Barabara "Babsi" Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher Send Zodiac (5.13d) on El Cap
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This past November, Barbara “Babs”i Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher went to battle on one of El Cap’s most formidable free routes. With some of the hardest climbing in the Valley crammed into 16-pitches, Zodiac (5.13d) had only seen two previous free ascents—until Babsi and Jacopo showed up.