the Salathé is perhaps the most logical big wall up El Capitan. Every pitch has its own story to tell and, as always in Yosemite, has its own name. Every pitch is legendary. And marked by good belays.

As one of the most recognizable features of Yosemite National Park, El Capitan is one of the first features that visitors see, as it is visible even before travelers enter Yosemite Valley from ...

News from El Capitan in Yosemite valley: Hazel Findlay on Golden Gate, Mayan Smith-Gobat on Free Rider, Sonnie Trotter on the Prophet and Tommy Caldwell attempting Dawn Wall. Yosemite once again, for ...

El Capitan is one of the best-known landmarks in Yosemite Two climbers have been killed while trying to scale the granite rock formation known as El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park.

Officials are investigating how they both fell over 1,000ft (300m) from the granite rock formation, El Capitan. Yosemite Climbing Association president Ken Yager said: "Something weird happened.

Yosemite National Park, widely regarded as the birthplace of modern rock climbing has attracted generations of climbers seeking to scale iconic El Capitan and its famous routes. The history of ...