El Capitan, New Route. This year Rick Sylvester and Claud Wreford-Brown made a new route between the Heart Direct and the John Muir Route, using part of the lower Muir and going up the right side of the Heart (the Kroger-Davis route goes up the left side). After fixing the first five pitches, they climbed to the top in 9 days. They encountered very difficult free climbing and “a lot of A4”. NCCS VI.

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