The Alpinist captures some of the most awe-inspiring free solo climbing footage ever seen on rock and ice. Filmmakers Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen of Sender Films, core climbers who’ve ...
Now, we don't free-solo — which means rock-climbing without the aid of ropes or a partner — to hear such accolades. But it made us feel damned cool, even though the cliff we were on wasn't ...
His ascent of the 3,000ft (1,000m) rock-face in Yosemite National Park on Saturday has been described as one of the greatest solo climbing feats. It took Mr Honnold four hours to scale it without ...
The 47-year-old rock climbing pro first made major headlines thanks to the Oscar-winning documentary, Free Solo, that focused on his ascent of the national park’s El Capitan peak without any ...
Rock climbing is no longer a fringe sport ... I feel like we've flown up the route, until Potter tells me that he often free solos it in an hour. This is the trend. Most routes are now familiar ...
In 2018, Canadian rock and ice climber Marc-André Leclerc was killed in an avalanche while climbing the Mendenhall ... with everyone from his mum to Free Solo-star Alex Honnold.
BOW VALLEY – Nearly one thousand metres above the legendary Mount Assinboine, renowned extreme athlete and Canmore’s own Will ...
A world-renowned American free solo climber has died ... "He had a magic about him on the rock, unlike anyone I've ever met," wrote Alice Hafer, one of Gobright's climbing partners.
Pete learns of Marc’s background and films him on a series of jaw-dropping solo climbs on rock and ice ... peak to pursue his pure vision of solo climbing. Marc sees the discipline of alpinism ...
View this post on Instagram See this post on Instagram There’s no doubt that Alex Honnold’s Oscar-winning Free Solo helped put rock climbing into the center of mainstream conversation.
"This feels like the real debut of climbing for sure," free solo rock climbing great Alex Honnold told Reuters. "It feels like there's a lot more energy around the sport this year." Tokyo's ...