First nude climb of El Capitan

[John P]

Definitely not my style of nude recreation, but I admire the people who can do it.

https://www.climbing.com/news/the-first-naked-ascent-of-el-capitan/

[jbeegoode]

both a girl anda guy, nude, working together at being heroes to others. Admired AND they are getting naked climbing added as a sub- genre of climbing, recognizing that freedom and that lack of restriction while climbing makes climbers better at it.
Jbee

[ric]

ive never done any climbing but have done a lot of gardening where i find stretching into beds or up ito bushes when pruning etc so much easier without the restriction of clothes, lack of clothes must make the climbing easier .

[jbeegoode]

I'm no cliff climber, but I do like to play around on the rock surfaces down in Redington Pass in particular. There is no binding, no seam grabbing and squeezing at tender genitals as I stretch. There is no leg restriction and the body seems to know and appreciate the liberation. I can step up much higher and flex up with greater efficiency. It just acts differently. I add the barefoot to this experience.

I do find rubbing on not so smooth surfaces, or hot ones a concern. Redington is nearly all smooth. Sometimes my toe shoes get a better grip than my bare feet.

It sure does feel better over all to be nude, more aware, more sensual, more natural.
Jbee

[freewalkerma]

I agree especially with her last observation, and with the total drift of what you say above JB.    "The clothes only slow you down".    Its great to be reading about stuff like this in other media.

-Dan

[nudewalker]

Back in my firefighter/EMS days I did quite a bit of training with ropes, mostly rescues on our cliffs or mountains here. Never got into it as a sport, guess the thought of tying a Swiss seat on would feel too confining. If only we could get more sport participants to agree that clothes only slow them down!

[jbeegoode]

The way that clothing slows an athlete down has been commonly well known, for many years. The outfits have been getting more skimpy and restrictive to address this, through years. I went into a trendy athletic clothing store last spring. Some of it is very revealing and looks like underwear for outerwear. I saw a couple of young women out running the other day in sports bra and a bikini bottom like thing. Much of the butt bottom exposed. Still, even with all of the stretch, the breath-ability, and disappearance of fabric, nothing will substitute nudity.

Underwear-like garments are coming to the trails and many a professional hiker has mentioned hiking naked, or skinny-dipping. Swimming/sunning attire...well you know. So, the naked and the dressed for exercise are merging. Give time time.
Jbee

[Safebare]

I was working in the Bay Area (SF) in the late 80's and you could often find me at Red Rock Beach (Marin County).  I made friends with a couple from Berkeley that climbed the rocks along the coastal cliffs.  I never saw them in clothes, barefoot all over. They used chalk, but nothing else.  I attempted to emulate their techniques, with no success.  It was fascinating to watch.  They were an early inspiration to my clothesfree adventures.

[eyesup]

There was another climber’s naked climb effort noted on this forum, see here.
I have seen people freeclimbing, climbing without any gear. It was unnerving at 1st. People who do that are amazing.

This couple did a regular climb naked. I have not climbed naked but I have gone bouldering naked and the freedom of movement is noticeable. Even though most of the new climbing clothing these days is pretty flexible.

Duane

[Greenbare Woods]

How many El Capitan mountains are there?    This article does not seem to give obvious location information.  I saw no mention of what part of the world this El Capitan is located. 

Is it the same mountain as the El Capitan in Texas? 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Capitan_(Texas)

Is it a different mountain somewhere else? 

I once led a troop of Boy Scouts to the summit if El Capitan in Texas.  We weren't naked though. 

[John P]

No, Bob. If the topic is rock climbing, you can be pretty sure the Capitan in question is the one in Yosemite National Park:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Capitan

This page has more pictures, but I think you have to be on Facebook to see them full size:
http://www.theinertia.com/mountain/this-couple-just-completed-a-rare-first-of-their-own-on-el-capitan-they-climbed-it-naked/

[eyesup]

Yeah, if you are a serious climber, El Capitan is one you have to do. There are multiple routes of different difficulty.

Duane

[Greenbare Woods]

No, Bob. If the topic is rock climbing, you can be pretty sure the Capitan in question is the one in Yosemite National Park:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Capitan

I see from that Wikipedia link that their disambiguation for "El Capitan" has 10 listings and several are mountains.  The one in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, would also be a challenging rock climb. Probably West Texas is too far from large population centers to be as popular. 

Still, with 10 listings in Wikipedia it would have been good writing to specify what location or mountain they were talking about.  I've been to the National Park in Texas, but not the one in California. 

Bob

[John P]

It seems Wikipedia's policy is that when there are multiple frequently-accessed references from a given entry, the first thing you see when you enter the name is a "Disambiguation page". I found an example you'd appreciate, just the bare name "Washington". The historic figure, the state, the capital city--they're all likely items that a user might want, and you can choose from them and others too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington

On the other hand, there's one really well-known El Capitan and a number of others far less famous (even if some people's experiences don't match!) and in that case, you get the entry for the major item, but in the first line they offer you "This article is about the rock formation in California. For other uses, see El Capitan (disambiguation)." I think it's an intelligent way to deal with multiple uses of the same name.

[Greenbare Woods]

Yes, the name Washington causes a lot of confusion unless its "disambiguated."   So does "Green Lake" or "El Capitan."