Paraplegic Climber Scales 3,000 Feet up El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA Zuko Carrasco, a 42-year-old paraplegic, did something that most would think is unachievable. With a team of nine friends, the Ecuadorian climbed almost 3,000 feet up El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, California, with only his hands and upper body strength. Prior to a freak accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down, Carrasco made a living as a professional […] Climbing Samantha Gates | January 18, 2024 0 Comments
8-Year-Old Boy Sets Out to Become Youngest Ever to Scale Yosemite’s El Capitan, CA This week, a father and son duo initiated an attempt to climb El Capitan at Yosemite National Park in California. The feat would make the 8-year-old boy the youngest person ever to climb the world-renowned peak. Rising more than 3,000 feet above the valley floor, you don’t have to be a climber to comprehend that El Capitan is a challenging […] Climbing Nick DeRiso | October 27, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] 2,650′ Rappel Off El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA “In this video we had 1 rope rigged, 3000 feet long, from the diving board on the nose of El Capitan. This style of rappelling/rigging is called Single Rope Technique, or SRT. This is how cavers explore vertical caves in the USA for the most part, which is not the same as European techniques with multiple rebelays. We use a […] Climbing CragBrains | August 9, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] A Brief Theory of How Alex Honnold Climbed El Capitan Without Ropes A brief theory of how Alex Honnold free soloed El Capitan, from the perspective of a climber who has free soloed on big walls well within their comfort zone, on secure styles of climbing. Plus soloed on much smaller cliffs closer to their physical limit, on insecure styles of climbing (the Gritstone). Related: VIDEO: ‘What if He Falls?’ | Behind […] Climbing CragBrains | February 18, 2022 0 Comments
Tahoe, CA Woman Becomes First Female to Free-Climb El Capitan Route in Under 24-Hours Mountain climber Emily Harrington just made history by becoming the first woman, and only the fourth person overall, to free-climb the Golden Gate route of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA in less than 24-hours. Free climbing means climbers have ropes to catch them if they fall, but they provide no assistance for the actual climbing. Related: VIDEO: Heart-Thumping 360º […] Climbing CragBrains | November 9, 2020 2 Comments
VIDEO: 2-Hours in 2-Minutes | Watch Time Lapse of Honnold’s and Caldwell’s Record Breaking El Capitan Ascent On June 6, 2018, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell climbed The Nose on El Capitan in 01:58:07, setting a speed record for the ages, and fulfilling Honnold’s “lifetime goal” of a sub-2-hour Nose ascent. Related: VIDEO: What if You Need to Sneeze? Free Solo’s Alex Honnold Answers the Important Questions… This is the actual record-breaking climb, bottom to top, in […] Climbing CragBrains | May 9, 2020 0 Comments
Alex Honnold’s MUM is the Oldest Woman to Climb El Capitan (Using Ropes!) Alex Honnold is a household name, following his insane free solo climb of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, and the subsequent Oscar-winning documentary of the climb. Related: VIDEO: Heart-Thumping 360º Video of Alex Honnold’s El Capitan Free Solo Climb Not content with letting her son claim all the family limelight, his mother has an achievement of her own: she […] Climbing CragBrains | January 16, 2020 0 Comments
Squaw Valley’s Emily Harrington Rescued After “Pin Ball” Fall on El Capitan in Yosemite, CA Professional climber and Squaw Valley, CA resident Emily Harrington, 33, was injured after taking a big “pin ball” fall while climbing El Capitan in Yosemite, California on Sunday. Emily was fortunate to escape the fall with only cuts & bruises. “I had an accident yesterday on El Cap. I’m banged up but gonna be ok thankfully. Not much to say […] Climbing CragBrains | November 26, 2019 0 Comments