Climbing Video: Alex Honnold Solos Half Dome
Alex Honnold free solos the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome (5.12a) in Yosemite. Alex Honnold free solos Half Dome from Hennie vJ on Vimeo. (via Rock and Ice, ClimbingNarc)
Tag: yosemite
John Muir and the Yosemite Museum
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on John Muir, his first ascent of Cathedral Peak in 1869, and the recent exhibit in the Yosemite Museum called “Granite Frontiers: A Century of Yosemite Climbing.” Muir was Yosemite’s first climbing bum — a rara avis then, but a species that is not at all endangered […]
Hans Florine and Yuji Hiriyama Set New Speed Record on The Nose
Hans Florine and Yuji Hiriyama broke their own speed record on The Nose, El Capitan in Yosemite by 6 minutes recording a new time of 2:37:05 on Sunday, October 12. The Nose, which celebrates its 50 anniversary this year, is one of the world’s most famous rock climbs and was first ascended over a five […]
Quick Sends – 7/3/08
Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama set new speed record on the Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite Results of the lead-climbing competition in China Yosemite Museum at Yosemite National Park is featuring new exhibit dedicated to rock climbing Bill to ban bisphenol-A (BPA) was introduced to Congress Nau purchased and re-opend by Horny Toad
Climbing Videos: Bouldering in Yosemite
Betabase has recently posted two cool videos of bouldering in Yosemite. The first video is of Rabbit Habit (V8) on the LeConte Cave boulder. The second video is of King Cobra Sit (v9). UPDATE: From Tim Medina at Betabase regarding King Cobra Sit: “I hit the record button a little late and that is why […]