California rock climber Alex Honnold, 31, on Saturday became the first person to free-solo Yosemite’s El Capitan — that is, to climb it without a safety harness or ropes to catch him if he ...

Hundreds of people climb El Capitan every year, but Caldwell and Jorgeson are free-climbing, which means they're only using their hands and feet to make the ascent. They have ropes, but only to ...

It seems fitting that in the first moments after Honnold had become the first person to free solo Yosemite’s El Capitan, the greatest pure feat of rock climbing in history, that he’d sit down ...

Pair are the first to free-climb the nearly vertical El Capitan's "Dawn Wall." — -- An impossible dream was realized today for Yosemite climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson, as they ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Two climbers reached the summit of El Capitan on Wednesday, completing a herculean and what some believed to be an impossible free climb 3,000 feet to the top of a ...

Emily Harrington speaks to PEOPLE about her history-making ascent of El Capitan in 2020, becoming the first woman to free climb Golden Gate in under 24 hours Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter ...

Emily Harrington became the first woman — and fourth person — to free-climb a notoriously difficult El Capitan route in Yosemite National Park in a single day. The 34-year-old climber ...

There are many routes up El Capitan, but only a handful have been attempted by climbers trying to free climb – using only their hands and feet – with ropes designed only to catch them when ...

Since Dec. 27, Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell have been free climbing -- using only their hands and feet -- while sleeping in sling-like tents suspended to El Capitan’s Dawn Wall, a steep and ...

Professional rock climber Emily Harrington has made history after successfully free-climbing Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan last Wednesday — and she hopes that her incredible feat has ...

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