{"id":295722,"date":"2025-05-20T10:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/?p=295722"},"modified":"2025-08-31T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:12:11","slug":"video-babsi-zangerl-freerider-flash-el-capitan-yosemite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpinemag.com\/video-babsi-zangerl-freerider-flash-el-capitan-yosemite\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Babsi Zangerl&#8217;s historic Freerider flash on El Capitan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/Lr7-0SpkDWk?si=svOY2PrEIcvLC4p9&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; max_width=&#8221;800&#8243; use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_width_px=&#8221;800&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p><span class=\"cb-dropcap-big\">L<\/span>ast November, Barbara <em>Babsi<\/em> Zangerl completed the amazing flash-style ascent of Freerider (VI 5.13a), the 1000-meter big wall on El Capitan, Yosemite.\u00a0Openend in 1995 by Alexander Huber and freed\u00a0by him in 1998 together with his brother Thomas Huber, this climb was later made world-famous by Alex Honnold&#8217;s free solo in June 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old and her partner Jacopo spend three days battling polished slabs, offwidths and cryptic sequences on their historic bid. &#8220;<em>In the end, Babsi topped out as the first person to flash El Cap.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>Jacopo Larcher narrowly missed the flash after a single fall on the Boulder Problem Pitch. 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