"East Buttress"; El Capitan, 2001.06.06

Route Scale: about 500 m in height / 13 pitches
Grade (difficulty): 5.10b
First Ascent: Allen Steck, Wiili Siri, Willi Unsoeld and Bill Long, June, 1953
First Free Ascent: Frank Sacherer and Wally Reed, August, 1964

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2001.06.06

Cathedral Rocks	East Buttress	3rd pitch (5.10b - 5.9)

5th pitch	Cathedral Rocks in the background	5.6 Arete

Nose	Southeast Face	Cathedral Rocks

6th pitch (5.7)	8th pitch (5.9)	8th pitch

9th pitch (5.9), Offwidth	11th pitch

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