{"id":1311381,"date":"2019-06-13T13:59:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T19:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=980925"},"modified":"2019-06-14T08:18:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:18:54","slug":"glenwood-girl-becomes-youngest-to-ever-climb-iconic-nose-of-el-capitan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/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":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/Ben-Margot-Associated-Press-file.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/Ben-Margot-Associated-Press-file.jpg 707w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/Ben-Margot-Associated-Press-file-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/Ben-Margot-Associated-Press-file-325x244.jpg 325w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/Ben-Margot-Associated-Press-file-620x465.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\"><figcaption><strong>This Jan. 14, 2015, file photo, shows El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Calif.<\/strong><br \/><em>Ben Margot, The Associated Press file<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Following a grueling 5-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>Schneiter completed the historic climb Wednesday evening around 6 p.m. after 5 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>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><em><a href=\"mailto:jcarney@postindependent.com\">jcarney@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/glenwood-girl-becomes-youngest-to-ever-climb-iconic-nose-of-el-capitan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Jan. 14, 2015, file photo, shows El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Calif.Ben Margot, The Associated Press file Following a grueling 5-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. Schneiter completed the historic climb Wednesday evening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1311381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 01:31:06","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1311409,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311381\/revisions\/1311409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1311381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1311381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}