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Climbing The Nose: A True Tale of Climbing El Cap
This is one story you’re going to want to read the rest of. DarkSyd tells of climbing The Nose. DarkSyd: “After a week or so of getting the techniques down, we found ourselves at the base of the Mighty El Capitan before sunrise, looking up in awe at the pink granite face looming 3400 feet…
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Rock climbing and rock protection/anchors
Ever wonder what a Class 5.3 is? The American Safe Climbing Association has a great page with information on all the Rock Climbing Ratings used today including the Yosemite Decimals System orignally invented by Don Wilson, Royal Robbins, and Chuck Wilts in 1956 and the original Sierra Club rock climbing rating system, dating from the…
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Climbing The Dihedral Wall: Adventure Climbing El Capitan
From the very first days, Yosemite has long been the premier place climbers to prove their worth. Whether free climbing on El Capitan or bouldering in any one of the fields around the Valley the heart of climbing beats in Yosemite like in no other place in the world. In this months issue of Climbing…
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Tom Frost
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Yosemite climbing legend and one of my personal heroes, Tom Frost. Tom was one of the first to climb The North American Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite during the 1960s with Royal Robbins, Yvon Chouinard, and Chuck Pratt. With Robbins and Pratt, Tom…
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Visitor Killed By Rockfall in Yosemite Valley
A rockfall of undetermined size occurred in Yosemite National Park Wednesday at about 1:55 p.m. The rockfall was reported to have happened from El Capitan near the “Waterfall Route”, a popular climbing route on the East Buttress of El Capitan close to Horsetail Fall, the famous Yosemite Firefall seen each spring. There is one confirmed…
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You Can Help Clean Up Yosemite and Get in Free When You Do
It’s time again for Public Lands Day and the Yosemite Facelift.
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Get Into Yosemite FREE on September 30th, National Public Lands Day
Give a little love to your park and get into Yosemite FREE to do it!
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Road and Trail Closures Persist as Fire Operations Continue on the Empire and South Fork Fires
While we’re waiting to see what new fires will pop up after last nights thunderstorm here’s a quick update on the Empire and South Fork Fires.
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Royal Robbins (1935-2017)
Our deepest sympathies go out this morning to the family of Royal Robbins.
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Rockfall Reshapes Iconic Half Dome Climb
A massive sheet of rock has fallen from the vertical face of Half Dome, making one of the most popular routes attempted by climbers in North America even more challenging.