El Capitan with the routes West Face, Lurking Fear, Dihedral Wall, Excalibur, Muir Wall, Son of Heart, The Shield, The Salathé Wall, The Nose Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, ...

In 1993, American climber Lynn Hill made the first free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite. This 3,300-foot route, graded 5.14a, is the world’s most famous rock climb. Prior to Hill ...

Austrian climber Barbara "Babsi" Zengeri made history this weekend as the first person ever to flash climb a route on El Capitan ... flashed Freerider 5.13a, the Yosemite route made famous ...

on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The 36-year-old Austrian reached the top of the 3,000-foot granite wall without falling on the first attempt. Climbing the route without falling on the ...

The film, La Ruba, will be featured at Mountains on Stage throughout the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe beginning in April 2025. Check the full schedule to see which showings will have Bronwyn Hodgins ...

Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It ...

We reveal how the crux impacts the overall grade of a route and consider famous examples from climbing history ...

Imagine Yosemite’s El Capitan and Half Dome stacked on top ... As an avid alpinist, I traveled to Malawi to climb a new route on this wall. Because Mulanje is in the tropics, the granite has ...

The route Reynolds free soloed has a difficulty rating of 5.10c on the Yosemite ... climbing difficulty—technically much easier than, say, Honnold’s free solo of Free Rider (5.13a) on El Capitan.

Located in Los Banos, the refuge offers more than 10 miles of nature trails and more than 15 miles of auto tour routes ... vehicle. Yosemite National Park visitors take a look at El Capitan ...

The Golden State might have more campgrounds than any other in the U.S.—and more visitors, too. From desert to coast to ...

Most people who visit Yosemite National Park in California only drive down into Yosemite Valley to take a short hike while marveling at the iconic views of El Capitan ... Along the route, stop at ...