Route SL-R-047369 · OpenBeta · trad, bouldering
Freerider
Trad
Bouldering
Safety · PG
Grade
7c+
French
YDS
5.13a
Only systems recorded for this route are shown · conversions are approximate at grade boundaries
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.
First ascent
Year
1998
Thomas Huber and Alexander Huber, 1998
Source · OpenBeta
Protection
Style
Natural gear
Bolts
—
Length
—
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.
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.