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Born | Orange County, California, U.S. | June 16, 1988
Died | November 27, 2019 El Sendero Luminoso in El Potrero Chico, Mexico | (aged 31)
Occupation | Rock climber |
Climbing career | |
Type of climber | Big wall climbing, Free soloing |
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Brad Gobright (June 16, 1988 – November 27, 2019) was an American rock climber known for free solo climbing. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Gobright was born in Orange County, California, and began climbing when he was six. [6] He dropped out of college in 2009, working odd jobs during winter and climbing during the rest of the year. [6]
Gobright and Mason Earle made the first free ascent of The Heart Route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 2015. [7] In 2016, he and Scott Bennett climbed three routes on El Capitan in 24 hours – Zodiac, The Nose and Lurking Fear. [8] In 2017, he and Jim Reynolds set a speed record of two hours 19 minutes and 44 seconds for The Nose on El Capitan. [9] With Alex Honnold in June 2019, he made the second free ascent of El Niño on El Capitan in fourteen-and-a-half hours. [10]
On November 27, 2019, Gobright fell about 300 meters (980 ft) to his death on the El Sendero Luminoso climb at El Potrero Chico in Nuevo León, Mexico. [11] [12] The accident happened while simul-rappelling down the face of El Sendero Luminoso with his partner Aidan Jacobson, after the pair had completed a quick climb of the face. [12] Jacobson fell a shorter distance and survived with injuries. [11]
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Born | Orange County, California, U.S. | June 16, 1988
Died | November 27, 2019 El Sendero Luminoso in El Potrero Chico, Mexico | (aged 31)
Occupation | Rock climber |
Climbing career | |
Type of climber | Big wall climbing, Free soloing |
Highest grade |
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Brad Gobright (June 16, 1988 – November 27, 2019) was an American rock climber known for free solo climbing. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Gobright was born in Orange County, California, and began climbing when he was six. [6] He dropped out of college in 2009, working odd jobs during winter and climbing during the rest of the year. [6]
Gobright and Mason Earle made the first free ascent of The Heart Route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 2015. [7] In 2016, he and Scott Bennett climbed three routes on El Capitan in 24 hours – Zodiac, The Nose and Lurking Fear. [8] In 2017, he and Jim Reynolds set a speed record of two hours 19 minutes and 44 seconds for The Nose on El Capitan. [9] With Alex Honnold in June 2019, he made the second free ascent of El Niño on El Capitan in fourteen-and-a-half hours. [10]
On November 27, 2019, Gobright fell about 300 meters (980 ft) to his death on the El Sendero Luminoso climb at El Potrero Chico in Nuevo León, Mexico. [11] [12] The accident happened while simul-rappelling down the face of El Sendero Luminoso with his partner Aidan Jacobson, after the pair had completed a quick climb of the face. [12] Jacobson fell a shorter distance and survived with injuries. [11]