Alex Honnold ticking off yet another big wall climb may not exactly be surprising anymore, but it's still newsworthy, and the climbing legend revealed he had casually chalked off another onsight free ...

The Yosemite Big Wall permit ... It’s safe to say climbing interest has exploded in recent decades. This is likely due to new climbing gyms and mainstream films like The Dawn Wall and Free ...

Yosemite National Park, widely regarded as the birthplace of modern rock climbing has attracted generations of climbers seeking to scale iconic El Capitan and its famous routes. The history of ...

Two Hungarians have opened a new line on the South Wall of 5,193m Shkhara in the Republic of Georgia. It is only the second ascent of that face.

Silvan Schüpbach, Christian Ledergerber, Fabio Lupo, Jérôme Sullivan and Antoine Moineville have made the first ascent of Metrophobia (ice 120°, A2+, 7a), a 1700m new big wall climb on Apostel ...

Stories like this one have often unfolded in the past: Yosemite Valley lays the foundations for great big wall climbing partnerships. It is the place to meet like-minded people and learn the ropes for ...