His daily work supplied him with crucial knowledge for both the Double and Triple Crown. He is originally from Indiana and works for Yosemite Search and Rescue. “I’ve been incredibly lucky to find communities in different climbing areas and become friends with them.”Įhman is one of those friends. “I really enjoyed the work I was doing, but wanted to take time to go adventuring,” says Jooste. After that, he decided to leave and live in his Subaru, traveling from one climbing area to the next.
He landed a job with a company as an electrical engineer and worked there for four years. While he studied electrical engineering, in his spare time, he started climbing for fun and spending time with Outdoor Adventures.Īfter graduation, Jooste took six months off to figure out what direction he wanted to go in life. Jooste was born and raised in South Africa, but came to California to study at the University of San Diego. The challenge involves about 7,000 vertical feet of rock climbing as well as miles of hiking in between climbing points.Ī good team dynamic can make a difference in climbing the granite walls and keeping one foot in front of the other on the long hikes. Once healed, the duo decided to go for the Triple Crown, a test of their physical and mental strength. The team delayed their mission by a week to give his hand time to heal. It was, but unfortunately, in a separate climb, Ehman hit his hand on a rock and sliced his palm open. Watkins, the one surface they hadn’t yet climbed, to see if it was possible. “We managed it with enough time margin, we then thought, ‘Why don’t we start looking into the Triple?,’” says Jooste. The timer starts at the base of the first formation and stops at the summit of the last. The pair spent 19 hours and 18 minutes on the Double, with about 6 hours and 40 minutes on El Capitan (the Nose) and 7 hours and 30 minutes on Half Dome. Most attempt the Double or Triple Crown in a single season, but Jooste and Ehman completed both, separated by just five weeks. Dean Potter and Timmy O’Neill were the first climbers to do that they pulled off the one-day Triple Crown in 2001, setting the stage for generations of climbers seeking an additional thrill. Peter Croft and John Bachar were the first to complete the link up in 1986 the duo envisioned adding on Mt. We just realized there’s a possibility that we could do it.”įor those unfamiliar with Yosemite Triple Crown, it is the next step to the already challenging Double, or link up, where climbers ascend El Capitan and Half Dome in 24 hours. “We never thought we could complete this mission,” says Jooste.
After completing a one-day link up of El Capitan and Half Dome in Yosemite, Danford Jooste ’16 (BS/BA) and climbing partner Nick Ehman looked at each other and knew they had to attempt the Yosemite Triple Crown.
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