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Emily Harrington becomes first woman to send El Capitan's Golden Gate in a day
Derek Franz
[This story has been updated for accuracy and to include comments from Lynn Hill.]
Emily Harrington leading the Golden Desert pitch (5.13a) near the top of El Capitan. [Photo] Jon Glassberg, Louder Than 11
Late on November 4, Emily Harrington climbed over the lip of El Capitan (Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La) in the dark; she'd free climbed all 41 pitches of Golden Gate (5.13b, 3,000') in 21 hours, 13 minutes and 51 seconds, becoming the fourth woman to free climb El Cap in a day—joining Lynn Hill (who was the first person ever to free climb a big-wall route on El Cap as well as the first person to do so in a day), Steph Davis and Mayan Smith-Gobat—and the fourth person to free climb Golden Gate in a day, after Tommy Caldwell, Alex Honnold and Brad Gobright. (Jordan Cannon added his name to this list when he sent the route in 20:26 on November 16.)