Climbing El Capitan is a lifetime goal for many climbers. Climbing Half Dome is another. The Yosemite Double links both of ...

One of climbing’s most iconic walls witnessed a tragic accident this week, after a young climber died in an accident on El Capitan in Yosemite this week. Balin Miller, 23, a promising athlete in the ...

As a professional rock climber, I’ve spent my career pushing myself to new limits. I’ve won national championships, competed in world cup competitions, and summited some of the most iconic peaks in ...

Washington Column’s South Face is often considered the best introduction to big wall climbing in Yosemite. With steep bolt ladders, short free sections, and classic aid pitches, it offers a taste of ...

Emily Harrington wants to be clear: She’s just following in the footsteps of the women who redefined rock climbing. When Lynn Hill used just her hands and feet to scale all 3,000 feet of El Capitan in ...

Her list of physical feats seems almost impossible. Win national sport-climbing competitions starting at the age of 13? Check. Summit Mount Everest? Check. Free-climb El Capitan in under 24 hours?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two of the world’s best rock climbers coped with frightening falls and the deaths of two fellow climbers on the same rock in a monthlong quest to shatter a mythical record in ...

I plan on doing something to get me up El Capitan every day. The biggest one on the list is to dump this weight. I weighed in at 210 today. The first 10 pounds comes off fairly easily. I have done ...