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Alex Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls.Honnold rose to worldwide fame in June 2017 when he became the first person to free solo a full route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park (via the 2,900-foot route Freerider at 5.13a, the first-ever big wall free solo ascent at that grade), [3] a climb described in The New York ...
A Boulder, Colorado, woman died Sunday while free solo climbing a ridge at Rocky Mountain National Park — and falling approximately 500 feet. The 26-year-old was found on Ypsilon Mountain at the ...
Climbing magazine reported that a number of prominent free solo practitioners died in related or other extreme sports, including: Dan Osman (died at age 35 while rope jumping at Yosemite), Michael Reardon (died age 42 while rock climbing sea cliffs when he was carried out to sea by a rogue wave), Dean Potter (died age 43 while wingsuit flying ...
Austin Howell (died June 30, 2019) [1] was an American climber and noted free soloist. Beyond his many climbing achievements, he was known for his social media following and public struggles with mental health problems. [2] He died in a fall from Shortoff Mountain in Burke County, North Carolina, in 2019. [1] [3]
A 21-year-old rock climber fell to his death last weekend in Wyoming’s Devils Tower National Monument, while his partner was later rescued, authorities announced. ... Audi Executive Dies After ...
An "experienced climber" from New York died after falling 300 to 400 feet while hiking a mountain in Colorado, authorities said. Herbert "Hal" Wise, 53, was hiking the Rock of Ages trail in Wilson ...
Ueli Steck (Alemannic German: [ˈuεli ʃtɛk]; 4 October 1976 – 30 April 2017) was a Swiss rock climber and alpinist.He was the first to climb Annapurna solo via its South Face (though this is disputed by some [1]), and set speed records on the North Face trilogy in the Alps.
John Bachar (March 23, 1957 – July 5, 2009) was an American rock climber. Noted for his skill at free soloing, he ultimately died during a free solo climb. [1] A fitness fanatic, he was the creator of the climbing training device known as the Bachar ladder.