Ammon McNeely

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rdf:langString Ammon McNeely (born June 3, 1970) is an American rock climber, who holds the most and on El Capitan in Yosemite. Other interests are: BASE jumping, wingsuiting, skydiving, surfing, skateboarding, trail running, mountain biking and snowboarding. Ammon has been the conductor of many ascents on El Capitan, most of them in a day (under 24 hrs): Plastic Surgery Disaster, Wall of the Early Morning Light, Atlantic Ocean Wall, and most recent climbing one of the hardest routes on El Capitan, along with Dean Potter & in 34 hours and 57 minutes, shaving the existing time by more than five days. He is recognized as having climbed El Capitan by the most number of different routes - 75 times via 61 routes. McNeely is the first (Nate Brown is the only other one) to have climbed all three routes on in Zion National Park, ascending all three routes with a First One Day Ascent. Ammon is also a slackliner and pioneered many highlines throughout the US and has opened up new BASE jumps, as well. In October 2013, Ammon nearly lost his foot in a BASE accident in Moab that he described as: "We were with one other jumper who was new, and I voted that Andy goes first, the two new guys go in the middle, and I go last. They had perfect exits, great openings with no wind. I jumped, probably took a tad longer delay than I should have, being it was a new exit with new brake lines, and immediately had a 180-degree opening. I struck the cliff with my left foot and continued rag dolling down the cliff where I finally came to rest on a sloping ledge. I knew I was banged up, but to my utter surprise my foot was flipped on its side looking very similar to a Nalgene bottle with just a sliver of skin keeping it on." In October 2017, Ammon lost his right leg below the knee in a BASE accident in Moab. Some of his other El Capitan speed climbing accomplishments include: * Lost World: 23:29 - with Ivo Ninov July 7, 2009 (First One Day Ascent) * Never Never Land: 16:00:02 - with - August 4, 2004 (First One Day Ascent) * Horse Chute: 20:39 - with Chris McNamara - Oct 8, 2004 (First One Day Ascent) * Magic Mushroom: 55:15 - with & - July 4-6th, 2005 * The Reticent Wall: 34:57 - with Dean Potter & - July 12–13, 2006 * Wall of Early Morning Light: 23:43 - with - September, 2004 (First One Day Ascent) * Pacific Ocean Wall: 33:02 - with - May, 2004 * New Jersey Turnpike: 14:00:02 - with - September, 2002 * Atlantic Ocean Wall: 23:38 - with - August 4, 2004 (First One Day Ascent) * Native Son: 23:53 - with - May 15, 2006 (First One Day Ascent) * Iron Hawk: 30:42 - with - May, 2004 * Scorched Earth: 22:28 - with Skiy Detray & David Allfrey * Tangerine Trip: 10:24 - with - July, 2002 * Virginia: 17:24 - with & - July 16, 2005 * Lost in America: 18:04 - with - August, 2004 * Zenyatta Mondatta: 22:56 - with & - June 27, 2005 (First One Day Ascent) * Plastic Surgery Disaster: 21:37 - with - June, 2001 (First One Day Ascent) * Lunar Eclipse: 19:58 - with & - June, 2001 * Born Under a Bad Sign: 22:22 - with & - October 2, 2001 (First One Day Ascent) * Eagle's Way: 9:08 - with - August, 2004 * On the Waterfront: 17:07 - with Skiy Detray & Ammon McNeely - July 15, 2009 (First One Day Ascent - 3rd overall Ascent) * Pressure Cooker: 23:41 - with - September, 2004 (First One Day Ascent) * Get Whacked: 12:49 - with - June, 2001 (First One Day Ascent)