"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

Carsten von Birckhahn, the CEO and brand manager of Edelrid, died Saturday in a paragliding accident. Von Birckhahn was a “pioneer and a hands-on man, a mountain enthusiast and a gear innovator, according to a press release from Edelrid on Wednesday. He died after a crash landing ...read more

• By Kassondra Cloos
  Jul 19, 2017

Sam D’Aoust started working at Escape Route in British Columbia when he was 17. He started out with a simple enough task, just watching the doors during the holiday shopping season. It was meant to be a seasonal gig. But as the weeks went on, he started selling jackets. It ...read more

• By Kassondra Cloos
  Aug 11, 2017