I think I was 18. I'd bagged a handful of long free routes but not the Nose or Salathe or any of the other trade routes up the 3,000-foot El Capitan, home to the most celebrated big-wall climbs on ...

Typically, when climbing records are broken, Climbing reporters like me are quick to celebrate and share the details. But this one felt different. From my view in Yosemite, where I'm based for the ...

Yosemite Valley and its famous El Capitan have long been at the centre of the rock climbing universe. However, in recent years, the gigantic rock formation has found its way into the general public's ...

Ever since he scaled Yosemite’s Half Dome without a rope, fellow climbers and writers asked Alex Honnold when he was going to take on El Capitan. He would always dismiss the question politely, ...

Former Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR) worker Josie McKee was speed-climbing the Nose of El Capitan with fellow big-wall climber Quinn Brett when Brett took a massive fall that left her paralyzed.

On Sunday, National Geographic Channel will premiere The Man Who Can Fly, a special featuring climber and BASE jumper Dean Potter. The program follows Potter as he attempts to climb and BASE jump from ...

Well it has been a while since I have written anything. I was busy climbing. I did a tribute route to my friend and mentor Mike Sanders. It took me all summer to finish it. It is quite a story. It ...