Sidebar

10 Year Old Girl Scales El Capitan

CajunCrimson

CajunCrimson

Moderator (FB,BB) and Vinyl Enthusiast
Staff member
Mar 13, 2001
26,776
21,559
337
Breaux Bridge, La
There is a reason we don't let minors do dangerous things..... drink, drive, vote (lol).....scale huge mountains.

If she had died in the process, then what? Does Dad go to jail?

At what point does child endangerment kick in?
 
92tide

92tide

TideFans Legend
May 9, 2000
58,262
45,053
287
54
East Point, Ga, USA
Go Bama said:

No way I'd ask my daughter to do this.

https://kdvr.com/2019/06/18/10-year-old-girl-from-glenwood-springs-conquers-yosemites-el-capitan/
Click to expand...
staying on the route for a few days is pretty intense, but the climbing technique they are using is very safe with little, if no, chance of a fall (it would require multiple simultaneous equipment failures). this is an amazing accomplishment for this young lady.

Aided by her father and a family friend, the trio spent five days in Yosemite Valley using a rope climbing technique known as jumaring to tackle a famously steep route known as the Nose.
Click to expand...
What Is…..Jumaring

AID CLIMBING: 6. JUMARING BASICS
 
Go Bama

Go Bama

Hall of Fame
Dec 6, 2009
13,817
14,168
187
16outa17essee
92tide said:
staying on the route for a few days is pretty intense, but the climbing technique they are using is very safe with little, if no, chance of a fall (it would require multiple simultaneous equipment failures). this is an amazing accomplishment for this young lady.



What Is…..Jumaring

AID CLIMBING: 6. JUMARING BASICS
Click to expand...
Wow! How cool is that? I know nothing about climbing and have never heard of jumaring, but that looks like something even I could try. Thanks.

I still wouldn’t ask my daughter to climb El Capitan.
 
92tide

92tide

TideFans Legend
May 9, 2000
58,262
45,053
287
54
East Point, Ga, USA
Go Bama said:
Wow! How cool is that? I know nothing about climbing and have never heard of jumaring, but that looks like something even I could try. Thanks.

I still wouldn’t ask my daughter to climb El Capitan.
Click to expand...
if you watched "free solo" or have ever seen any other climbing footage, it is very likely that is how the camera folk got up there. also, some big wall climbers will also use this technique to get through certain sections of various routes. when they were putting up the first routes on el cap (and other routes) they did a lot of aid climbing to get supplies up and down. the first ascent took 47 days.

The Nose was climbed in 1958 by Warren Harding,[8] Wayne Merry and George Whitmore in 47 days using "siege" tactics: climbing in an expedition style using fixed ropes along the length of the route, linking established camps along the way. The fixed manila ropes allowed the climbers to ascend and descend from the ground up throughout the 18-month project, although they presented unique levels of danger as well, sometimes breaking due to the long exposure to cold temperatures.[9] The climbing team relied heavily on aid climbing, using rope, pitons and expansion bolts to make it to the summit. The second ascent of The Nose was in 1960 by Royal Robbins, Joe Fitschen, Chuck Pratt and Tom Frost, who took seven days in the first continuous climb of the route without siege tactics.[8] The first solo climb of The Nose was done by Tom Bauman in 1969.[10] The first ascent of The Nose in one day was accomplished in 1975 by John Long, Jim Bridwell and Billy Westbay. Today, The Nose typically takes fit climbers 4–5 full days of climbing.
Click to expand...
i wouldn't ask my daughter to do this because there is no way in hell i would do it. i am terrified of heights. :D

although, i have to say this would be an interesting campsite

 
Last edited:
TIDE-HSV

TIDE-HSV

Senior Administrator
Staff member
Oct 13, 1999
84,606
39,820
437
Huntsville, AL,USA
92tide said:
if you watched "free solo" or have ever seen any other climbing footage, it is very likely that is how the camera folk got up there. also, some big wall climbers will also use this technique to get through certain sections of various routes. when they were putting up the first routes on el cap (and other routes) they did a lot of aid climbing to get supplies up and down. the first ascent took 47 days.



i wouldn't ask my daughter to do this because there is no way in hell i would do it. i am terrified of heights. :D

although, i have to say this would be an interesting campsite

Click to expand...
I've always wondered how they got rid of human waste. I know I wouldn't stand around under one of those "camp sites"...
 
Go Bama

Go Bama

Hall of Fame
Dec 6, 2009
13,817
14,168
187
16outa17essee
TIDE-HSV said:
I've always wondered how they got rid of human waste. I know I wouldn't stand around under one of those "camp sites"...
Click to expand...
That’s funny because my staff and I were having this exact discussion when you posted. My assistant decided you just hang your butt out of the tent and let her fly.:biggrin: So no, you don’t want to be on the ground looking up.
 
92tide

92tide

TideFans Legend
May 9, 2000
58,262
45,053
287
54
East Point, Ga, USA
TIDE-HSV said:
I've always wondered how they got rid of human waste. I know I wouldn't stand around under one of those "camp sites"...
Click to expand...
i don't see it in the picture, but they have poop tubes they carry up with them.

here is a quick how to video for making one. i won't post the how to video for using one ;)

 
TIDE-HSV

TIDE-HSV

Senior Administrator
Staff member
Oct 13, 1999
84,606
39,820
437
Huntsville, AL,USA
There's still the issue of disposal at the end. I would hate to handle the issue with my ten year old daughter, but that's just me. I was taking my daughters backpacking at that age, but I was just instructing, providing TP and directing them to the appropriate part of the woods...
 
92tide

92tide

TideFans Legend
May 9, 2000
58,262
45,053
287
54
East Point, Ga, USA
TIDE-HSV said:
There's still the issue of disposal at the end. I would hate to handle the issue with my ten year old daughter, but that's just me. I was taking my daughters backpacking at that age, but I was just instructing, providing TP and directing them to the appropriate part of the woods...
Click to expand...
big wall climbers are a weird bunch, i'm sure most of them have no issues at all.

did ya'll have to carry out everything on the grand canyon trips?
 
TIDE-HSV

TIDE-HSV

Senior Administrator
Staff member
Oct 13, 1999
84,606
39,820
437
Huntsville, AL,USA
92tide said:
big wall climbers are a weird bunch, i'm sure most of them have no issues at all.

did ya'll have to carry out everything on the grand canyon trips?
Click to expand...
Yes, and there was a bunch of us - around 35, in all. They'd put up a tarp around an area, put down a rocket box with a toilet seat on it and we'd line up. That was the only chance of the day...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

New Posts

Latest threads

TideFans.shop - NEW Stuff!

TideFans.shop - Get YOUR Bama Gear HERE!”></a> <br /> <!--/ END TideFans.shop & item link \--> <p style= Purchases made through our TideFans.shop and Amazon.com links may result in a commission being paid to TideFans.

Top Bottom