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All Locations > California > Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Valley N Side > B. El Capitan > 2. Southwest Face > Triple Direct (5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C2)
Triple Direct <br> The Beautiful Silverfish corner on the Muir pitches and the start of the traversing bolt ladder heading to Quo Vadis or Crossroads
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Jack Parsons leading the traverse pitch. There was no fixed gear so he used a mix of tension traversing and free climbing
Jack Parsons cleaning the Great Roof
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Hovhannes 'Johnny' Karagozian
Jun 9, 2025
“Triple Direct
The Beautiful Silverfish corner on the Muir pitches and the start of the traversing bolt ladder heading to Quo Vadis or Crossroads”  

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