Few climbers fully commit to free soloing. Those who do see it as equal parts art, meditation, and escape—despite the risks.

Emily Harrington speaks to PEOPLE exclusively about her history-making ascent of El Capitan in 2020, becoming the first woman to free climb it under 24 hours Five years ago, Emily Harrington made ...

As a professional rock climber, I’ve spent my career pushing myself to new limits. I’ve won national championships, competed in world cup competitions, and summited some of the most iconic peaks in ...

Rock climber Alex Honnold plans to scale the facade of what was once the world's tallest building – live on Netflix. But not all are impressed by the idea."It should be within my comfort zone," Alex ...

Free solo climber Alex Honnold is about to risk his life by scaling the Taipei 101 — one of the world’s tallest buildings — on Netflix this week. Netflix, of course, has expanded its live event ...

FameFamed rock climber Alex Honnold masterfully ascended one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers in Taiwan’s capital without a rope. "Sick," he said, standing at the top of Taipei 101 with a panoramic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On August 31, Simon Gietl and Davide Prandini free climbed the Identitat route on the west face of Mittlerer Zwolferkofel in the ...

A pair of Americans completed what had long been considered the world’s most difficult rock climb Wednesday, using only their hands and feet to scale a 3,000-foot vertical wall on El Capitan, the ...