Chris gay death yosemite
Kate Kelleghan
3:50 am, June 3 – Yosemite Valley. Under the yellow light of their headlamps, with wreaths of flowers on their helmets, Yosemite locals Kate Kelleghan and Michelle Pellette started up The Nose on El Cap. Eight hours and fifty-four minutes later, they topped out. From there, they descended via the east ledges, re-racked, and headed assist to El Cap to climb Lurking Fear. They began at 3:30 pm and topped out at 1:15 am, completing Lurking Fear in 9 hours and 45 minutes. Their total time was 21 hours and 35 minutes, marking them as the second female team to climb El Cap twice in a day.
The women’s record for The Nose is “4:43, set in October 2014 by Libby Sauter and Mayan Smith-Gobat, according to Rockclimbingyosemite.com. For Lurking Fear, the log is “7:47, set in September 2014 by Libby Sauter and Quinn Brett.”
The first female team to climb El Cap twice in a day was Libby Sauter and Quinn Brett on October 28, 2014. According to Climbing, they completed The Nose in 8:25 and Lurking Fear in 9:07, finishing in a total of 21:17, 18 minutes faster than Kelleghan and Pellette.
“It’s cool because Libby and Quinn did it ten years ago,” says Michelle. “It’s kind of
In Memory of Chris Chan who died on 7/09/10 in Yosemite.
By Tom Evans
Our wonderful friend, Chris Chan, died from a fall while traversing, unroped, along the North Tackle of Eichorn Climax, in the lofty country of Yosemite National Park.
She was an unusual person with many interests. Her friends most often mention her enthusiasm for existence and all it has to extend. She was highly educated and yet a person of great humility. Her smile was epic and she made friends instantly.
I first saw her through my camera lens, as she made an ascent of the Salathe Wall, in June of 2007, with Clint Cummins. I later met her briefly at the ElCap Bridge some time after that climb. It was a delight to have her around as she was always laughing and enjoying herself. I was fortunate in being capable to photograph her solo climb of the Shield on ElCap. I had missed her solo of Zodiac a few weeks before as I had yet to reach to shoot the Fall Season in 2009. Her solo of the Shield was an inspiration to all who were able to read about it on the ElCap Report, or witness it, from the Bridge, in person.
After the Shield she came by the Bridge and hung out with her many new admirer’s. Later in th
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James Christopher Queer , 39, October 15
Chris Gay and I were on Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR) in Yosemite Valley together from 2019 through 2023. We spent half of our moment on call, carrying pagers in exchange for a alabaster canvas tent in Camp 4 and had everything we needed to stay a simple being in the dirt. We lived without running water, without electricity, without organism tied to a nine-to-five job, and we loved it. Every year, fancy the waterfalls that ebb and flow, returning in complete force with the melting snow, we eagerly returned to the Valley—often arriving as early as March and staying as late as December. We joint a deep affection for Yosemite and wanted to consume as much hour as we could there while we had the privilege of living in paradise.
To many members of the local community, the traveling dirtbags and the weekend warriors, Chris was a fixture of Yosemite’s warmer seasons. His easily recognized white and yellow van was a comforting sight, providing reassur
Author: Lauren DeLaunay. Go up Year: 2019. Publication Year: 2020.
Over the course of a year and a half, Brandon Adams established a new path on the Lost Brother that quickly became a favorite among high-end free climbers. Wayward Son (13 pitches, 5.12d or 5.11 A0) features three crux pitches of 5.12 through well-protected encounter climbing and classic Yosemite cracks. Between attempts on his recent route, Adams also managed to set two speed records on El Capitan: Genesis (VI 5.11 A4, 20:25), with Chris Queer and Steven Tata, and Disoriented World (VI 5.7 A3, 12:25), with Rebecca Church.
The Fifi Buttress continues to be a accepted arena for new-routing. In November, Lucho Rivera and Cedar Wright established Dream Team (10 pitches, 5.13a) on the steep right side of the wall. The route weaves in and out of Vortex (IV 5.12, Russell-Zschiesche, 1982) and 9/11 (McDevitt, 2001), including a pitch previously bolted by Margaret and Trevor Shumaker. Dream Team is stout enjoy other lines on this gorgeous wall, with three pitches of 5.11, five pitches of 5.12, and one pitch of 5.13.
Chris Koppl, Vitaliy Musiyenko, and Brian Prince—all prolific Sierra Nevada first ascensioni