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Freerider
The Salathé Wall, which is followed by Freerider with minor variations
Johnmand/Scratch is located in California
Johnmand/Scratch
Location within California
LocationYosemite National Park, California
Coordinates37°44′N 119°38′W / 37.73°N 119.63°W / 37.73; -119.63
Climbing areaEl Capitan, Yosemite Valley
Route typeTrad, Big Wall
Rock typeGranite
Vertical gain3,300 feet (1,000 m)
Pitches31-35
5.13a (7c+)
First ascentAlex and Thomas Huber
Alex and Thomas Huber
Known forFree Solo

Freerider (also Free Rider) is a 3,300-foot (1,000 m) big wall route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Originally climbed as an easier variation of the Salathé Wall, the route was established in 1995 and saw its first free ascent in 1998 by Thomas and Alexander Huber.[1] Freerider is considered the easiest "true" free route on El Capitan, making it a popular choice for first-time big wall climbers, speed records, and notable first ascents.[2] In present day, Freerider is arguably most well-known from the Academy Award-winning documentary Free Solo, which documents the first ever free solo of El Capitan by American climber Alex Honnold.

History

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Route

Generally considered the easiest "true" free route on el cap [2]

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Freeblast Slab

The Freeblast Slab, or Freeblast, comprises the first 8 to 11 pitches of Freerider and the Salathé Wall and is often considered a classic standalone Yosemite climb. Most pitches are rated between 5.10 and 5.11 and require difficult friction climbing on extremely small, often slippery holds.

Monster Offwidth

The Monster Offwidth is a roughly 200-foot (61 m) long offwidth crack that deviates near pitch 19 of the original Salathé Wall route.

Teflon Corner

The Teflon Corner is an insecure, notoriously smooth dihedral pitch that is given a rating of 5.12d. Roughly correspods with pitch 25[3]

Enduro Corner

The Enduro Corner is a two-pitch dihedral section of the route corresponding with pitches 29 and 30.

Boulder Problem

The Boulder Problem is the name given to a difficult 17-move section of pitch 22 that corresponds in difficulty to a V7 boulder problem.[4] The difficulty of this section was heavily featured in the documentary Free Solo in the context of Alex Honnold's choice to climb this section instead of the Enduro Corner during his free solo of El Capitan.

Records and Notable Ascents

  • "Flashed" in team redpoint style by Mark Anderson and Mike something. They had already climbed salathe wall, which has significant overlap, and they alternated leading instead of both climbers leading every pitch which was accepted at the time (May 2004). [5]
  • Pete Whittaker arguably flashed it in 2014, but not technically. [6]
  • November 2016, Pete also became the first person to rope-solo el cap in under 24 hours, breaking the previous record of four days. Did this via freerider [7][8]
  • First female free ascent in 2004 by steph davis [9]
  • Barbara "Babsi" Zangerl becomes first person to flash the el capitan on freerider [10]
  • Free solo'd by Alex honnold in 2017 [11]

Filmography

The route is heavily featured in Free Solo

See Also

References

  1. ^ "Freerider". Mountain Project. Retrieved August 6, 2026. Cite error: A list-defined reference named "mtn-project" is not used in the content (see the help page).
  2. ^ "El Capitan Freerider: Alexander Huber Yosemite masterpiece celebrates 20th anniversary". Planet Mountain. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  3. ^ a b "5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Climbing El Capitan". Climbing Magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  4. ^ "Free Rider El Capitan Trip Report and Beta". New Zealand Alpine Team. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  5. ^ "Alex Honnold Completes First Free Solo of El Capitan". Climbing Magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  6. ^ "Flashback Series #4: Freerider – The Forgotten First Flash of El Cap". The Rock Climber's Training Manual. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  7. ^ "Freerider flashed by Pete Whittaker". UK Climbing. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  8. ^ "Pete Whittaker on his Rope Solo of El Cap". UK Climbing. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  9. ^ "Pete Whittaker rope solos El Cap's Freerider all free in a day". Alpinist. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  10. ^ "FREE RIDER, FIRST FEMALE FREE ASCENT". Alpinist. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  11. ^ "Babsi Zangerl Becomes First Person to Flash El Capitan". Climbing Magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  12. ^ "Freerider: Free solo on El Capitan". The American Alpine Club. Retrieved August 6, 2026.

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