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Alex Honnold Biography: Early Life, Career, Exclusive Content, Personal Life
9+ hour, 21+ min ago (957+ words) By Neesa PeakAugust 15, 2026, 7:10 pmAugust 15, 2026, 7:10 pmAugust 15, 2026, 7:10 pmNews, U Bio > Alex Honnold is an American rock climber. He is best known for climbs such as free soloing El Capitan and Taipei 101, as well as the documentary Free Solo. He is married to…...
Devil's Lake State Park adds 38 acres
21+ hour, 32+ min ago (19+ words) WXOW Devil's Lake State Park adds 38 acres Currently in La Crosse...
Speed Climber With Yosemite Records Dies In Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (263+ words) myMotherLode.com Sonora, CAâJacob Whisenant, a climber known for setting speed records on some of Yosemite National Parkâs most prominent routes, died August 2 following a climbing-related incident in the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Wilderness A National Park Service report…...
???Ashima??? gets a handhold on a Japanese American teen climber
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1545+ words) Kaysville-based filmmaker Kenji Tsukamoto is honored his award-winning documentary “Ashima” will screen Thursday at the Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium. “The Library Theatre is a venue I’m pretty familiar with,” he said. “I have been going to Sundance since…...
Vertical Climbing & Fitness to Bring Community-Focused Climbing Facility to Concord
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (463+ words) Vertical Climbing & Fitness is coming to 6063 Glen Afton Blvd, Concord, at the Afton Ridge Shopping Center, bringing a community-focused climbing and fitness concept to the area. CEO Dustin Griffin told WhatNow Charlotte the project is being designed as more than…...
Record-Breaking Climber’s Fiancée Pens Heartbreaking Note After Fatal Accident
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (639+ words) Aug 14, 2026 | 7:27 AM EDT Image Credits: Mario Nawfal/X Jake Whisenant had spent years pushing himself on some of the country’s toughest climbs… but on August 3, one final ascent in California’s Sierra Nevada ended in tragedy. The 30-year-old Mammoth Lakes climber…...
9 Days Alone on Yosemite's Half Dome: Inside a Bold New First Ascent
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (360+ words) "I'll smoke the roach! Go on down that slide, man, go on down!" Janes Addiction's "Slow Divers" blared as I hooked bodylength after bodylength into nothingness, without any gear that would really hold a decent fall. Below, the long corner…...
Speed Climber Jake Whisenant Dies at 30 in Sierra Nevada Fall
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (265+ words) Jake Whisenant, the 30-year-old speed climbing prodigy who shattered records on Yosemite's El Capitan, has died following a fatal fall in the Sierra Nevada. Jake Whisenant, the 30-year-old American speed-climbing prodigy famed for shattering records on Yosemite's imposing El Capitan,…...
North Bend’s Scott Rinckenberger Helps Develop New Snoqualmie Pass Climbing Route
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (421+ words) August 13, 2026 By Melissa Grant Snoqualmie Valley Info Rinckenberger and Taylor first began exploring the formation in late summer 2024 after climbing The Edge of Time Arete on nearby The Fang. They returned with climbing gear, hand tools, a drill and bolts…...
‘Daredevil’ with a ‘gentle spirit’: Mammoth Lakes climber Jake Whisenant dies in accident
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (349+ words) Convenient Home Delivery of the Inyo Register PLUS E-Edition access and unlimited access to articles on inyoregister.com. Hundreds of children and their parents lined the edges of th… Local conservation nonprofit Friends of the Inyo is so worri… Mammoth…...