about whom the Oscar-winning 2018 documentary Free Solo was made A rock climber has smashed the record for summiting Yosemite's El Capitan, climbing the sheer rock face in just four hours and 39 ...

After nearly eight weeks of headwinds, rain, and hills, the friends finally arrived in Alaska, ready for the Devil’s Climb.

In June Steve Bate from New Zeland repeated the Zodiac up El Capitan in Yosemite ... stated Bate "more likely terrified at the fact I was going to try and climb this route solo. That fact that I have ...

Alex Honnold free solo climbing Freerider, El Capitan, Yosemite, USA on 3 June 2017. In doing so he has become the first person to climb El Cap without ropes Planetmountain.com is a site about ...

Towering 3,000 feet above Yosemite Valley, El Capitan is not just a geological marvel but also a significant economic driver ...

A world-renowned American free solo climber has died attempting to ... Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds speed climbing El Capitan in 2017 While Mr Jacobson crashed through a bush, which cushioned ...

Alex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone. Three elite climbers ...

El Capitan is one of the best-known landmarks in Yosemite Two climbers have been killed while trying to scale the granite rock formation known as El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park.

Popular rock types include granite (e.g. El Capitan), limestone (e.g. Verdon Gorge ... in particular — on routes of up to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). Free-climbing can be done as free solo climbing with ...

Honnold’s free solo climb of El Capitan was a remarkable human achievement by any standard. But, he does not attribute this achievement to luck. He planned his route, he prepared his body, he ...

We’re trying to awaken minds with a bold gesture,” 31-year-old French climber Seb Bouin said of his ropeless climb this week.