Climbing one big wall is already exhausting. This plan was to climb El Cap and then go straight to Half Dome in the same day. Early on, everything feels manageable, but as the hours pass, fatigue ...

As a professional rock climber, I’ve spent my career pushing myself to new limits. I’ve won national championships, competed in world cup competitions, and summited some of the most iconic peaks in ...

On Monday, November 13, 2023, Sam Stroh climbed El Capitan's El Corazon (5.13b, 32 pitches) in 22 hours. Stroh is only the fourth person to climb the 3,000-foot route in a day, after Tommy Caldwell, ...

Climber Sasha Digiulian recently finished a taxing 23-day ascent up El Capitan along what is believed to be the longest route on the famous granite cliff - one that few climbers have ever completed.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — With headlamps lighting the way out of the abyss, two rock climbers scrambled atop El Capitan and stepped into the record books on the most celebrated hunk of granite ...

Climbing it over and over again requires something completely different. It’s not just about ability, but about understanding the systems, the exposure, and what it takes to keep going back up there.

I plan on doing something to get me up El Capitan every day. The biggest one on the list is to dump this weight. I weighed in at 210 today. The first 10 pounds comes off fairly easily. I have done ...