9-Year-Old Girl Becomes Youngest Person to Climb El Capitan, Yosemite, CA In mid-September, Pearl Johnson, age 9, climbed the Triple Direct route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, earning her the title as the youngest person to climb the 3,000-foot granite wall. Pearl originally wanted to climb The Nose, but it was crowded, so they switched to the much less-preferred but equally extended Triple Direct route, which parallels the Nose just before joining […] Climbing CragBrains | October 30, 2019 0 Comments
10-Year Old Girl Just Became Youngest Ever Climber to Scale 3,000-Foot Nose of El Capitan, CA 10-year-old Colorado native Selah Schneiter just became the youngest person to ever scale the 3,000-foot nose of iconic El Capitan at Yosemite National Park, CA. Related: 15-Year-Old Makes Free Ascent Of The Nose Of El Capitan Weighing just 55 pounds and standing four-foot-two, Schneiter completed the historic climb Wednesday evening around 6 pm after 5 grueling days of climbing with […] CragBrains | June 14, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: ‘What if He Falls?’ | Behind the Scenes of Alex Honnold’s Free Solo El Capitan Climb In 2017, when Alex Honnold made his stunning free-solo ascent of Yosemite’s El Capitan, he was taking an unimaginable risk: nearly three thousand feet of climbing without any ropes or safety equipment. You might also like: VIDEO: Heart-Thumping 360º Video of Alex Honnold’s El Capitan Free Solo Climb But was the climb made even riskier by the filmmakers who accompanied him? […] Climbing CragBrains | December 5, 2018 0 Comments
15-Year-Old Makes Free Ascent Of The Nose Of El Capitan Connor Herson, 15, just free climbed the nose of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. With support from his father Jim Herson, Connor made an unexpected and revolutionary push on the most famous route on the worlds most awe inspiring rock face. He also did it on a weekend off from school! He is only the 6th person to accomplish this […] Climbing Jason Ringenberg | November 27, 2018 1 Comment
VIDEO: Heart-Thumping 360º Video of Alex Honnold’s El Capitan Free Solo Climb Forgive us for yet another video of this unbelievable achievement. It’s unlikely any of us will ever achieve this, so immerse yourself in the experience of free solo climbing Yosemite’s famous El Capitan alongside Alex Honnold in this breathtaking 360 video. You might also like: Movie Trailer: ‘Free Solo’ Documents Alex Honnold’s Historic Ropeless El Capitan Ascent If you haven’t already […] Climbing CragBrains | November 10, 2018 1 Comment
Movie Trailer: ‘Free Solo’ Documents Alex Honnold’s Historic Ropeless El Capitan Ascent What must surely be one of the most anticipated movies this year, “Free Solo” is the story of climber Alex Honnold’s 3,200-foot ropeless ascent of a route on El Capitan in Yosemite. The dramatic National Geographic film was shot by world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin and award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi, the duo behind the film, “Meru.” High praise […] Movie Trailer CragBrains | August 10, 2018 0 Comments
Speed Climbing Record For The Nose of El Capitan Smashed. Again. Five days ago, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell shattered the speed record on the Nose route on El Capitan in Yosemite, climbing the line in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 15 seconds. But always believed they could go faster, reports Outside Online. “From the get-go, we’ve been talking about sub two,” Honnold said after the climb. “I think we can. We’re going […] Climbing CragBrains | June 8, 2018 0 Comments
Two Expert Climbers Fall to Deaths Whilst Speed Climbing the Freeblast Route on El Capitan Two experienced climbers fell to their deaths on Saturday morning whilst speed climbing on the lower pitches of the Salathé Wall on El Capitan, a section called Freeblast, in Yosemite National Park. Jason Wells, 46, of Boulder, CO and Tim Klein, 42, from Palmdale, CA were simul-climbing through Pitch 9 or 10, 5.7 terrain approaching Mammoth Terraces when the incident occurred at around 8:15 […] Climbing CragBrains | June 4, 2018 1 Comment