American Emily Harrington is being celebrated for becoming one of the few women to free-climb Yosemite National Park's famous El Capitan within a day. She is also the first woman to have used a ...
The Salathé Wall: El Capitan with The Salathé Wall, Muir Wall, The Shield, The Nose, Reticent Wall, Pacific Ocean Wall e North America Wall Photo by Francesco Piardi One of the all-time monuments to ...
At age 15, Herson became the youngest person to free climb the Nose route on El Capitan. “I’ve always balanced school and climbing but it’s gotten a lot trickier as I’ve gotten deeper into ...
Alex Honnold free solo climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin) 1. Take incremental steps to broaden your comfort zone Talking about “overcoming fear" is ...
On a vertical rockface like El Capitan, the soaring slab of granite ... A historic flash of Freerider, her seventh free climb on El Cap before scaling the Golden Gate route soon after, adds ...
Hannes Puman and Jamie Lowther climbing 'The Nose' free via the 'Schnaz Variation' on El Capitan in Yosemite, December 2024 Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ...
Whether you have climbed El Capitan or never been on a rock there ... The climbing wall is open to all students and URec members. Climbing shoes, harnesses, and calk are available upon request and ...
El Capitan is a big climb – the NPS labels it a "Big Wall Climb." As such, overnight climbing trips require a special permit (the Wilderness Climbing Permit). The good news is it is free and ...
Yosemite National Park, widely regarded as the birthplace of modern rock climbing has attracted generations of climbers seeking to scale iconic El Capitan and its famous routes. The history of ...