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Hard Trad FAs At The New River Gorge By Goodman & Wilder

Hard Trad FAs At The New River Gorge By Goodman & Wilder

Pat Goodman and Matt Wilder pull off 2 hard trad FAs in West Virginia’s New River Gorge with Chuck Fryberger on hand to capture the sends for his upcoming movie The Scene

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Caldwell & Jorgeson’s Dawn Wall Push Ends…For This Year

Caldwell & Jorgeson’s Dawn Wall Push Ends…For This Year

Tommy Calwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s attemp to free a new route on El Capitan’s Dawn Wall comes to an early end

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Caldwell & Jorgeson’s Dawn Wall Push Nears End Of Week 1

Caldwell & Jorgeson’s Dawn Wall Push Nears End Of Week 1

Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s push to free a new line on El Capitan’s Dawn Wall is 6 days old now.  When we last checked in with the duo on Tuesday morning they had finished Pitch 9 which put them in position to begin work on the route’s most difficult pitches, pitches that would take [...]

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More Updates From The Dawn Wall

More Updates From The Dawn Wall

A brief update after the first 3 days of Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s push up a new free route on El Capitan’s Dawn Wall

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Push Begins On El Cap For Caldwell & Jorgeson

Push Begins On El Cap For Caldwell & Jorgeson

After years of hard work and preparation Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson set off yesterday morning to attempt a ground up send of their project on El Capitan’s Dawn Wall

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Video Friday:  The Bachar-Yerian

Video Friday: The Bachar-Yerian

A little runout climbing on the Bachar-Yerian to get your palms sweating on this Friday

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New Speed Record On The Nose By Potter And Leary

According to SuperTopo and Speedclimb.com Dean Potter and Sean Leary teamed up to set a new speed record for climbing The Nose on El Capitan.  The pair blazed up the wall in at an astonishing 2:36:45, shaving 20 seconds off the previous record set by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama in 2008.

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