Yosemite Shuttered
Only floods, fires and government shutdowns have ever closed the park before. Now a pandemic has.
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Solo Act: The Brad Gobright Profile
Outside called Brad Gobright “The next great free soloist.” Now that it’s time to take up that mantle, does he even want to?
Emily Harrington’s El Cap Rescue
While trying to climb Golden Gate (VI 5.13) on El Capitan, Yosemite, in a single day on Sunday, Emily Harrington took a huge fall on a 5.10c on the Freeblast (which makes up the lower portion of the route).
Interview: Tommy Caldwell Talks His and Honnold’s New El Cap Free Route
"It's some of the sickest climbing in existence on Earth, I’m certain of that," Caldwell says.
Babsi Zangerl Frees “Pre-Muir” (VI 5.13d), Her Fourth Free Route on El Cap
Despite a damp start to the Yosemite season, Zangerl closed out her time in the Valley with an exclamation point.
Alex Honnold Freeing the “Galapagos” Pitch (5.13b) on El Nino (Raw Footage!)
Honnold gets the beta a bit wrong 20 feet run out, finds a no-hands knee bar, and plays leapfrog twice with the photographer---and still sends! See here for more background ?
Honnold and Gobright Make Second Completely Free Ascent of “El Nino” on El Cap via “Pineapple Express” Variation
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Yvon Chouinard: Personal Notes from the North America Wall
El Capitan, Yosemite, Unpublished, 1964
Our Road To The Nose: Two Ladies Learning Big Walls
Watch these two climbers tackle the most famous climb in the world!
The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
A new glimpse and look at Alex Honnold's ground-breaking free solo of El Capitan, from Mark Synnott.
Unsafe At Speed
The truth about going for it.
Interview: Keita Kurakami on Rope-Soloing the Nose, Free
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