free ascent
Americannoun
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As plumes of spray from the roiling Yosemite Falls cascaded to their left, Sasha DiGiulian, Jon Cardwell and Marcus Garcia completed the first continuous free ascent of Yosemite National Park’s 1,700-foot Misty Wall.
From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2019
Mr Lama was part of a duo that carried out the first free ascent of Cerro Torre's Compressor route in Southern Patagonia.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2019
Tommy Caldwell celebrating the first free ascent of the Dawn Wall.
From Newsweek
Befors making his free ascent De Rozier made a trial ascent with the balloon held captive by a long rope.
From The Mastery of the Air by Claxton, William J.
This was followed by a captive ascent with a man as passenger, and eventually by the first free ascent in America, which was undertaken by one James Wilcox, a carpenter, on December 28th, 1783.
From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles
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