Cheyne Lempe Sets New Speed Record In Yosemite

Cheyne Lempe, an Edelweiss USA athlete, sets another speed record in Yosemite.

At the not-so-ripe age of 22, Cheyne Lempe headed off alone to climb the Salathe Wall in a day. The result? Cheyne ended up rope-soloing the wall in 20 hours and 6 minutes; a new solo speed record. In fact, Cheyne is now the second person to have ever rope-soloed the Salathe Wall, and is definitely the youngest.

Photo by Cheyne Lempe. A self portrait on the Salathe Wall.

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Climbing.com | Alpinist.com | Gripped.com | RockandIce.com

This style of performance is definitely one of Cheyne’s trademarks. He’s a big-wall ninja and the following ascents have brought him closer to earning his big wall black belt.

• First ascent of the North Pillar Sit Start on Cerro Fits Roy in Patagonia
• First ascent of Monos Al Cielo on Aguja Giullaumet, Chalten in Patagonia
• Solo record on The Nose, El Capitan in Yosemite (Youngest person to solo in a day, 19 hours 21 minutes)
• Solo record on Zodiac, El Capitan in Yosemite (Youngest person to solo in a day, 19 hours 7 minutes)
• Speed record on The Shortest Straw, El Capitan in Yosemite (12 hours 20 minutes)
• Speed record/first one-day ascent on Octopussy, El Capitan in Yosemite (18 hours 8 minutes)
• Solo speed record on the Salathe Wall, El Capitan in Yosemite (Second person to solo in a day and youngest, 20 hours 6 minutes) Climbing.com | Alpinist.com | Gripped.com | RockandIce.com | PlanetMountain.com | Alpinist Interview

Cheyne Lempe on The Nose. Photo by Tom Evans.

According to this video that Cheyne quickly put together from his time on the Salathe Wall, Cheyne is going to spend the rest of the season eating a lot of food and getting fat. Hopefully we’ll see him on the big walls soon.



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