Watch Nina Williams and Y.O.S.A.R. member Helen Sinclair on the Rostrum in Yosemite.
The Rostrum is a pillar of steep stone with orange and splitter cracks. There are a few routes up the face, but The North Face, which is also called the “the Rostrum” is the classic.
It was first climbed first climbed in 1962 by Warren Hardy and Glen Denny and first freed in 1977 by Ron Kauk and John Yablonski at 5.11c.
In 1987, Canadian Peter Croft made the first free solo link-up of Rostrum and the popular Astroman 5.11c.
