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Congress Honors First Ascenders
Monday, October 6th, 2008The U.S. House of Representatives has recognized the first three men to climb one of Yosemite National Park’s great monoliths, El Capitan.
The House resolution, passed last week, honors rock climbers Wayne Merry, George Whitmore and Warren J. Harding who first climbed El Capitan’s “Nose Route” in 1958. It took the pioneer mountaineers 47 days to climb the 3,000 ft. granite monolith. Since, scores of climbers have ascended El Capitan, many in a few days or less.
A commemoration of the accomplishment is planned in Yosemite Valley on Nov. 8, the day, 50 years ago that (as reported by Michael Doyle of the McClatchy Newspapers) park spokesman Scott Gediman says, “climbing really turned into a sport here in Yosemite.”
Tags: el capitan, First ascent, George Whitmore, mountaineering, nose route, rock climber, rock climbing, Scott Gediman, U.S. House of Representatives, Warren J. Harding, Wayne Merry, yosemite, yosemite national park
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