On October 20, Tanner Wanish and Mike Vaill, both 32, scaled El Capitan, Half Dome, and Mount Watkins in succession—collectively known as the Yosemite Triple Crown—in 17 hours and 55 minutes.
Amy Boerger captured this shot of El Capitan and the Half Dome in Yosemite National Park in October. Nobody covers Columbus, ...
As one of the most recognizable features of Yosemite National Park, El Capitan is one of the first ... climbers apply for it in person (unlike Half Dome that's only available via a lottery system).
It is those cables that guide hikers to the summit of Half Dome. While most visitors are content to gaze at the iconic Yosemite site from the valley floor, the best viewing is at Sentinel Bridge ...
A fall from that height — on the climbing cables that mark the final 400-foot ascent to the summit of Yosemite's Half Dome — ...
El Capitan is one of the best-known landmarks ... The fatalities follow that of a hiker on the Half Dome cliffs last week, the first death in the park this year. More than 100 climbing accidents ...
We left you last Friday with Alex Honnold's astounding and fast solo ascent of the Triple Crown in Yosemite, the continuous ascent of Mount Watkins, El Capitan and Half Dome. We mentioned that due to ...
It was so easy to find great views of El Capitan, Half Dome, and areas across Yosemite Valley. Tunnel View was easily the ...
It was first ascended by Royal Robbins, Chuck Pratt and Tom Frost in a ground-breaking and uncompromising style over nine and a half days in September 1961 and it was the first big wall to be freed on ...