Austrian climber Barbara "Babsi" Zengeri made history this weekend as the first person ever to flash climb a route on El Capitan ... unknown climbers set a new record for the Yosemite Triple ...

On a vertical rockface like El Capitan, the soaring slab of granite in California’s Yosemite National Park, perfection is an elusive, almost impossible goal for professional climbers. It can ...

At age 15, Herson became the youngest person to free climb the Nose route on El Capitan. “I’ve always balanced school and climbing but it’s gotten a lot trickier as I’ve gotten deeper into both worlds ...

Oldest, youngest to free El Cap Caldwell is -- he believes -- the oldest climber to free-climb a route on El Capitan ... In doing so, he snatched the age record from Caldwell himself, who was ...

It’s been there throughout my entire climbing life. It was my first El Cap route; I aid climbed it in 2005 or 2006. I started working on the speed record with Hans Florine in 2012, and then ...

Climbing the route without falling on the first attempt defines a ‘Flash’ – an incredible and rare feat. In fact, Zangerl’s Flash, the first on El Capitan, places her in rarefied air as ...