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 ...
Climbing in Yosemite began modestly in the early 20th century but gained serious traction in the 1950s and 1960s, becoming ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
BOW VALLEY – Nearly one thousand metres above the legendary Mount Assinboine, renowned extreme athlete and Canmore’s own Will ...
I’ve seen people solo or even earn their certificate ... and a crumbling bit of rock can threaten our rock-climbing outing.
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 ...