On October 10, Tommy Caldwell and a new climbing partner, Jonathan Siegrist, will head to Yosemite Valley to once again attempt the world’s hardest big-wall free climb, the Dawn Wall of El Capitan.
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U.S. officials sound worldwide alert for Yosemite hantavirus risk
U.S. health officials have sent warnings to 39 other countries that their citizens who stayed in Yosemite National Park tent cabins this summer may have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne hantavirus, a park service epidemiologist said on Tuesday.
New women’s speed record on the Nose!
Congrats to Jes Meiris and Quinn Brett for a new women’s speed record on the 32-pitch Noseroute of El Capitan, Yosemite: 10 hours 19 minutes.
Lurking Fear solo – My first time up the Captain
All summer the thought of trying to solo El Cap was niggling about in my head, a silly idea which wouldn’t go away. Which led to standing at the base of Lurking Fear feeling, well, fearful.
Video: Dean Potter – Race For The Nose
In a wild and dangerous ascent,Dean Potter and his climbing partner Sean Leary set the speed record for climbing up the Nose Route of Yosemite Valley’s El Capitan.
Video: Mayan Smith-Gobat on Salathe
Five Ten’s Elite Athlete Mayan Smith-Gobat free climbs Salathe wall on Yosemite’s fabled behemoth, El Capitan.
Chicks on the Nose
I stretched up and just got a tiny offset nut into the only pin-scar I could reach. I tugged on it from my precarious perch balancing high in my etriers.
The Nose in a Day
I’d arrived in Yosemite three weeks earlier with low expectations of how I’d perform, and a very vague idea of what I wanted to climb. El Cap was not high on the list.
New Female Nose Speed Record
Last week, a new speed record was set on the Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite.
The Vuvuzela Has Landed
The SA and Zim flags are flying in Camp 4, and 2 vuvuzelas are there as well. The idea is for us to blow them each time we send a route, get excited or just whenever.
Half Dome in a Day
On the 5th of September, Clinton martinengo, aka “Ningo”, and I made an ascent of the NW face of the Half Dome.
The Clusterfuk – an ascent of The Nose, El Capitan
By now, I could see the way of things and scavenged some food – we now had enough to keep us going 5 days instead of the planned 3.
Speed Series Part I: Alex Honnold
Recently, we at Alpinist picked the brains of the speediest climbers to learn more about speed climbing and how it fits into our grade-crazy community.
It’s On for Caldwell and Jorgeson
After three years of planning and months of pitch-by-pitch reconnaissance work, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson have begun their official bid to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Cap. Caldwell and Jorgeson’s 33-pitch line will be arguably the hardest of its kind in the Yosemite Valley.
Anthamatten blitzclimb Yosemite valley
In autumn 2010 Simon and Samuel Anthamatten from Switzerland blitzed the West Face, Lurking Fear, Zodiac, Tangerine Trip, Lost in America, North American Wall, Mescalito, The Nose, Salathé and the Linkup Half Dome.
Perspectives – Climbing Yosemite
We did not bring a whole lot of gear for a prolonged hand crack, so he uses it sparingly as he climbs, making some good size run outs.
Honnold Flies Up Half Dome and The Nose in 8 Hours
Alex Honnold broke at least one Yosemite speed record on Tuesday when he solo climbed the Regular Northwest Face (VI 5.12a, 23 pitches) on Half Dome and The Nose (VI 5.9 C1, 31 pitches) on El Capitan.
Another Siege Begins to Free Mescalito
As of yesterday, Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell are back in Yosemite for their second assault of Mescalito, a climb that, when it goes free, will set a new standard for multi-pitch routes.
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Bolt issue on Kalymnos
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Space Race – a new route on Table Mountain
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New Cederberg Hiking map – Names update
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Alien vs. Predator. a.k.a. a review of the new BD X4 Cams
- Brian sending ‘Just Behrly’
- PAUSE 8
- Lee Den Hond becomes the third South African woman to summit Everest
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Alien vs. Predator. a.k.a. a review of the new BD X4 Cams
- 3 Days With Ethan Pringle
- DAVE (with Dave MacLeod)
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Nic Le Maitre: The grooves on the cam lobes are a marketing gimmi...
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hermann: And I thought Dani Andrada was a beast when it com...
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Mokganjetsi: Definitely keen for Roulette!! Not so keen on fall...
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Phlip: @Jaak: Haha, jip.. elke bietjie help. Serious!?! ...
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