American climber Sasha DiGiulian has become the first woman to free-climb El Capitan's longest route — a journey she said ended up being the "most formative and challenging climb" of her career. "When ...

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. -- Two climbers trying to become the first in the world to use only their hands and feet to scale a sheer granite face in Yosemite National Park in California are ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- A father and son team is getting ready to take on one of the most famous vertical rock formations in the world -- Yosemite's El Capitan. Joe Baker and his ...

Rock climber Emily Harrington has become the first woman, and fourth person, to free-climb the Golden Gate route on Yosemite National Park’s 3,000-foot granite wall in a single day. While most of the ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK -- A popular Alaskan climber fell to his death from Yosemite National Park's El Capitan, marking the third death in the park this summer. Balin Miller, 23, died in a climbing ...

Promising young alpinist Balin Miller fell to his death during a climbing accident on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, Oct. 1, his family said on social media. Screenshot of video on ...

When summer hits, professors practice what they preach—leaning into areas of interest that oftentimes go beyond their immediate field of study. This summer, Kyle Heys, director of student success, ...