grade Route Gear style Popularity Crag
Unknown year
5.9 Fifteen Seconds of Fame

Pro to 4".

FA: unknown

FFA: Clint Cummins, 1988

Mixed trad 2, 1 Yosemite National Park
A1 Dihedral Wall Base
Aid Yosemite National Park
5.10c Salathé Base

P1 and P2 only of the Salathé Wall. Pro to 4".

Trad 69m, 2 Yosemite National Park
5.9 Pine Stein

Climb directly after Pine Line leading to the base of the Nose. 3 bolts with great placement for trad gear. Lay back crack climb.

Mixed trad 11m, 3 Yosemite National Park
1958
5.10d The Slack, Center

Pro to 6". P2 and P3 often linked.

FA: Charlie Raymond & Wally Reed, 1958

FFA: Pat Ament & Larry Dalke, 1967

Trad 120m, 4 Yosemite National Park
1962
5.8 Little John, Right

Pro to 3".

FFA: Jack Turner & Royal Robbins, 1962

Trad 79m, 3 Yosemite National Park
5.9 La Cosita, Left Variation

Offwidth/lieback/chimney variation up the large flake on the left.

FFA: Bob Kamps, Galen Rowell, Dan Doody & Wally Upton, 1962

Trad 18m Yosemite National Park
5.11b La Escuela

Pro to 2.5".

FA: Yvon Chouinard & TM Herbert, 1962

FFA: Steve Wuncsh & Mark Chapman, 1973

Trad 67m, 3 Yosemite National Park
5.8 La Cosita, Left

Pro to 4". Stem, jam, chimney, and mantel your way up this surprisingly steep pitch.

FFA: Bob Kamps, Galen Rowell, Dan Doody & Wally Upton, 1962

Trad 18m Yosemite National Park
5.8 Little John, Left

Pro to 4".

FFA: Dan Doody, Bob Kamps, Galen Rowell & Wally Upton, 1962

Trad 24m Yosemite National Park
1963
5.10b Reed's Leads

Pro to 2". Bolted top anchor. Two rope rappel.

FFA: Wally Reed & Mike Borghoff, 1963

Trad 46m, 2 Yosemite National Park
5.11b Pterodactyl Terrace, Right

Pro to 2". Bolted top anchor.

FA: Glen Denny & Eric Beck, 1963

FFA: Vern Clevenger, 1975

Trad 34m Yosemite National Park
5.10a Pterodactyl Terrace, Left

Pro to 2.5". Bolted top anchor. Two rope rappel.

FA: Jim Sims & Steve Roper, 1963

FFA: Chris Fredericks & Frank Sacherer, 1965

Trad 46m Yosemite National Park
5.10a Moby Dick, Center

Difficult fingers at the start leading to a sustained wide section. Beautiful climbing.

Pro to 4.5", 2 ea. 4".

FFA: Franch Sacherer & Steve Roper, 1963

FA: Herb Swedlund & Penny Carr, 1963

Trad 58m, 2 Yosemite National Park
5.10a Moby Dick, Center

Difficult fingers at the start leading to a sustained wide section. Beautiful climbing.

Pro to 4.5", 2 ea. 4".

FFA: Franch Sacherer & Steve Roper, 1963

FA: Herb Swedlund & Penny Carr, 1963

Trad 58m, 2 Yosemite National Park
5.9 La Cosita, Right

Pro to 2".

FA: TM Herbert & Steve Roper, 1963

Trad 27m Yosemite National Park
5.9 Moby Dick, Left

Pro 2 ea. to 4".

FFA: Bob Kamps & Frank Sacherer, 1963

Trad 49m, 2 Yosemite National Park
1964
5.10a Sacherer Cracker

Fabulous steep jam crack from narrow hand to offwidth. Pro to 6" with doubles to 3". Two rope rappel.

FFA: Frank Sacherer & Mike Sherrick, 1964

Trad 46m Yosemite National Park
5.10b Ahab

Pro to 6".

FA: Frank Sacherer & Jim Bridwell, 1964

Trad 47m Yosemite National Park
1965
5.10a Pterodactyl Terrace, Left

Pro to 2.5". Bolted top anchor. Two rope rappel.

FA: Jim Sims & Steve Roper, 1963

FFA: Chris Fredericks & Frank Sacherer, 1965

Trad 46m Yosemite National Park
5.10b The Slack, Left

Pro to 6", 2 ea. 2"-5".

FA: Chuck Pratt & Royal Robbins, 1965

FFA: Pat Ament & Larry Dalke, 1967

Trad 110m, 3 Yosemite National Park
1966
5.7 Pine Line

Pro to 2".

FFA: Jeff Schaffer & Greg Schaffer, 1966

Trad 21m Yosemite National Park
1967
5.10b The Slack, Left

Pro to 6", 2 ea. 2"-5".

FA: Chuck Pratt & Royal Robbins, 1965

FFA: Pat Ament & Larry Dalke, 1967

Trad 110m, 3 Yosemite National Park
5.10d The Slack, Center

Pro to 6". P2 and P3 often linked.

FA: Charlie Raymond & Wally Reed, 1958

FFA: Pat Ament & Larry Dalke, 1967

Trad 120m, 4 Yosemite National Park
1969
A4 La Escuela Direct

FA: Eric Beck & Steve Williams, 1969

Aid Yosemite National Park
1971
5.11a Seedy Leads

Pro to 1". Bolted top anchor. Two rope rappel.

FA: Mark Chapman & Rick Sylvester, 1971

FFA: Clint Cummins & John Lockhart, 1988

Mixed trad 46m, 3 Yosemite National Park
1972
5.10d Hardly Pinnacle

Starts atop 'Little John, Left'[20691043]. Pro to 1.5". This route can be top-roped by ascending the Heart Ledges fixed lines and swinging over to the bolted top anchor.

FFA: Dale Bard & et al., 1972

Trad 24m Yosemite National Park
1973
5.11b La Escuela

Pro to 2.5".

FA: Yvon Chouinard & TM Herbert, 1962

FFA: Steve Wuncsh & Mark Chapman, 1973

Trad 67m, 3 Yosemite National Park
1974
5.10d The Mark of Art

Pro to 3", 2-3 ea. 0.75"-1.5".

FFA: Mark Chapman & Art Higbee, 1974

Trad 55m Yosemite National Park
5.11b Short But Thin

Small pro. Usually top-roped by climbing the first 40ft of Sacherer Cracker to the bolts.

FFA: Tobin Sorenson & John Bachar, 1974

Trad 12m Yosemite National Park
1975
5.11b Pterodactyl Terrace, Right

Pro to 2". Bolted top anchor.

FA: Glen Denny & Eric Beck, 1963

FFA: Vern Clevenger, 1975

Trad 34m Yosemite National Park
1985
5.10b Sunday Driver

FFA: Ken Ariza, Mark Carpenter & Dimitri Barton, 1985

Trad Yosemite National Park
1988
5.11d Masquerade

FFA: Charles Cole & Rusty Reno, 1988

Sport 61m, 2 Yosemite National Park
5.10c La Arista

Start on La Cosita right, then move up the bolted arête to the shared chain top anchor. Pro to 2".

FFA: Chris Craig & Mike Creel, 1988

Mixed trad 27m, 2 Yosemite National Park
5.11a Seedy Leads

Pro to 1". Bolted top anchor. Two rope rappel.

FA: Mark Chapman & Rick Sylvester, 1971

FFA: Clint Cummins & John Lockhart, 1988

Mixed trad 46m, 3 Yosemite National Park
5.9 Fifteen Seconds of Fame

Pro to 4".

FA: unknown

FFA: Clint Cummins, 1988

Mixed trad 2, 1 Yosemite National Park
5.11a Thread of Life

Face climbing left of the P1 of Salathé Wall. Pro to 2". Two rope rappel.

FFA: Clint Cummins & Dan Nguyen, 1988

Mixed trad 4 Yosemite National Park
1989
5.10a Dust in the Wind

FFA: Joel Ager & Clint Cummins, 1989

Unknown Yosemite National Park
1991
5.11a Sparkling Give-away

Pro to 3.5". Traverse right along the horizontal crack (and a piton), then mantel your way up the bolted blunt arête.

FFA: Pete Takeda & Eric Kohl, 1991

Mixed trad 18m, 2 Yosemite National Park
2010
5.10a Mr. Dash

Alternate P3 finish for La Escuela named after the late Micah Dash. Pro to 3" with extra 2" cams.

FFA: James Selvidge & Melissa Michelitsch, 2010

Trad 18m Yosemite National Park

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