Free soloing means climbing with no rope or gear, a historic genre that in the late 1970s, through the Yosemite-based John Bachar--at the time nicknamed Mr. Norelco, after a "cordless" electric razor- ...

ALEX Honnold is known for his fearless ascents of some of the most spectacular cliff faces — but this time he climbed 2500ft without a rope. But the 28-year-old’s latest feat of courage and madness, ...

A local nonprofit climbing organization now is the owner of three important cliffs in Unaweep Canyon, a move that secures 50 acres of access for climbers that includes about 200 top-rated, granite ...

The sound of a rock climber falling from a cliff cut through the black, cold silence of the early morning hours in Yosemite National Park. World-renowned climber Alex Honnold could not see the ...