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 ...
The fate of rock climbing in the U.S. could be determined ... Nationally, the rules would affect the vertical wilderness of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in California; the deep, shadowy ...
Honnold is perhaps the better-known of the duo, thanks to his free-solo climb of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park – with no ropes or protective equipment – made famous in ...
Sport climbing in the wild will continue after the National Park Service announced it ... who was happy to leave as much gear as it took if it meant he could reach the top of El Capitan first (he did) ...
were the first to successfully free-climb El Capitan’s 3,000-foot Dawn Wall in 2015. Since then, Tommy’s gone on to become a climate activist, using his fame for good. I rarely get nervous for an ...
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 ...