| Separate Reality | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Heinz_Zak,_Separate_Reality_5,11d,_Free_Solo,_Yosemite-Nationalpark,_Kalifornien,_USA.jpg) Heinz Zak free soloing Separate Reality in 2005; it was Zak who took the iconic photograph of Güllich on the route in 1986.[1] | |
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USA_California_location_map.svg)  Map showing the approximate location of Separate Reality | |
| Location | California, United States |
| Coordinates | 37°43′21″N 119°34′53″W / 37.72250°N 119.58139°W |
| Climbing area | Yosemite Valley |
| Route type | Traditional climbing |
| Vertical gain | 20 metres (66 ft) |
| Pitches | 1 |
| Grade | 5.12a (7a+) |
| First free ascent | Ron Kauk (1978) |
Separate Reality is a 66-foot (20 m) traditional climbing route in Yosemite National Park in California. The route is known for its exposed and dramatic crux that consists of a 20-foot (6.1 m) long crack in its horizontal roof. When it was first free-climbed by Ron Kauk in 1978, it was one of the first climbs in the world to have a grade of 7a+ (5.12a) (it was temporarily downgraded one notch when a hold broke in the mid-1980s). In 1986, German climber Wolfgang Güllich free soloed the route, and the photographs by Austrian Heinz Zak became iconic in rock climbing history.[1][2]
- ^ a b Oviglia, Maurizio (28 November 2016). "The routes climbing photographers dream of". PlanetMountain. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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