She’s only 10 years old — but it’s all downhill from here.
At just 4-foot-2 and 55-pounds, Selah Schneiter has become the youngest person to conquer the deadly 3,000-foot “Nose” at Yosemite’s El Capitan — a mountain wall so sheer it was deemed impossible to scale until the 1950s.
Schneiter finished her historic ascent Wednesday after five days of climbing.
“I want pizza,” the Colorado youngster said after her historic summit, according to Outside magazine. “I’ve been dreaming about it forever.”
The towering monolith in Yosemite National Park was deemed un-climbable until 1958 — and the first ascent, by Warren Harding, took 45 days. Many have died in doomed attempts in the years since.
“I just can’t believe I just did that,” Selah said after her own monumental climb, taking a fraction of the time.
“I was scared just sometimes … I thought it was really fun,” she told Outside.
“My favorite part was the whole experience,” she told Alpinist.
Selah, from Glenwood Springs, scaled the iconic route with a small team including her dad, Mike, a climbing instructor, while mom Joy watched nervously from below.
“I was worried about her capacity to do that much work with such a small body,” admitted her mother, a nurse who is a keen climber herself.
“But I knew that Mike would keep her safe. I’m really proud of her,” she told Outside.
The record was previously held by Scott Cory who was 11 when he climbed it twice in 2001. But Selah’s dad insists that was not their main motivation.
“We did this climb for us; it was her energy and her idea,” Mike, who has twice done the Nose in a day, told Alpinist.
“If anything, I’d been trying to talk her out of it.
“I think El Cap has been so much a part of our story as a family that she’s wanted to do it for a long time.”
Selah said her dad’s advice was key for her success.
“Our big motto was ‘How do you eat an elephant? Small bites,’” she told ABC.
“One pitch at a time, one move at a time, one day at a time.”
Trusted family friend Mark Regier, part of the climbing team, called it a “huge undertaking.”
Climbing is in Saleh’s blood, with her parents first falling in love while climbing El Capitan 15 years ago.