Alex Honnold climbing free solo 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 ...

presents another epic route on El Capitan. Freerider, essentially a variation of The Salathé Wall, offers more free-climbing potential and gained legendary status when Alex Honnold famously free ...

Alex Honnold free solo climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. (National Geographic/Jimmy Chin) 1. Take incremental steps to broaden your comfort zone Talking about “overcoming fear" is ...

Jorg Verhoeven, Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, Mayan Smith-Gobat, Libby Sauter, Chantel Astorga, Quinn Brett, Pete Whittaker, Tom Randall are all in Yosemite currently attempting their ...

At age 15, Herson became the youngest person to free climb the Nose route on El Capitan. “I’ve always balanced school and climbing but it’s gotten a lot trickier as I’ve gotten deeper into ...

When Jordan Cannon a young climber infatuated with climbing history meets climbing ... wants to complete an allfree ascent Freerider on El Capitan in a day Hudon hopes to free the route in as ...

El Capitan is a big climb – the NPS labels it a "Big Wall Climb." As such, overnight climbing trips require a special permit (the Wilderness Climbing Permit). The good news is it is free and ...

A few years back, Waterhouse and his climbing partner Billy Ridal made a daring free ascent up El Capitan via 'The Nose' route. Such an attempt is rare, but the two former competitive climbers ...

“I was so surprised that this just happened and that I didn’t fall … I could have fallen so many times on that climb.” Freerider is a popular route up El Capitan, the same one taken by Alex Honnold ...

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 ...