Free soloing means climbing with no rope or gear, a historic genre that in the late 1970s, through the Yosemite-based John Bachar--at the time nicknamed Mr. Norelco, after a "cordless" electric razor- ...

Emily Harrington climbed alongside Alex Honnold of Free Solo fame Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has previously ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: JJ Kelly, National Geographic for Disney+ Alex Honnold, one of the world’s most daring ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP/CBS13) — Emily Harrington, a mountain climber from Placer County, has become the fourth person, and the first woman, to free-climb Yosemite National Park's El ...

On election night, while most Americans were doom-scrolling social media into the wee hours, climber Emily Harrington was feeling optimistic while racking up at the base of El Capitan in Yosemite ...

A climbing gym in St. George is offering free classes every Friday morning to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease and to ...

Professional rock climber Emily Harrington free-climbed the Golden Gate route of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on Nov. 4. She became the first woman to free-climb the 41-pitch route in one day.

Santa Barbara, CA — January 2, 2026 — The Pad Climbing, a community-focused climbing gym known for its welcoming and ...

The rock climbing wall at the Pottruck Center will now be free to all paid guests and members of the facility. Credit: Kaveen Harohalli Penn Campus Recreation announced that the climbing wall at ...

This past fall, Connor Herson decided to take a four-month break from his studies at Stanford University to go rock climbing. Herson, 21, is pursuing a degree in engineering, but his studies have ...