Jorg Verhoeven, Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, Mayan Smith-Gobat, Libby Sauter, Chantel Astorga, Quinn Brett, Pete Whittaker, Tom Randall are all in Yosemite currently attempting their ...

Yosemite National Park, widely regarded as the birthplace of modern rock climbing has attracted generations of climbers seeking to scale iconic El Capitan and its famous routes. The history of ...

Jacopo Larcher talks about his first climbing trip to Yosemite Valley, USA with Barbara Zangerl, during which they repeated El Nino (5.13c, 800m) on El Capitan and other granite big wall climbs. When ...

Guy McCarthy Oct 25, 2022 Oct 25, 2022 Updated Oct 27, 2022 An 8-year-old boy from Colorado Springs is climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park this week and, if he’s successful, then he ...

On Wednesday, climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set a new speed record climbing The Nose in Yosemite in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 15 seconds. The previous record was held by Brad Gobright and ...

This story appears in the May 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a bright Saturday morning in September a young man is clinging to the face of Half Dome, a sheer 2,130-foot wall of ...

Rock climber Alex Honnold has pulled off some of the most impressive climbing performances in the world. Here are the best climbs of his career. “There’s just so much climbing history in ...

As one of the most recognizable features of Yosemite National Park, El Capitan is one of the first features that visitors see, as it is visible even before travelers enter Yosemite Valley from ...

Spending time in Yosemite Valley at Yosemite National Park in California is a great introduction to this national park. But ...

The annual Horsetail Fall event at Yosemite National Park − also known as the "Firefall" − is back with people vying for the perfect spot in the California park to see the iconic waterfall ...