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
Boy Wonder? 18-year-old Scottish Phenom Climbs 8,000-Meter Lhotse, Sets New World Record, and Places Remaining 13 Himalayan “Eight Thousanders” As Next On His List New World Record Climb What does it take to climb an 8,000 meter (26,247 ft.) peak in the Himalayas? Just ask 18-year-old Scottish climber Alasdair McKenzie. He’ll tell you. He just set a new Guinness World Record as the youngest person ever to climb Lhotse, the 4th highest mountain in the world. If this wasn’t incredible enough, he paired the […] Industry News Ryan Kime | July 14, 2022 1 Comment
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
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