Behind the village rises a sheer 3,000-foot cliff that shimmers ... A thousand feet above us Alex is climbing, antlike, up the rock wall. The Althouris are beside themselves.

This is not true. Climbing at high altitude on snow, ice and rock is not the same as scaling sheer granite rock walls. Both rock and mountain climbing require a high level of conditioning ...

On a bright Saturday morning in September a young man is clinging to the face of Half Dome, a sheer 2,130 ... which means climbing with only a powdery chalk bag and rock shoes—no rope, no ...

If you want to gaze at its 3,000 feet of sheer rock face, the El Capitan Meadow ... El Capitan is a big climb – the NPS labels it a "Big Wall Climb." As such, overnight climbing trips require ...

Would you know what to do if you suddenly came face to face with an aggressive bear? What if you were hanging onto a sheer ...

Complicated route-finding, altitude, rock fall and sheer length (1,200 metres ... You need to be able to sustain physical effort and be in control (particularly down climbing) for 8-12 hours on Grade ...

often mentioned in the most important climbing magazines and websites, praised for the sheer quantity of rock, for its natural beauty and for its surrounding habitat. Thousands of climbers from all ...