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 ...

On Monday, November 13, 2023, Sam Stroh climbed El Capitan's El Corazon (5.13b, 32 pitches) in 22 hours. Stroh is only the fourth person to climb the 3,000-foot route in a day, after Tommy Caldwell, ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. El Cap has been on an aggressive path since it formed in 2018 as the parent company of Planet Granite and ...

LOS ANGELES -- Days after two of the world's most celebrated rock climbers twice set astonishingly fast records on the biggest wall in Yosemite National Park, they did it again Wednesday, breaking a ...

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, ...

If you’re going to call an approach shoe the El Cap, it’d better be a pretty accomplished climber. The name of these great approach shoes from Italian technical footwear specialist Zamberlan gives an ...