The Latest Breaking News from El Capitan

Photographer Evan Russel and fine artist James McGrew set out to capture an elusive natural phenomenon. But as they discovered, nature can be fickle.

A new record has been set by a solo climber on El Capitan, but what did he eat to prepare for his ascent up one of the most hardest climbs in America?

Yosemite National Park has made permanent a divisive overnight rock climbing permitting system aimed at protecting wilderness and monitoring visitors as the sport has grown rapidly in popularity.

Alex J. Wood was in the Yosemite Valley on Monday morning taking photos of El Capitan's picturesque rock face when he heard what sounded like the "loudest thunder ever."

LOS ANGELES — The headlines screamed what anyone would consider a colossal feat: An 8-year-old boy climbed to the top of Yosemite’s 3,000-foot El Capitan on Saturday, becoming one of the youngest people to summit the world famous rock.

After months building up publicity for the ascent, Joe Baker and son Sam, 8, used a scaling device and pre-rigged ropes laid by a climbing team who carried most of the gear up as well

‘I’m very annoyed by this because climbing El Capitan puts you in an elite group of climbers,’ observer says

Sam Adventure Baker went up the cliff with his father, but some climbers say method known as ‘jugging’ is not true climbing

We reveal what makes El Capitan, Yosemite National Park's prize rock face so special, and find out how to get to the top