Who Is Little John Named After At The Base Of El Cap?

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Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 17, 2009 - 02:20pm PT

I know the answer here but am curious as hell if anybody else does.

handsome B

Gym climber

SL,UT

Mar 17, 2009 - 03:09pm PT

Anastasia

climber

Not here

Mar 17, 2009 - 04:15pm PT

John Salathe

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 17, 2009 - 04:28pm PT

Dang!!!!
Only six posts! Or less.....

Tom Frost and Harry Daley made the first ascent of the formation via the incipient A-4 Center Route in 1961. As they cast about for a name, they looked up at rest of the then named Salathe Wall (the entire southwest face not the as yet undone route!) and decided that theirs was the little Salathe Wall and arrived at Little John. The far more obvious left and rightside routes were done the following year.

Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 17, 2009 - 05:02pm PT

That was all it took for Bill Feurer in the back of Dolt Hole!

'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber

like Ontario, Canada, eh?

Mar 17, 2009 - 10:07pm PT

Wow - what a surprise. Here I thought all along it was an abbreviation of Little [Howard] John[son's], as it makes such a superb Advanced Base Camp.

Dirka

Trad climber

Mar 18, 2009 - 12:46am PT

Lil John right, (I believe I have this right) has one hell of a slick first pitch. I took solid whip onto a stonker #12 nut. Climbed right back up and took the same damn fall again. My belayer dice-k 's eyes were like dinner plates. Went back up for the send. Slllllliiiiiiiccccckkkkkkk, hot valley summer.

Good route.

Mighty Hiker

Social climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Mar 18, 2009 - 12:53am PT

Working from Warbler's and others comments, perhaps the YCA should build a solar-powered outhouse at the base of El Cap, and name it "Little John".

bhilden

Trad climber

Mountain View, CA

Mar 18, 2009 - 04:16am PT

I remember back in the fall of 1980 trying to free Little John Center. OK, we were doing it on TR as there wasn't much pro up high and it was pretty hard, too hard as it turned out. The current Reid guidebook says it doesn't go free, yet. Has anybody out there given it a go?

Bruce