Oct 5, 2018 · Last summer legendary rock climber Alex Honnold became the first person to ever scale the iconic nearly 3,000-foot granite wall known as El Capitan without using ropes or …

Mar 18, 2025 · It was on this day that he achieved a feat many deemed impossible: free soloing 3,000 feet of El Capitan. The achievement was the focal point in the Oscar-winning …

Dec 9, 2024 · Honnold, star of the Oscar-winning 2018 climbing film Free Solo has spent the last few weeks attempting to free climb El Capitan’s famed route The Nose, the 2,900-foot vertical …

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, the directors of the Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo,” discuss how they captured rock climber Alex Honnold’s f...

How "Free Solo" Filmed The First El Capitan Climb With No Ropes | Vanity Fair How I climbed a 3,000-foot vertical cliff -- without ropes | Alex Honnold | TED

1864 photo of El Capitan by Charles Leander Weed Between the two main faces, the Southwest (on the left when looking directly at the wall) and the Southeast, is a prow. While today there …

May 31, 2024 · Most climbers choose to aid climb much of the Salathé, free climbing the occasional easy pitches and taking an average of three-to-four days to climb the route.

Dec 13, 2018 · Free solo climber Alex Honnold prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: scaling Yosemite's 3,200-foot El Capitan without a rope.

Sep 23, 2008 · Description The Free Rider is the Astroman of the new millennium. This route is climbing at its finest. The route follows complex crack systems up the southwest face of El …

May 23, 2025 · Emily Harrington speaks to PEOPLE exclusively about her history-making ascent of El Capitan in 2020, becoming the first woman to free climb it under 24 hours