Archive for the ‘Rock Climbing & Mountain Climbing’ Category
A Southern California teenager became the youngest person to successfully climb to the summit of the seven tallest mountains on Earth’s seven continents, according to his website.
Jordan Romero, 15, called his mother Leigh Ann Drake on Saturday to confirm that he’d achieved his goal of reaching the top of Mt. Vinson Massif in Antarctica  … Pictures and more
Tommy Caldwell did not reach the summit of El Capitan during his recent expedition on the towering granite monolith in California’s Yosemite National Park, but it was not for lack of effort or determination.
The professional rock climber spent 16 days and nights in a vertical existence on El Capitan’s 3,000-foot face, attempting a seemingly impossible  … More