free soloing

Outside called Brad Gobright “The next great free soloist.” Now that it’s time to take up that mantle, does he even want to?

August 17th, 2014. Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. Alex Honnold celebrates his 29th birthday by doing the thing he loves most: climbing.

When people talk about climbing, things can easily get confusing. There's sport climbing, trad climbing, aid climbing, free soloing, bouldering... Need a way to tell your non-climber friends that you're not free soloing El Cap when you say you go climbing? Show 'em this.

Destivelle was something else!

In 2014, David Roetzel became the first person to solo every major ice formation in East Vail in a single day—a feat which required more than 1,000 feet of ropeless climbing.

Dave MacLeod, Anna Wells, Jamie Johnston & Kevin Woods explore the world-class climbing and bouldering on offer in Glen Nevis, Scotland.

Austrian climber Hansjörg Auer fulfills his dream of free soloing three classic big wall routes in the Dolomites, linking them by paraglider.

"Because failure is never an option, learning to free solo takes even longer than learning to climb."

John Bachar was a premier free soloist, legendary Stonemaster and climbing visionary. He died on July 5, 2009. This was his last interview.

Brette Harrington is known for her daring free solos, but she wouldn’t classify herself as a free-soloist. She’s a trad climber at heart and only solos “for fun.”

Dean Potter, 42, Rock Wizard, Flying Human, Highline Walker. Yosemite, California.