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Freerider

Name: Freerider
Rating: 3.8

5.13a YDS 7c+ French 29 Ewbanks IX+ UIAA 29 ZA E6 6c British PG13

Routes in 2. Southwest Face

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	Aquarian Wall T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b C2+
	Controlled Burn T A4
	Dihedral Wall T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c A2
	Flight of the Albatross T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b A4
	Freeblast T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c
	Freerider T 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c PG13
	Golden Gate T 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Grape Race T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a A2+
	Heart Route (Free) T 5.13b 8a 29 IX+ 30 E7 6c V10 7C+
	Jolly Rodger T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b A4+ R
	Lurking Fear T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b C2
	Magic Mushroom T 5.14a 8b+ 32 X+ 32 E8 7a A3
	Mirage T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a A4
	Mr. Midwest T 5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c PG13
	Muir Wall T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b C3-
	Never Never Land 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a A3
	Nose, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C2
	Quo Vadis T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a A4+
	Ready to Go T A0+ X
	Salathe Wall T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C2
	Shield, The T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c A3 PG13
	Squeeze Play 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a A3
	Sunkist T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c A3+
	Triple Direct T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a C2
	West Buttress T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a A3
	West Face T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Wings of Steel T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b A3+ R

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Type:	Trad, 3300 ft (1000 m), 30 pitches, Grade VI
FA:	Thomas and Alexander Huber, 1998
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Shared By:	Past User on Sep 23, 2008 · Updates
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Description

Freerider is the Astroman of the new millennium. This route is climbing at its finest. The route follows complex crack systems up the southwest face of El Capitan. Essentially it is the Salathe wall with a few variations used (pioneered by Alex Huber) to avoid the numerous 5.13 crux pitches first freed by Paul Piana and Todd Skinner in the mid 80's.

Location

The first 10 pitches of this route are often independently completed as a separate route and is known as Freeblast-5.11. A good description of Freeblast already exists on this site.

Protection

One set micronuts and nuts. One purple metolius, doubles from blue metolius to #3 camalot (with 3 orange metolius/.5 BD), one #4 camalot, one #5 camalot, one #6 camalot, and one #6 friend. 23 alpine style draws.