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Yosemite bans large flags after climbers protest Trump cuts using upside down Stars and Stripes and rig Trans Pride flag to El Capitan

People are no longer allowed to display large flags in wilderness areas, after they were used in multiple protests and demonstrations

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Emily Harrington's big wall career will blow your mind, and now you can watch her record-breaking freeclimb of El Capitan on film

The Girl Climber feature-length doc features 10 years of incredible footage, including the day Emily sent the Golden Gate route on El Capitan

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"Let this flag fly higher than hate" – Yosemite LGBTQ+ climbers display transgender pride flag on El Capitan following controversial update on National Park Service website

The group of LGBTQ+ activist climbers flew the flag for 90 minutes before it was removed

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Watch Babsi Zangerl become the first person to flash Yosemite’s El Capitan in new Black Diamond climbing film

The Austrian climber made history with the stunning flash climb - here's how it happened

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Protestors Display Upside-Down American Flag in California National Park After DOGE Firings Target Park Services

Protesters hung an upside-down American flag on Yosemite's El Capitan to oppose the Trump administration's firing of 1,000 National Park Service employees.

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Group claims responsibility for hanging upside-down Stars and Stripes off of El Capitan in Yosemite

Demonstrators unfurled a giant ‘Distress flag’ after 11 full-time Yosemite staff members were laid off amid the Trump administration’s federal employee purge

The Independent UK

"There is nothing more American than our public lands" – climbers hang upside-down US flag during Yosemite's firefall to protest Trump hiring freeze

The demonstrators rappelled down to hang the inverted American flag over El Capitan during the annual phenomenon

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Why Was an Upside-Down American Flag Spotted at Yosemite? Desperate Plea Amid Hiring Freeze

Yosemite National Park faces chaos after an upside-down American flag was displayed at El Capitan, highlighting a staffing crisis and growing concerns over a federal hiring freeze.

International Business Times UK

The world's fastest nuke-simulating supercomputer is now online, boasting peak performance of 2.79 quintillion calculations per second and other numbers my pea-sized brain can't comprehend

Oh El Capitan, my El Capitan.

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Babsi Zengeri makes history with first-ever "unprecedented, no-falls" flash climb of El Capitan

The Austrian climber ascended Freerider without any projecting and didn't fall once

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Who is Alex Honnold? The life of the world’s most famous rock climber

We take a look at the extraordinary life of Alex Honnold, one of the world’s greatest ever climbers

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Who are America's greatest climbers: legends and contemporary greats

We take a look at America’s rock stars, individuals that have redefined climbing by achieving feats once though impossible

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Capturing Yosemite's gorgeous — and elusive — natural 'firefall'

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

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How Yosemite climber’s unusual diet helped him smash world record

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?

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Climbing El Capitan? Yosemite's divisive permits for overnight climbers here to stay

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.

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'It was mad': Large rock falls from Yosemite's El Capitan; visitor captures video

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 Times

A Colorado dad says his 8-year-old is the youngest to scale Yosemite's El Capitan, but did they really climb it?

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.

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Dad accused of lying about son's record-breaking 3000ft rock climb in 'publicity hoax'

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

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The Independent UK

Witnesses deny father’s claim his eight year old climbed El Capitan: ‘A publicity hoax’

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

The Guardian - US

Eight-year-old boy becomes youngest person to ascend Yosemite’s El Capitan

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

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

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