As a professional rock climber, I’ve spent my career pushing myself to new limits. I’ve won national championships, competed in world cup competitions, and summited some of the most iconic peaks in ...

Emily Harrington wants to be clear: She’s just following in the footsteps of the women who redefined rock climbing. When Lynn Hill used just her hands and feet to scale all 3,000 feet of El Capitan in ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- It was a magical moment years in the making: American rock climber Tommy Caldwell pulled himself atop the 3,000-foot wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, ...

Emily Harrington speaks to PEOPLE exclusively about her history-making ascent of El Capitan in 2020, becoming the first woman to free climb it under 24 hours Emily Harrington looked back on her ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Rock climber Emily Harrington has become the first woman, and fourth person, to free-climb the Golden Gate route on Yosemite National Park’s granite wall in a single ...

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 take ...

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.

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 ...