Karl Bralich and Mark Albosta did the second ascent of the supposedly 41-pitch Galactic Hitchhiker on Glacier Point Apron (11b Grade VI) in something less than 8.5 hours. This was the first one-day ascent. By running pitches together and a little simul-climbing they did it in about 16 pitches. It is a nice route and comparable to the DNB except no chimneys and a couple of harder moves (with great pro)
Galactic Hitchhiker repeated in 8.5 Hours (from the archives)
Submitted by Tom on Thu, 2000-08-31 04:00»