Other Climbing Achievements
- 1952 Open Book, Tahquitz, CA, USA. First free ascent.
- 1960 The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite, CA, USA. Second ascent.
- 1963 West Face, Leaning Tower, Yosemite, CA, USA. Second ascent and Yosemite's first wall done solo (Grade V).
- 1968 Muir Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite, CA, USA. First Grade VI solo (and therefore the first solo of El Capitan).
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