From October 28 through 31, 2019, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell freed a new 27-pitch route on the southeast face of El Capitan. With 10 pitches of 5.13/13+, 'Passage to Freedom' features hard slab climbing, 5.13+ seams and corners, and a 5.13c finger crack on pitch 23 of such high quality that the climbers named the ropelength As Good as It Gets. James Lucas (@james_lucas) profiled the ascent in Climbing No. 372 and, at the link in bio, the feature is now free to read on our website. All photos by Austin Siadak (@austin_siadak).