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 ...

Dave MacLeod: Incredibly bold Scottish rock and ice climber who has pulled off many staggering climbs. Hazel Findlay: Sport and big wall climbing great who’s achieved a string of firsts. Will Bosi: ...

“Jim is making a big statement here ... I knew only half of the rock climbing was done.” Climbing down ended up taking even longer than going up. He got off route and forced himself to ...

Big enough for a climber to fit inside, a chimney is a wide, vertical crack between two rock faces. Chimneying, also called stemming, is the technique of climbing by pressing against opposite ...

Alex: Obviously there is a big difference in style, but at the heart of it they are both just big rock climbing adventures. And actually, the whole time I was in Potrero working on Sendero I kept ...

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 ...