{"id":25462,"date":"2019-06-15T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/glenwood-girl-becomes-youngest-to-ever-climb-iconic-nose-of-el-capitan\/"},"modified":"2019-06-15T17:04:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T23:04:00","slug":"glenwood-girl-becomes-youngest-to-ever-climb-iconic-nose-of-el-capitan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/glenwood-girl-becomes-youngest-to-ever-climb-iconic-nose-of-el-capitan\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenwood girl becomes youngest to ever climb iconic nose of El Capitan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.6925675675676\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-367475-962\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Mike Schneiter | Selah Schneiter on her climb of El Capitan.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Selah Schneiter on her climb of El Capitan.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Mike Schneiter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6.jpg\" alt=\"Selah Schneiter on her climb of El Capitan.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Mike Schneiter | Selah Schneiter\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Selah Schneiter<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Mike Schneiter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"Selah Schneiter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Mike Schneiter | Selah Schneiter on her climb of El Capitan.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Selah Schneiter on her climb of El Capitan.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Mike Schneiter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-2.jpg\" alt=\"Selah Schneiter on her climb of El Capitan.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Mike Schneiter | Selah Schneiter shows that being the youngest ever to climb El Capitan is serious business.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Selah Schneiter shows that being the youngest ever to climb El Capitan is serious business.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Mike Schneiter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-3.jpg\" alt=\"Selah Schneiter shows that being the youngest ever to climb El Capitan is serious business.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Mike Schneiter | Selah Schneiter on her climb of El Capitan.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Selah Schneiter on her climb of El Capitan.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Mike Schneiter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-4.jpg\" alt=\"Selah Schneiter on her climb of El Capitan.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Mike Schneiter | Selah Schneiter shot this selfie after completing the climb of El Capitan Wednesday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Selah Schneiter shot this selfie after completing the climb of El Capitan Wednesday.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Mike Schneiter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-5.jpg\" alt=\"Selah Schneiter shot this selfie after completing the climb of El Capitan Wednesday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Joy Schneiter | Selah Schneiter on her first visit to the Yosemite Valley at 8 weeks old.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Selah Schneiter on her first visit to the Yosemite Valley at 8 weeks old.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Joy Schneiter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/ElCapclimb-GPI-061419-6-6.jpg\" alt=\"Selah Schneiter on her first visit to the Yosemite Valley at 8 weeks old.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/glenwood-girl-becomes-youngest-to-ever-climb-iconic-nose-of-el-capitan\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/glenwood-girl-becomes-youngest-to-ever-climb-iconic-nose-of-el-capitan\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Following a grueling five-day push, 10-year-old Glenwood Springs native Selah Schneiter became the youngest to ever scale the 3,000-foot nose of the iconic El Capitan at Yosemite National Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Schneiter completed the historic climb Wednesday evening around 6 p.m., after five days of climbing with her father, Mike Schneiter, and his friend Mark Reiger, becoming the youngest documented climber to complete the ascent by nearly a full year. According to Outside Magazine, Scott Cory climbed the Nose twice in 2001, when he was 11, while Tori Allen climbed it when she was 13, also in 2001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Selah has been climbing for a few years now and even scaled Independence Monument at age 7. Climbing is a staple for the family, as Mike owns Glenwood Climbing Guides in Glenwood Springs, where he teaches sport climbing, vertical self-rescue and ice climbing. Mike is also the former cross-country coach for Glenwood Springs High School. Selah\u2019s mother, Joy, is a registered nurse at Glenwood Medical Associates, and fell in love with Mike while climbing El Capitan in 2001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\">This story is from PostIndependent.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/glenwood-girl-becomes-youngest-to-ever-climb-iconic-nose-of-el-capitan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selah Schneiter on her climb of El Capitan.Courtesy Mike Schneiter Selah SchneiterCourtesy Mike Schneiter Selah Schneiter on her climb of El Capitan.Courtesy Mike Schneiter Selah Schneiter shows that being the youngest ever to climb El Capitan is serious business.Courtesy Mike Schneiter Selah Schneiter on her climb of El Capitan.Courtesy Mike Schneiter Selah Schneiter shot this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 01:40:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}