| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 16, 1988 Orange County, California, U.S. |
| Died | November 27, 2019 (aged 31) El Sendero Luminoso in El Potrero Chico, Mexico |
| Occupation | Rock climber |
| Climbing career | |
| Type of climber | Big wall climbing, Free soloing |
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Brad Gobright (June 16, 1988 – November 27, 2019) was an American rock climber known for free solo climbing.[2][3][4][5]
Gobright was born in Orange County, California, and began climbing when he was six.[6] He dropped out of college in 2009, working odd jobs during winter and climbing during the rest of the year.[6]
Gobright and Mason Earle made the first free ascent of The Heart Route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 2015.[7] In 2016, he and Scott Bennett climbed three routes on El Capitan in 24 hours – Zodiac, The Nose and Lurking Fear.[8] In 2017, he and Jim Reynolds set a speed record of two hours 19 minutes and 44 seconds for The Nose on El Capitan.[9] With Alex Honnold in June 2019, he made the second free ascent of El Niño on El Capitan in fourteen-and-a-half hours.[10]
On November 27, 2019, Gobright fell about 300 meters (980 ft) to his death on the El Sendero Luminoso climb at El Potrero Chico in Nuevo León, Mexico.[11][12] The accident happened while simul-rappelling down the face of El Sendero Luminoso with his partner Aidan Jacobson, after the pair had completed a quick climb of the face.[12] Jacobson fell a shorter distance and survived with injuries.[11]