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Yosemite National Park faces chaos after an upside-down American flag was displayed at El Capitan, highlighting a staffing crisis and growing concerns over a federal hiring freeze.

Oh El Capitan, my El Capitan.

The Austrian climber ascended Freerider without any projecting and didn't fall once

We take a look at the extraordinary life of Alex Honnold, one of the world’s greatest ever climbers

We take a look at America’s rock stars, individuals that have redefined climbing by achieving feats once though impossible

Photographer Evan Russel and fine artist James McGrew set out to capture an elusive natural phenomenon. But as they discovered, nature can be fickle.

A new record has been set by a solo climber on El Capitan, but what did he eat to prepare for his ascent up one of the most hardest climbs in America?

Yosemite National Park has made permanent a divisive overnight rock climbing permitting system aimed at protecting wilderness and monitoring visitors as the sport has grown rapidly in popularity.

Alex J. Wood was in the Yosemite Valley on Monday morning taking photos of El Capitan's picturesque rock face when he heard what sounded like the "loudest thunder ever."

LOS ANGELES — The headlines screamed what anyone would consider a colossal feat: An 8-year-old boy climbed to the top of Yosemite’s 3,000-foot El Capitan on Saturday, becoming one of the youngest people to summit the world famous rock.

After months building up publicity for the ascent, Joe Baker and son Sam, 8, used a scaling device and pre-rigged ropes laid by a climbing team who carried most of the gear up as well