"Before you do it, do you like, write a note to your mom or anything?" Jimmy Kimmel asked Alex Honnold Thursday night, of his recent free solo of El Capitan."No, that seems overly dramatic," Honnold replied.In a segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Honnold explained his preparation and ...read more

• By Kassondra Cloos
  Jul 14, 2017

Alex Honnold put one in the record books Saturday, after nailing the first ever free solo of El Cap, the iconic, 3,000 foot granite wall in Yosemite National Park. According to a National Geographic report, Honnold started his climb at dawn, and pulled himself up over the final ...read more

• By Kristin Hostetter
  Jun 3, 2017

The spotlight was never part of the plan. With his June 3 free solo of Yosemite’s El Capitan, Alex Honnold secured his place as the outdoor industry’s biggest celebrity—a height he never meant to ascend to. Even so, it’s a platform he’s learned to embrace. Over the past decade, ...read more

• By Corey Buhay
  Aug 1, 2017

Pro adaptive climber Craig DeMartino has overcome life-changing injuries. Now, he's working to help others overcome their own obstacles. Craig DeMartino first discovered he loved climbing at a bachelor party for a friend who didn’t want to go a strip club. In 2002, it almost ...read more

• By Kassondra Cloos
  Sep 8, 2016

Surely 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 ...read more

• By Amelia Arvesen
  Aug 9, 2018

Already a legend in the climbing world at 27, Hayden Kennedy chose to end his life after an avalanche killed his partner, Inge Perkins.The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that the two skiers were skiing on Imp Peak in the southern Madison Range, about 20 miles southwest of Big ...read more

• By Kristen Kuchar
  Oct 10, 2017