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[[Derek Hersey]] died while free-soloing the route in 1993. |
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[[Alex Honnold]] free-soloed a different route on Sentinel Rock, the Chouinard-Herbert Route, for a 60 Minutes special in 2011.[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/02/60minutes/main20114487.shtml <ref>60 Minutes: The Ascent of Alex Honnold</ref>] |
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The Steck-Salathé Route is a technical climbing route up Sentinel Rock. The route was first climbed June 30 - July 4, 1950, by Allen Steck and John Salathé, up the 1,600-foot (490 m) north face of Sentinel Rock in Yosemite Valley.
The route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.[1]
Derek Hersey died while free-soloing the route in 1993.
References
- ^ Roper, Steve; Steck, Allen (1979). Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-292-8.