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Joe Baker retaliated against those who doubted whether his eight-year-old son Sam was really the youngest person to ever summit El Capitan. Sam completed scaling the 3,000-foot summit over the weekend with the help of ropes and a mechanical device called a ascender. Some hardened climbers argued that Sam didn't even scale the rock with his hands that he couldn't scale the summit, he didn't actually scale the mountain. Baker also deceived the public in the media rounds, according to critics who argued for his appointment before the ascent. Baker said the opponents were arguing semantics because he used the word 'climb' in public, and wondered how far these challenges might go.

Despite the media blitz that followed Sam, the youngest person to scale El Capitan is not entirely correct, according to climbers. Sam's father, Joe Baker, also deceived the public as to the source of his son's ascension. Sam did not actually scale the 3,000-foot rock face, but rather scaled it by ropes with the help of a mechanical device, according to the authors.