youngest to free El Cap Caldwell is -- he believes -- the oldest climber to free-climb a route on El Capitan. Connor is the youngest, as he free-climbed the Nose at only 15. In doing so ...

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 both worlds ...

Connor Herson, 21, took a break from classes this fall to free climb this iconic route alongside Tommy Caldwell This past ...

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 ...

(CNN) — On a vertical rockface like El Capitan, the soaring ... in the Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo.” Zangerl has lots of experience climbing on El Cap and around Yosemite but ...