Born Wild: Three Adventure Moms Climbing and Camping with Their Kids
Three young mothers, Brooke Froelich, Morgan Brechler and Shannon Robertson, refused to give up climbing, camping and backpacking when they...
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Bodhi Bennett's 300 Miles of Family Hiking Before Age Two, Plus Tips
Before his second birthday, Bodhi Bennett had covered more than 300 miles (about 483 km) of mountain trails in California with his parents,...
Dawn Wall Free Ascent: Caldwell and Jorgeson on El Capitan, 2015
On 14 January 2015 , Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson pulled over the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park and completed the first ...
Tioga Pass and Tioga Road: Yosemite’s High Sierra Drive, History and Season
Tioga Road is the only route that crosses Yosemite National Park from west to east, and it climbs to Tioga Pass at 9,945 feet (3,031 m), th...
Mike Basich’s Tiny Stone Cabin and Private Chairlift Near Truckee
Professional snowboarder Mike Basich spent five years building a tiny stone cabin on his own 40-acre patch of the Sierra Nevada, about 10 m...
Alex Honnold’s Half Dome Free Solo and How to Hike Half Dome in Yosemite
In 2008 Alex Honnold climbed the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome, 2,000 feet and 23 pitches of Yosemite granite, alone and without a ro...
Dawn Wall, El Capitan: Caldwell and Jorgeson’s 19-Day First Free Ascent
On 14 January 2015 Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson pulled over the top of El Capitan in Yosemite after 19 days on the Dawn Wall, about 3,...
Lake Tahoe: North America's Largest Alpine Lake, Its Clarity and History
Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America: a two-million-year-old basin of astonishingly clear water at 6,225 feet in the Sier...