Alex Honnold, a celebrated 31-year-old rock climber, on Saturday became the first person to scale Yosemite's El Capitan, a nearly 3,000-foot granite wall, without using ropes or other safety gear, ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Alex Honnold had dreamed about climbing the mighty El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without any safety gear for eight years. But every time he looked up the massive granite wall, ...
That was the case until this weekend, when the elite rock climber reached the summit in about four hours using only his hands and feet. The 31-year-old on Saturday became the first to climb the ...
Pete Whittaker climbing the Monster Offwidth at night during his one day rope-solo ascent of Freerider on El Capitan, Yosemite Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, ...