FKT: Rory Beyer - El Capitan (CA) - 2022-10-09

Started at the base of the Nose and ascended up to the tree at the top! As usual, the Yosemite Falls trail was crowded and brutal, and the traverse over to El Cap somehow feels like it just keeps going up. My legs were feeling it from running Half Dome yesterday. I was ~1.5 minutes behind Ben's pace at the top of the Yosemite Falls Trail and then the wheels started to come off the bus. It was a hot day, and I went unsupported, taking a running vest filled with ~1L of water and some Gu's. For the way down I decided to ‘complete the loop’ and drop down the valley rim to the west of El Cap onto the Old Big Oak Flat (now 'Rockslides') route back to the base.