El Cap Free Timeline
A select (not exhaustive!) timeline of many of the major moments in the history of free climbing on the Big Stone.
A select (not exhaustive!) timeline of many of the major moments in the history of free climbing on the Big Stone.
All sorts of exciting stuff going on as the temperatures start getting a bit nippier!
Finally Free: Skinner and Piana's First Free Ascent of the Salathé Wall
Todd Skinner, one of rock climbing's greatest pioneers and visionaries, is remembered.
R&I Editor Francis Sanzaro introduces the El Cap Free issue with a look at why El Cap still matters.
Tim Klein, 42, along with his climbing partner Jason Wells, died in a tragic accident on El Capitan, Yosemite, on June 2, 2018. Here, Jim Herson remembers his close friend Tim---his incredible capacity for compassion and empathy, and his nearly unparalleled resume on the Big Stone.
The two deaths of two beloved members of the climbing community has shaken the greater climbing world in a season during which speed-climbing has been front and center.
Findlay has now climbed four free routes on El Capitan, Yosemite.