You look for things that are singular,” said professional rock climber Alex Honnold, known for his legendary “free solo” ...
The earthquake-proof skyscraper of steel and glass has captured the imagination of professional rock climber Alex Honnold for ...
The earthquake-proof skyscraper of steel and glass has captured the imagination of professional rock climber Alex Honnold for more than a decade. On Saturday morning, he will climb it in his signature ...
No one has ever “free soloed” Taipei 101 before — just as, before Honnold, no one had ever free soloed Yosemite’s El Capitan.
Skiing began as a way to survive in the mountains long before it became a sport and now its oldest form - ski mountaineering ...
Tabloids have seized on the most headline-friendly takeaway - “pulleys built the pyramid” - but the underlying claim is more specific: the pyramid may have grown “inside-out,” using internal sloped ...
Two key innovations, the Tricouni nails and the modern crampons, emerged as ways to add grip on slippery ground. Each had its ...