Movie Trailer: ‘Free Solo’ Documents Alex Honnold’s Historic Ropeless El Capitan Ascent [arve url="https://youtu.be/xNb524VQBU4"] CragBrains | August 10, 2018 84 Likes 1 Tweet 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
Speed Record Set On The Nose Of El Capitan In Yosemite National Park, CA On Wednesday, two climbers shattered the speed record to climb the Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA. Alex Honnold and his climbing partner Tommy Caldwell ascended the route in 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 15 seconds. The previous record of 2 hours, 19 minutes, and 44 seconds was set by Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds in October 2017. […] Climbing Chris Wallner | May 31, 2018 0 Comments
Legendary Climber Hans Florine Broke Multiple Bones After A Fall While Climbing Yosemite’s El Capitan According to Mercury News, World Famous Climber Hans Florine was airlifted to the hospital on Friday after a fall while climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA. At 1:30pm on Thursday, Hans was ahead of his climbing partner Abraham Shreve, when a nut that he used to secure his rope broke loose. View this post on Instagram A post shared by […] Climbing SnowBrains | May 7, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Simply Stunning Time-Lapse of a Superhuman Record Breaking El Capitan Climb This time-lapse sped up video of the record-setting El Capitan climb last fall is simply stunning. For a climb that takes most climbers 3 to 4 days, this is an almost superhuman effort. Well worth a watch, just sit back at marvel at these guys. On a cold, misty morning in late October 2017, after 11 previous attempts, Brad Gobright and […] Climbing CragBrains | April 23, 2018 0 Comments
Two Climbers Set New Speed Record On The Nose of El Capitan In Yosemite National Park, CA According to San Francisco Gate, two climbers broke the speed record on The Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA on Saturday. Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds scaled the near 90-degree face in 2 hours 19 minutes and 44 seconds. This surpassed the previous record of 2 hours and 23 minutes that was set by Hans Florine and Alex Honnold in […] Industry News Chris Wallner | October 24, 2017 0 Comments
Quinn Brett Seriously Injured After A 100-Foot Fall On El Cap In Yosemite National Park, CA According to Tom Evans on El Cap Report, well known climber Quinn Brett, was seriously injured when she fell 100-feet on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA. The fall occurred on Wednesday, October 11th, 2017. At the time, she was attempting to climb the Nose in one day. She fell from the Boot Flake feature, hit the Texas Flake below, and […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 18, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Terrifying Footage Of The Rock Falls On El Capitan In Yosemite National Park, CA [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPOTlCB_y30"] Chris Wallner | October 10, 2017 171 Likes 4 Tweets 0 Comments
Rockfall Kills One Injures One on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA Today According to Yosemite National Park CA, a rockfall occurred on the famous rock climbing big wall El Capitan today at 1:55pm that killed one person and injured another. The rockfall occurred on the “Waterfall Route” climbing route on East Buttress of El Capitan. This rockfall happened during peak rock climbing season. “A rockfall of undetermined size occurred on El Capitan […] Industry News CragBrains | September 27, 2017 0 Comments
1st Video of Alex Honnold’s 3,000-Vertical-Foot Free Solo Climb of El Captian On June 3rd, 2017, Alex Honnold completed a 3,000-vertical-foot ascent of “Freerider” on El Capitan in Yosemite, CA without using ropes nor safety gear. This is the first video released of his climb. Hearing him breath gave us chills… This was the first ever free-solo of El Capitan and very well could be the last. This was a huge goal […] Industry News CragBrains | June 6, 2017 0 Comments
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