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To the climbing partner and father of that young man, not watching the video clip of the moment when gravity finally had its ...

Ultra rock climber Alex Honnold has scaled El Capitan and the 101-story Taipei Tower without ropes. The Sacramento native got ...

A special screening of 'Girl Climber' at the Appalachian Theatre raised money toward the Blue Ridge Conservancy’s mission to ...

Welcome to Reel It In, a biweekly film column where I’ll keep it real, literally, by discussing an often-underappreciated side of cinema: documentaries.

The last month of the warm Cape Town summer season is upon us, culminating in a hopping good time at The Galileo's Special ...

Some raptors are in their critical nesting season, and to ensure they are not disturbed, Yosemite National Park has climbing restrictions in place that will last until mid-July, including on El ...

The Dark Wizard is HBO's upcoming four-part docu-series that chronicles the life of Dean Potter, one of America's most celebrated and controversial free climber, alpinist, BASE jumper and highliner.

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As a free solo climber, Alex Honnold’s M.O. is to dump everything before he scales whatever mountain, cliff or skyscraper he pleases. Sometimes he has to dump a little more as he goes. Honnold, 40, ...

Rock climber Alex Honnold successfully free solo climbed the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan on Saturday as it was broadcast live all around the world on Netflix. While he wasn't the first climber to ...