This is the magic of Yosemite: It forges heroes. No matter where they come from, from the Alps to the Andes, all self-respecting rock climbers yearn to make a pilgrimage to "the valley" to measure ...

In this surprising story of the premier rock-climbing venue in the United States ... and consumer culture have shaped climbers’ relations to nature and to each other. Even in Yosemite Valley, a ...

This stuff is collected from assorted sources; it's accuracy is both a function of my memory and the honesty of the climbers involved. A better site for speedclimbing records is Hans Florine's ...

This is a list of climbs I've done in Yosemite Valley. By "done" I mean I've at least been on them; sometimes I never made the anchors, but most times I did. Following Karl Baba's notation, # ...

Jacopo Larcher talks about his first climbing trip to Yosemite Valley, USA with Barbara Zangerl, during which they repeated El Nino (5.13c, 800m) on El Capitan and other granite big wall climbs. When ...

rock climber, and photographer, did a solo six-day snowshoeing trip along the South Rim of Yosemite Valley and finished on Super Bowl Sunday. Mann, 39, who grew up hiking, camping, and ice-fishing ...

The beauty of the valley left many visitors in awe, with its waterfalls, rock features and the Merced River. Unlike some other popular national parks, Yosemite National Park doesn't require a ...

the Yosemite Falls Trail is one of the oldest in the park. From the start, hikers will use switchbacks to climb the first 1,000 feet to reach the one mile marker at Columbia Rock. At this point ...

One of my favorite documentaries of all time is “Free Solo.” The movie is about a free solo rock climber named Alex Honnold who made his way up the face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park ...

US national park managers must address a complex portfolio of foreseen and unforeseen challenges that arise in part from a dual mandate to preserve nature and facilitate visitation. To deal with ...