There’s not a rock climber alive who hasn’t been asked this question from a passer-by at some point. After muttering an answer, the climber will often hear a follow-up like, “You know there’s an ...

On the morning of June 30, Austin Howell, of Lombard, Illinois, was climbing without a rope in Linville Gorge, North Carolina. The 31-year-old first free-soloed a 350-foot swath of vertical sandstone.

When 21-year-old Lincoln Knowles spoke with GearJunkie this week, he had (of course) just finished another morning of climbing without a rope. He was attempting a two-pitch climb in Salt Lake City’s ...

On the 24th and 25th of June 2025 Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee successfully made the first rope-solo ascent of Voie Petit on Grand Capucin (3838m) in the Mont Blanc massif in France. The 450m ...

Climbing solo and self-belayed for five days, Japan’s Keita Kurakami has repeated The Nose on El Capitan (Yosemite, USA). This is the first time that the route freed in 1993 by Lynn Hill has been ...

If you're afraid of heights, new documentary Free Solo's as terrifying as any horror movie you've ever seen. Even for the non-acrophobic, it's scary. The name of the movie refers to "free solo ...

Eric “Ricky” Accomazzo, Richard Harrison and I grew up in Upland, California, learned the ropes together during high school, and remained climbing partners for the next 15 years, traveling to heck and ...

'Free Solo's' Alex Honnold and Jared Leto have struck an unlikely friendship, and they invited The Hollywood Reporter to join a recent wall session. By Scott Johnson Alex Honnold, star of the ...

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