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| 1. | Who was the first woman to climb the East Face of Mt. Whitney? |
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| 2. | Who was the first woman to do El Capitan's Nose in a Day? |
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| 3. | While in her first year of climbing, Ruth Dyer Mendenhall took part in the first ascent of which classic Palisades route? |
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| 4. | In June 1992, Sue McDevitt and Nancy Feagin spent 17 hours and 40 minutes in Yosemite Valley becoming the first all female team to do what? |
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| 5. | The first recorded ascent of Mt. Williamson was via George Creek in 1884. About a decade later, the first woman (Miss Skinner) reached the summit by the same route. In 1896, the west side of Mt. Williamson was first ascended by a pair of strong climbers after a long and difficult western approach. Who were these climbers? |
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| 6. | What high pass on the Kings-Kern Divide was named for one of these climbers? |
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| 7. | Who was the first woman to climb 5.14? |
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| 8. | In the 1920s and 30s, a woman who has been called America's greatest woman climber led a trend towards unguided, all female ascents, which she called "manless" climbs. Her exploits abroad included leading all female teams up the Monch, Jungfau and Matterhorn. Name this woman. |
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| 9. | After six days of effort in March 2001, Lisa Rands became the first woman to do what? |
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| 10. | What did Mary Van Velson and May Pridham do with their July 4th holiday in 1938? |
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| 11. | "I recall a pervading fear of the early Yosemite climbers that someday a gymnast would arrive on the scene and show us all for the frauds that we were. And one day she did." Which climber was Doug Robinson talking about? |
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| 12. | On July 25, 1933, Helen LeConte joined Jules Eichorn and Alfred Weiler for the first ascent of the Northwest Arete of which Evolution Region peak? |
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| 13. | In June 2000, who teamed up with Tommy Caldwell to make the first free ascent of Lurking Fear (VI 5.13c) on El Capitan's southwest face? |
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| 14. | In 1875, the same year that George Anderson first climbed Half Dome (barefoot), Sandy Dutcher made the first female ascent (wearing a long dress). But who was the first woman to climb the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome? |
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| 15. | In 1923, Charles Michael made the first ascent of Michael Minaret. His companion on this climb, a seasonal Yosemite National Park naturalist, stopped short of the summit at the base of the "ladder with the lower rungs missing". Name this woman. |
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| 16. | "It goes, boys" -- Who said this and which climb was she talking about? |
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| 17. | What did the woman in the previous question do the following year to top her achievement? |
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| 18. | Along with her husband (who invented the knifeblade piton and helped establish the decimal system at Tahquitz) this woman made the first ascent of one of the finest moderate traverses in the Tuolomne backcountry. Name the climber and the climb. |
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| 19. | Beverly Johnson and Sibylle Hechtel made the first all female ascent of El Capitan when they climbed the Triple Direct in 1973. Five years later, Bev became the first woman to solo a route on El Capitan. Which route did she climb? |
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| 20. | John and Ruth Mendenhall made the first ascent of the East Face of which Whitney Region peak? |
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