Rock climbing is no longer a fringe sport ... After perfecting her craft in Yosemite, Hill moved on to other venues, winning dozens of competitions in Europe. Then in 1994, at 33, she returned ...

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, # ...

Yosemite National Park, widely regarded as the birthplace of modern rock climbing has attracted generations of climbers seeking to scale iconic El Capitan and its famous routes. The history of ...

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 ...

Making the transition from gym to crag? These bucket list locations should be on your radar. Here's our picks for the best ...

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 ...

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 ...

Honnold, who said he’s climbed the entire north-to-south expanse of Red Rock in 36 hours, joined U.S. Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., ...

Legendary climber Zach Milligan, who skied down Half Dome in Yosemite, dies after an ice climbing accident in the ... theyencountered 5,000 feet of snow, rock, and brush. Eric Rasmussen ...

Newfoundland and Labrador’s spectacular rock isn't just a draw for photographers. For some, jagged cliffs and banks of boulders are meant to be gripped and scaled. They are rock climbers. The Land & ...