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Yosemite Big Walls - 2nd Edition

Author:	Chris McNamara and Erik Sloan
Routes:	54 (click to see the complete route list)
Difficulty:	C1-A5
Pages:	208 pages
Edition:	2nd edition, May 2005

Yosemite Big Walls is the most current, detailed, and accurate guide to Yosemite's most classic walls such as El Cap and Half Dome. This 208 page full-color printed guidebook includes unprecedented route detail such as climbing strategy, retreat information, descent topos, pitch lengths, and gear recommendations for each pitch. In addition, Yosemite Big Walls include historical information garnered from interviews with first ascentionists that bring these spectacular big wall climbs to life. Yosemite Big Walls covers the 54 best big wall routes on El Capitan, Half Dome, and Washington Column all of which were personally climbed and documented by authors Chris McNamara and Erik Sloan.

Guidebook features:
Most accurate & detailed topos ever for these climbs First ascent history—much of which is previously unpublished 54 of the most classic routes from The Nose to Reticent Wall	Gear info for each pitch and 60m linking beta Detailed approach and descent maps Strategy and retreat recommendations

View the Table of Contents and Introduction

Read Our Reviews...

“Consider this book as essential as your headlamp.”
— Climbing Magazine

“Having climbed El Cap over 50 times (including a 75 pitch girdle traverse!) Chris has obviously had time to gather a great deal of valuable knowledge about these walls along the way, as well as a deep understanding of the nature of big walling itself.”
               — High Magazine

“Climber Online strongly recommends that any aspiring Yosemite wall climber should purchase this book. Even if you're just slightly interested in wall climbing, this should be the book to own. We're looking forward to the next releases of the SuperTopo collection.”
               — ClimberOnline, read more...

“This book is the definitive source for Valley wall climbing and I loved reading the first ascent stories - some of which had never been told in writing before.”
               — Amazon customer review, read more...

“For the wall rat and the earthbound alike, this guide delves into much more than a pitch-by-pitch chronicle of climbs by taking the readers deep into the rich history of first ascents executed by some the world's most remarkable climbing heroes... Expect the utmost accuracy, detail, and honesty in this climbing guide book.”
               — Elevation Magazine

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Take a look at our SuperTopo for El Capitan's, Muir Wall (PDF 3.3MB) on this web site—free for you to download.

Complete list of included routes:
Click on any column header to sort the list: Ascending Descending


Lost Arrow Spire	Lost Arrow Chimney	10	5.10
El Capitan	West Face	15	5.11c
Half Dome	Regular Northwest Face	23	5.12 or 5.9 C1
Lost Arrow Spire	Lost Arrow Spire Tip	2	5.12b or 5.7 C2
El Capitan	Free Rider	35	5.12D
El Capitan	Salathe Wall	35	5.13b or 5.9 C2
El Capitan	The Nose	31	5.14a or 5.9 C2
El Capitan	Tangerine Trip	18	A2 5.8
El Capitan	North America Wall	27	A2 5.8
El Capitan	Zodiac	16	A2 5.7
El Capitan	Muir Wall	33	A2 5.9
Washington Column	Mideast Crisis	13	A2 5.7
El Capitan	Aquarian Wall	20	A3 5.7
El Capitan	Never Never Land	20	A3 5.7
El Capitan	West Buttress	20	A3 5.9 or 5.13c
Ribbon Fall Wall	Reason Beyond Insanity	12	A3+ 5.7
El Capitan	Horse Chute	20	A3 5.7
El Capitan	The Shield	30	A3 5.8
El Capitan	Wall of Early Morning Light	27	A3 5.8
Washington Column	Re-animator	11	A3 5.8
Washington Column	Ten Day's After	13	A3 5.8
El Capitan	Magic Mushroom	31	A3 5.7
El Capitan	Pacific Ocean Wall	27	A3 5.9
El Capitan	New Dawn	28	A3 5.8
El Capitan	Mescalito	26	A3 5.8
El Capitan	Flight of the Albatross	21	A3 5.8
Leaning Tower	Roulette	8	A3 5.6
Half Dome	Tis-sa-ack	22	A3 5.9
El Capitan	Son of Heart	29	A3+ 5.8
Leaning Tower	Wet Denim Daydream	10	A3 5.6
El Capitan	Dihedral Wall	26	A3 5.8
El Capitan	Eagles Way	19	A3 5.8
El Capitan	Excalibur	28	A3 5.8
Yosemite Falls Wall	Aqua Vulva AKA Route 666	10	A4 5.10
Half Dome	Kali Yuga	17	A4 5.10
Half Dome	The White Room	19	A4 5.10
Half Dome	Zenith	21	A4 5.8
El Capitan	Atlantic Ocean Wall	25	A4 5.9
El Capitan	Sea of Dreams	27	A4 5.9
Leaning Tower	Jesus Built My Hotrod	9	A4 5.7
El Capitan	Wyoming Sheep Ranch	23	A4 5.8
El Capitan	South Seas	24	A4 5.8
El Capitan	Verano Magico	32	A4 5.10
El Capitan	Mediterraneo	25	A4 5.11
El Capitan	Heartland	17	A4 5.10
El Capitan	Tribal Rite	29	A4 5.5
El Capitan	Iron Hawk	26	A4 5.10
El Capitan	Lost in America	16	A4 5.10
El Capitan	Native Son	17	A4 5.9
El Capitan	The Cosmos	24	A4 5.7
El Capitan	Lunar Eclipse	18	A4 5.7
El Capitan	Shortest Straw	16	A4 5.7
El Capitan	Zenyatta Mondatta	16	A4 5.7
El Capitan	Scorched Earth	15	A4 5.11
El Capitan	Reticent Wall	21	A5 5.7
Washington Column	South Face	10	C1 5.8
Lost Arrow Spire	Lost Arrow Spire Direct	16	C2 5.8
Liberty Cap	Southwest Face	11	C2 5.8
Ribbon Fall Wall	Gold Wall	10	C2 5.9
Washington Column	Skull Queen	13	C2 5.8
El Capitan	Triple Direct	30	C2 5.8
Mt. Watkins	South Face	19	C2 5.8
Washington Column	South Central	12	C2 5.9
Washington Column	Prow	12	C2F 5.6
El Capitan	Lurking Fear	19	C2F 5.7
Leaning Tower	West Face	11	C2F 5.7

			View the complete list of every Yosemite big wall route ever climbed
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