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Interview with American climber Jim Reynolds who on 21 October 2017 teamed up with Brad Gobright to speed climb The Nose on el capitan in Yosemite in 2:19:44. In doing so they beat the previous speed record set in 2012 by Alex Honnold and Hans Florine by almost four minutes.

New rockfall has taken place on the SE Face of el capitan in Yosemite Valley (USA). The video filmed by Maurizio Oviglia from Middle Cathedral Rock.

On 11 October 2017 strong American climber Quinn Brett fell and seriously injured herself while climbing The Nose on el capitan in Yosemite Valley (USA). Friends have launched a fundraising campaign.

The video filmed by Peter Zabrok of the second rockfall that occurred on the SE Face of el capitan in Yosemite on 28/09/2017.

After the first rockfall on on Wednesday 27/09/2017, yesterday Thursday 28 September a second, larger rockfall occurred on el capitan in Yosemite Valley (USA).

Rockfall on el capitan in Yosemite, USA, that took place shortly before 14:00 on 27/09/2017 has killed one person and injured another according to park officials.

Big wall climbing video: Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein and their November 2016 repeat of the Dihedral Wall (5.14a / 8b+) and Final Frontier 5.13b (8a) up el capitan in Yosemite, USA.

Interview with Polish climber Marek Raganowicz after his solo first ascents of MantraMandala (A3) and Secret of Silence (A4), two difficult big wall climb up the Ship's Prow on Scott Island, Baffin Island, Canada.

The video clip filmed by Luis Manzaneda with his drone of el capitan, Half Dome and the Yosemite Valley, USA.

We have kindly received permission by both Outside Magazine and Tommy Caldwell to republish Caldwell's article about Alex Honnold and his incredible first free solo of el capitan (Yosemite Valley, USA) via the climb Freerider.

The video of David Sjöquist climbing Midnight Lightning in Yosemite, USA, one of the most famous boulder problems in the world first climbed in 1978 by Ron Kauk. The first episode of the series The Classics | Boulder.

American rock climber Peter Zabrok and Britain's Sean Warren have made the long-awaited first repeat of Adrift, the difficult big wall aid climb up the SE Face of el capitan first ascended in early 1994 by Steve Quinlan and Paul Pritchard.

The first video of Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of Freerider on el capitan, Yosemite, carried out by the American climbs on 3 June 2017.

Rock climbing beyond the limits: thoughts about the scope of Alex Honnold's recent free solo ascent of Freerider on el capitan (Yosemite).

American rock climber Alex Honnold has made a free solo ascent of Freerider on el capitan, Yosemite. In doing so he has become the first person to climb el capitan without ropes.

From 25 - 30 April 2017, Silvan Schüpbach and Dimitri Vogt repeated the Muir Wall up el capitan in Yosemite. During 6 days on the 1000m southwest face the two Swissmen climbed all 33 pitches free at 5.13c (8a+).