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Climbing The Nose of El Cap in 4 days with 2 first time big wall climbers

Graham and I had seen Keith crush 5.12 at Mission Cliffs in San Francisco for the past 2 years and always wondered who the 5'2" old man crusher was. We eventually befriended Keith and found out he had only been climbing in the gym for 6 years and recently started trad climbing outside. His previous outdoor climbs included, The SW Buttress of Cathedral Peak, Commitment, half of the Kor-Beck on Middle, and epicing on The Grack. One night in May over a couple beers, Keith informed Graham and I that it was his dream to climb El Cap. Graham recommended the three of us give it a go and I quickly agreed, thinking it was an awesome idea. I spent some time with Graham and Keith in SF teaching them some big wall basics and compiled a list of videos and books for them to review in order to prepare. Keith spent hours lapping Beaver Street wall in SF on jumars and Graham actually decided to learn how to build an anchor for the first time since we both started trad climbing 2 years back. We finally set a date and packed for 5 days on the wall with the intension to do it in 4. Here is the video of the ascent. Unfortunately my camera batteries were pretty much dead by the end of the trip so I couldn't take much video footage the last 2 days. I've honestly never been so worked on a climb. I ended up repelling and jumaring approximately 1/3 of the Nose in addition to leading every pitch but one and hauling the vast majority. This one was a true adventure of a different variety.