The first free solo climb ... Northwest Face of Half Dome. Such audacious feats on America’s biggest cliffs have made Alex one of the most accomplished, admired, and followed rock climbers ...

An international trio comprised of Roger Schäli (Switzerland), Robert Jasper (Germany) and Simon Gietl (Italy) have established Odyssee (8a+, 1400m), a difficult and serious new rock climb up the ...

Using a method called free-soloing – climbing without ropes or any safety equipment – he scaled the 900-metre-high sheer rock ...

Rock climber Alex Honnold has pulled off some ... “When Lynn Hill became the first person to free climb The Nose on El Cap, it established a new level of difficulty in the sport.

In August 2015 Martin Dejori, Marta Mozzati, Titus Prinoth, Giorgio Travaglia and Alex Walpoth completed Via degli studenti, an important new rock climb up the legendary NW Face of Civetta in ... The ...