This Pair Just Completed a Rare First of Their Own On El Capitan: They Climbed it Naked

We Did It!!! @j.fleury and I climbed The Nose naked; the first naked ascent of El Cap! (for you non-climbers out there: "naked" is not a fancy climbing term like "free". It straight-up means I did it without any clothes.) We even broke both of our personal time records on the route: 12hrs exactly! I'm telling ya'll- lightweight is the way to do it! It's hard to express what I feel after a life dream has been achieved. Yes, I feel some sunburn. I feel a bit sore. I feel proud of myself of course. But overwhelmingly, I feel so loved. I feel supported and encouraged by my friends, all the monkeys, my family (who answered my victory-announcing phone call with EVERYONE on speaker phone to hear), and especially my favorite monkey, Robbie. He has helped me every step of the way, (and even managed to get us on the news!) Anyhow, thanks ya'll for knowing that something this silly was still, honestly important to me. I guess the thing is, I thought I'd be saying that this is the greatest accomplishment of my life, but that's not true. It feels so much greater to be the best friend, daughter, sister, and partner that I can be. Working at that is always my most worthwhile struggle, and greatest achievement when I feel this kind of love. #FNA #themonkeysaresending #niad

A post shared by Leah Pappajohn (@leahpappajohn) on Jun 7, 2017 at 7:16am PDT

Hey Alex Honnhold, climbing El Cap without ropes is cool and all, but you don’t have anything on these two climbers: Leah Pappajohn and Jonathan Fleury scaled the nose of El Capitan this week naked. That’s right, they completed the project in their birthday suits–and using ropes–in 12 hours, just eight hours more than it took you to do it with your bare hands.

“We Did It,” wrote Pappajohn (yes, we believe that’s her real name). “Jonathan and I climbed The Nose naked; the first naked ascent of El Cap! For you non-climbers out there, “naked” is not a fancy climbing term like “free”. It straight-up means I did it without any clothes.”

Apparently they were sunburned, tired and perhaps suffering from several rope burns–we couldn’t confirm–but they finished in a non-record time with friends waiting at the top. All in good fun, too. Which is the best kind of fun in the mountains.